Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, April 28, 2006:
Gap in teacher quality falls on income lines Schools report more core academic classes are being taught by certifed teachers who have mastered those subjects. But high-poverty schools continue to lag behind By Ledyard King/USA Today
WASHINGTON — Public school teachers in the nation’s wealthiest communities continue […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, April 27, 2006:
Californians increasingly worried about the state’s schools, poll says By Dana Hull/Mercury News
A Public Policy Institute of California survey found that California residents hold a more negative view of the state’s vast K-12 public education system than at any time since 1998, when the PPIC conducted […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednsday, April 26, 2006:
Report: Students lacking counsel Each Oakland school guidance staffer must aid an average of 500 pupils By Grace Rauh/Oakland Tribune
OAKLAND — Just before Genette Carter started her freshman year at Oakland High School, she discovered she was signed up to take algebra, the same mathematics class […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, April 25, 2006:
Science Fair Puts Students on Track By Lynn Doan/Los Angeles Times
At school, sophomore Daisy Hernandez worries about getting through classes without being drawn into the racial brawls that have recently plagued Fremont High School. On Friday, she was more concerned about whether her science project […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, April 24,
2006:
Candidates Seek Lighter Load for School Counselor
Angelides and Westly, running for governor, back funding to boost advisor-student ratio.
By Seema Mehta/Los Angeles Times […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, April 21, 2006:
Learning Power: Organizing for Education and Justice Teachers College Press
In cities across the nation, low-income African American and Latino parents hope that their children’s education will bring a better life. But their schools, typically, are overcrowded, ill equipped, and shamefully under-staffed. Unless things change dramatically, more […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, April 20, 2006:
State Sued Again Over Exit Exam A group says education officials took too long to consider alternatives to the high school test. By Hemmy So/Los Angeles Times
A grass-roots advocacy group sued the state in Alameda County Superior Court this week, seeking more time for the Legislature […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, April 19, 2006:
Second suit challenges state exit exam By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
Opponents of the California High School Exit Exam have filed a second lawsuit trying to stop the state from withholding diplomas from 12th-graders who don’t pass the test by graduation in June. While the lawsuit filed in […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, April 18, 2006:
Guidelines for Teaching English Are Adopted By Carla Rivera/Los Angeles Times
A divided state Board of Education on Monday adopted far-reaching new guidelines for reading and English language arts textbooks aimed at California’s elementary and middle school students, despite objections that the materials do not do enough […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, April 17, 2006:
Nearly 2 million scores uncounted under ‘No Child’ loophole By Frank Bass, Nicole Ziegler Dizon & Ben Feller/Associated Press
States are helping public schools escape potential penalties by skirting the No Child Left Behind law’s requirement that students of all races must show annual academic progress. […]