Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, July 28, 2006
*Iniciativa para mejores exámenes para quienes no dominen inglés Initiative for better exams for English Learners Mary González Nieves/Hoy
El Departamento de Educación anunció una alianza con los estados y organizaciones hispanas para desarrollar exámenes que evalúen de manera más apropiada a los estudiantes con […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, July 27, 2006
Teens march for schools Students Demand Teachers, Textbooks, Clean Toilets By Luis Zaragoza/San Jose Mercury News
It all comes down to not enough teachers, toilets or textbooks. Students who rallied Wednesday in San Jose asked why these three school essentials are so often in short supply […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, July 26, 2006
And without a diploma… Editorial/San Francisco Chronicle
ON TUESDAY, many high-school seniors from the Class of 2006 who failed to graduate in June because they have yet to pass the new high-school exit exam sat down to try to pass the test again. At the very […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Let students graduate
By Monty Neill/USA Today
Recent studies reinforce the conclusion that graduation tests increase the dropout rate. The harder the test, the more kids drop out. Across the USA, high-stakes tests push at least 40,000 young men and women out of school each year. […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, July 24, 2006
Exit exam: Is it fair to all? State appeals court to hear challenge from kids who failed By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
The impassioned fight over the California High School Exit Exam will re-ignite Tuesday when lawyers for the state and students who failed the test […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Saturday, July 22 and Sunday July 23, 2006
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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, July 21, 2006
Deal Reached on Vocational Education Law By Ben Feller/Associated Press
House and Senate negotiators reached a deal Thursday to renew the vocational education law through 2012, extending a program the White House wants to end. The compromise bill would update the Perkins Act, which provides grants […]
Weekly Recap for July 17-21, 2006:
Deal Reached on Vocational Education Law By Ben Feller/Associated Press (Friday)
House and Senate negotiators reached a deal Thursday to renew the vocational education law through 2012, extending a program the White House wants to end. The compromise bill would update the Perkins Act, which provides grants for community colleges […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, July 20, 2006
The achievement gap between Latino students, especially those learning to speak English, and other students remains unacceptably large. However, the way to narrow it is not to back away from the state’s rigorous curriculum standards and the system of testing students’ progress, as […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, July 19, 2006
GOP Unveils School Voucher Plan $100 Million Proposal Targets Low-Income Students By Lois Romano/Washington Post
The Bush administration and Republican legislators yesterday proposed a $100 million national plan to offer low-income students private-school vouchers to escape low-performing public schools. The plan was immediately assailed by […]