Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Schools check kids’ housing State report finds 5,000 homeless students in county, 95,000 in state. By Jocelyn Wiener/Sacramento Bee
Nearly 5,000 schoolchildren in Sacramento County, and about 95,000 across the state, were homeless during some part of the 2005-2006 school year, according to preliminary data […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, October 30, 2006
Teens praised as more pass exit exam By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
The portion of students in the class of 2006 who have passed the California High School Exit Exam inched forward this summer, with 819 passing the test they took in July. That brings the […]
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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, October 27, 2006
Exit exam stragglers trickle in Few students who failed state test try again and pass By Linh Tat and Grace Rauh/Argus
When more than 40,000 seniors from the class of 2006 failed to pass the California High School […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, October 26, 2006
Mock election students like Angelides Democrat tops Schwarzenegger 34 percent to 32.5 percent By Grace Rauh/Oakland Tribune
He’s trailing in the polls by double digits. He isn’t faring any better on editorial pages of the state’s newspapers. But a recent survey of sorts shows Democratic gubernatorial […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Schools May Offer More Single-Sex Classes Under New U.S. Regulations By Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
New federal regulations announced yesterday give school systems around the nation more flexibility in offering single-sex public education, even though the Department of Education concluded a year ago that there was […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, October 24, 2006
State Chiefs Offer Views on NCLB Renewal Council calls for letting states use a variety of tests to measure AYP. By David J. Hoff/Ed Week
State officials responsible for carrying out the No Child Left Behind Act want more money and more power to make the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, October 23, 2006
Money Flows Into Teacher Bonus ProgramBy Ben Feller/Associated Press
In the closing weeks of the fall campaign, the Bush administration is handing out money for teachers who raise student test scores, the first federal effort to reward classroom performance with bonuses. The 16 grants total $42 million and […]
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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, October 20, 2006
Teacher-Pay Approaches From Other Countries OutlinedBy Linda Jacobson/EdWeek
The United States isn’t the only country struggling to attract and retain well-qualified teachers. But compensation strategies being tried in other industrialized nations could give policymakers here some new ways to address the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, October 19, 2006
Bush Touts Education Program He says No Child Left Behind is working and he won’t back down on standardized testing.By James Gerstenzang/Los Angeles Times
GREENSBORO, N.C. — President Bush on Wednesday renewed his efforts to win reauthorization of his signature education program when the new Congress begins […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Un bono para la educaciónA bond for education La Proposición 1D generaría más de 10,000 millones de dólares para mejoras en este sectorProp 1D would generate more than 10,000 million dollars for improvements in this areaPilar Marrero/La Opinion
Más de un millón de estudiantes en las escuelas […]