Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, February 28, 2007
L.A. Board of Education adopts discipline policy aimed at reducing suspensions By Angie Green and Joel Rubin/Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday adopted a new, districtwide discipline policy aimed at decreasing the number of students suspended and kept after school […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, February 27, 2007
A bad report card Editorial/New York Times
The news from American high schools is not good. The most recent test results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly known as the national report card, finds that American 12th graders are actually performing worse in reading […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, February 26, 2007
School offers new path to success Sacramento campus is a model for combining vocational education with high-level academics By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
A large and varied group of experts gathered in Sacramento this week to see how high schools can prepare students for college and the […]
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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, February 23, 2007
Grades are rising but learning is lagging, federal reports find High school students today have higher GPAs but lower skill levels, suggesting a failure of education reforms. By Mitchell Landsberg/Los Angeles Times
American high school students are taking tougher […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, February 22, 2007
Beyond ‘No Child’ Editorial/USA Today
Walk into any school, and you’ll find plenty of opinions — many negative — about the No Child Left Behind law, now almost five years old. Some complaints, particularly about bureaucratic rules, make sense. But too many are simply resistance […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Scholars Push Ideas to Bolster U.S. Workforce By Rhea R. Borja/Ed Week
Wide-ranging changes aimed at improving education from the early years through college are needed to produce a workforce with the skills demanded by today’s increasingly global economy, scholars with the Brookings Institution argue […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Educators ponder who gets left behind Renewal of federal education law sparks debate over testing Nanette Asimov/San Francisco Chronicle
Like a strict teacher demanding precision from her students, No Child Left Behind has inspired reactions ranging from anger to admiration during the five years it […]
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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, February 16, 2007
Area high schools blend career training, academics By Shayna Chabner/North County Times
Many school districts are recommitting themselves to revamping high school curriculums to provide students with a more well-rounded education, an informal survey and discussion […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, February 15, 2007
Crece deserción de estudiantes Dropout rate grows En California, se gradúa menos del 70% de los alumnos que están en noveno grado In California, less than 70% of ninth grade students will graduate from high school Araceli Martínez Ortega/La Opinión
California […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Aprueba el LAUSD un código de conducta para los estudiantes LAUSD approves new code of conduct for students Pretende establecer un buen comportamiento en vez de castigar Aims to define good behavior instead of punishing Yurina Rico/La Opinión
Las 800 escuelas del Distrito Escolar […]