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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, March 30 , 2007
The future of NCLB By Diane Ravitch/Huffington Post
The federal education law called No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is due to be renewed this year, but political insiders in Washington predict that Congress will not take action until […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, March 29, 2007
40-year schools veteran is top education adviser By Aurelio Rojas/Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday appointed David Long, superintendent of schools for Riverside County since 1999, as his new secretary of education. Long, 67, who will serve as the governor’s chief education adviser, […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, March 28, 2007
API tests all students on same goals Everyone on equal footing for first time By Chris Moran/San Diego Union-Tribune
There’s been a hidden truth about California’s test scores since the measurement of school progress began in 1999. Kathy Barajas read to […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Teachers union could block changes in public schools Opinion by Daniel Weintraub/Fresno Bee
With new research suggesting California schools need a dose of reform to go along with any new money, the state’s biggest teachers union — the California Teachers Association — will play a major […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, March 26, 2007
No retreat on school reform By Edward M. Kennedy/Washington Post
Five years ago, Congress and President Bush made a bold and historic promise. We pledged in the No Child Left Behind Act that the federal government would do all in its power to guarantee every child […]
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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, March 23, 2007
L.A. Unified selects schools to get funds State money from a new program will go to campuses with crowded classes, inexperienced teachers and other problems. By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Board of Education approved a priority list […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, March 22, 2007
Mayor’s dropout plan only looks new LAUSD is already trying some ideas By Naush Boghossian/LA Daily News
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has proposed a detailed nine-point plan aimed at dramatically improving Los Angeles Unified’s dropout rate - a plan that is virtually identical to efforts already […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, March 21, 2007
More money! Fewer rules! Tastes great! Less filling! Column by Peter Schrag/Sacramento Bee
It’s rumored that at least five people have read all of "Getting Down to Facts," the 1,700-page, 22-part report on California school finance and governance released last week. Predictably, with so huge a […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, March 20, 2007
School districts entitled to repayment for state mandates By Juliet Williams/Associated Press
School districts and local governments are entitled to be repaid for the cost of running programs the state Legislature requires them to operate, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled in a decision published Monday. […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, March 19, 2007
Lawsuits lurk over cost of fixing schools By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
California lawmakers now have more than 1,000 pages of research documenting loads of problems with the state’s schools and estimating how much it would cost to successfully educate every child.The landmark package of […]