Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, June 29, 2007
Court rejects race-based diversity plans
Top U.S. justices’ ruling could impact school districts across nation, including Berkeley’s By Kristin Bender and Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected racial integration plans in two major public school districts in Kentucky and Washington, but it left the door […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, June 28, 2007
Race-Based Pupil Placements Banned by Top U.S. Court
By Greg Stohr/Bloomberg
A divided U.S. Supreme Court, with President George W. Bush’s appointees tipping the balance, said public school districts can’t try to foster integration by considering race in making pupil assignments. The court, voting 5-4, said voluntary […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, June 27, 2007
‘My child just got expelled’
What Every California Parent Should Know About School Discipline By Carolyn Goosen/New America Media Editor’s Note: When it comes to suspensions, expulsions, and police arrests on school campuses, what are students’ rights? NAM education writer Carolyn Goossen interviewed Juniper Lesnik, attorney […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Ex-aides break with Bush on ‘No Child’
Conservatives Giving Vent to Doubts; Support for Opt-Out Proposals Grows By Amit R. Paley/Washington Post
President Bush urged lawmakers yesterday to renew No Child Left Behind, his landmark education initiative, but one of his biggest political liabilities in […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, June 25, 2007
New teachers union chief readies for year of reform
By Juliet Williams/Associated Press
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed recently that 2008 will be his "Year of Education," some of the state’s top educators were wary about what he might have planned. Among them was the California […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, June 22, 2007
Fewer rated fluent in English
English: Fluency varies in region By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
California has ratcheted up the standards for students to be considered fluent in English, causing fewer of them than last year to meet the bar. Twenty-nine percent of the 1.3 million students who […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, June 21, 2007
Another View: Problem is execution, not exam
Opinion by John Affeldt/Sacramento Bee John Affeldt, managing attorney for Public Advocates Inc. and co-lead counsel for Williams v. California, which established the right of California students to qualified teachers, sufficient textbooks and adequate facilities, is responding to […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Civil rights groups press for NCLB to focus on high schools
By Lesli A. Maxwell/Ed Week
Nine major civil rights organizations today called on Congress to make reforming America’s high schools and improving graduation rates for minority students the most urgent priority as it moves forward […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, June 19, 2007
NCLB provision on dangerous schools not effective, federal panel says
By Alyson Klein/Ed Week
The provision of the No Child Left Behind Act aimed at helping students transfer out of “persistently dangerous” schools isn’t effective and needs to be reworked, a panel formed by Secretary of Education […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, June 18, 2007
Teachers say NCLB has changed classroom practice
By Debra Viadero/Ed Week
A new study tracking the classroom impact of the No Child Left Behind Act in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania suggests that teachers are adjusting their teaching practices in response to the law—but not always in ways […]