Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, July 27, 2007
Exit strategy
Settlement clears way for test, tutoring Editorial/Sacramento Bee
The end this month of a long-running legal battle against the state’s high school exit exam was good news for California schools and the students they serve. The agreement ends an attempt to scuttle the exam […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, July 26, 2007
Data diligence
Editorial/Riverside Press-Enterprise
California cannot craft sensible education policy without knowing the strengths and weaknesses of its public schools. So a budget cut that would save money at the expense of better information about student achievement offers a foolish economy. The state has not yet […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Focus on 2 R’s Cuts Time for the Rest, Report Says
By Sam Dillon/New York Times
Almost half the nation’s school districts have significantly decreased the daily class time spent on subjects like science, art and history as a result of the federal No Child Left […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Poll: Education is top issue for Hispanic voters
A poll presented at a National Council of La Raza meeting showed education ranks as the most important issue for Hispanic voters. By Yamiche Alcindor/Miami Herald
Hispanic voters consider education a more important issue than the war in […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, July 23, 2007
Bad news for plan to keep track of students
State revenue drop results in $65 million budget cut By Ed Mendel/San Diego Union-Tribune
After a decade of dabbling, California finally seemed ready to spend serious money to develop a computerized student-tracking system to accurately compile dropout […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, July 20, 2007
Backers, critics of exit exam hail pact
High school graduation requirement remains, but extra classwork is OK’d. By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
State education officials and lawyers representing students who failed the California High School Exit Exam settled a lawsuit Thursday that began last year […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, July 19, 2007
Falta de maestros agobia al estado
Lack of teachers overwhelms the State En los próximos 10 años se necesitarán 100 mil profesores In the next 10 years, 100,000 teachers will be needed By Rubén Moreno/La Opinión
Mientras que muchos profesionales de la enseñanza […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, July 18, 2007
GOP plan: slash aid to schools?
Educators say they are shocked as Democrats reveal a Republican plan to cut $400 million to balance state’s budget. By Evan Halper/Los Angeles Times
Republican legislative leaders, vowing to block passage of a state budget until Democrats […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, July 17 , 2007
California’s dropout problem
A state senator offers a package of bills that could help keep in school some of the 150,000 kids who drop out each year. Editorial/Los Angeles Times
CALIFORNIA’S CHILDREN are abandoning school at the rate of about 150,000 a year — a […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, July 16, 2007
School diversity based on income segregates some
By Jonathan D. Glater and Alan Finder/New York Times
When San Francisco started trying to promote socioeconomic diversity in its public schools, officials hoped racial diversity would result as well. Tareyton D. […]