Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, August 31, 2007
Certificates can help decrease dropout rate
Column by Thomas Elias/Ventura County Star
For each of the last five years, it’s been accurate to warn entering high school freshmen that if they look around at their classmates, about one-third of the youngsters they see won’t be present […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, August 30, 2007
Mayor, LAUSD hailing union
Partnership seen as start of reform By Naush Boghossian/LA Daily News
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and L.A. Unified leaders Wednesday touted their "historic" partnership as the key to transform the city’s most-challenged schools and the catalyst to reform the entire beleaguered school […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Alcalde formará alianzas con dos escuelas locales
Mayor will form an alliance with two local schools
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Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Exit-test evasion
Editorial/Riverside Press-Enterprise
Lowering standards is a foolish and artificial way to improve students’ performance. Weakening the state’s high school exit exam instead of addressing why students fail the test gets priorities exactly backward, and the Legislature should reject this flawed approach. AB 1379 […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, August 27, 2007
Legislature revisits exit test
Some critics balk at the requirement, and a bill proposes other assessments. By Jim Sanders/Sacramento Bee
Nearly nine years after California opted to create a high school exit exam, some of the state’s most powerful education groups are continuing to fight […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, August 24, 2007
California high schoolers improve on exit exam
But the achievement gap for poor and minority students persists, officials say. By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
More seniors are passing the state’s high school exit exam, but failure rates among poor and minority students remain disproportionately high, […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, August 23, 2007
How to build in South-Central
If we help kids learn a trade, they’ll be able to cash in on a construction boom. Opinion by Manuel Pastor/Los Angeles Times
The debate about the densification of Los Angeles is in full swing. In one corner, Valley […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, August 22, 2007
U.S. sued over teacher credentials
A coalition of parents and advocates say federal rules are violating education law. By Joel Rubin/Los Angeles Times
A coalition of California schools advocates and parents sued the federal government’s Department of Education on Tuesday, claiming it is violating […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Kids, grownups in school showdown
What, if anything, is the problem with the quality of teachers in the LAUSD, and what can be done about it? All this week, former LAUSD board member David Tokofsky and a group of Los Angeles high school students debate […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, August 20, 2007
Schools chief seeks end to learning gap
Jack O’Connell earns praise for his candor on a sensitive subject. By Mitchell Landsberg and Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Jack O’Connell, the state superintendent of public instruction, turned heads in education circles last week with the message that […]