Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, September 28, 2007
Un frente común a problemas escolares
A common front against school problems Por Selene Rivera/Diario HOY
Cerca de 200 padres de familias, maestros y estudiantes del Este de Los Ángeles se reunieron la noche del miércoles en la Escuela Preparatoria Roosevelt para discutir los problemas […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, September 27, 2007
Poor willing to bear cost of better schools, survey finds
By Carol Chambers/Riverside Press-Enterprise
People in poor communities are willing to pay higher taxes for better public education as long as they have a say in how the money is spent, the results of a statewide survey released […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Survey: Cut the dropout rate, aim for college
Liberal coalition is first to weigh in with a proposal to improve state schools. By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
After Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared in March that 2008 would be his "year of education reform," people around the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Bill would make schools track dropouts
Governor should sign it to show his support for education. Editorial/Fresno Bee
California has thousands of kids dropping out of the public education system. And no one is now accountable for the schools’ failure with these kids. Fewer […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, September 24, 2007
Education and schools are a focus for Edwards
David Lienemann for The New York Times
The Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards laid out a proposal on Friday to overhaul the education system, saying that the current No Child Left Behind law was not working and […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, September 21, 2007
Segregation growing in American schools
NPR
Regardless of the racial tensions, Jena High School was — by definition — integrated. Other schools across America desegregated during the Civil Rights-era, but now they’re unofficially re-segregating. The Civil Rights Project at the University of California Los Angeles […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, September 20, 2007
Parents, students feel less urgency for math, science upgrades
By Michelle R. Davis/Ed Week
Though education experts, business leaders, and government officials have largely embraced the drive to raise the level of math and science courses across the country, students and parents are apparently satisfied […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Ending accountability loopholes
By George Miller/Ed Week
U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., is the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.
As the debate over the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act intensifies, one of the key questions we face is what we […]
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How to keep kids in school
Editorial/San Francisco Chronicle
IF CALIFORNIA is going to get serious about attacking its dropout rate - as it must, as a matter of economic self-interest - then it needs to do more to help young people stay in school. Fewer […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, September 17, 2007
Schools can’t be colorblind
Narrowing the achievement gap in schools requires acknowledging race, not ignoring it. Editorial/Los Angeles Times
The achievement gap between African American and Latino students and their white peers is stark and persistent. It has existed for decades, and it’s growing more pronounced. […]