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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, August 29, 2008
Annual report by Public Advocates finds more compliance in schools report card
By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC
California school districts are doing a better job of informing people of the progress they’re making to improve the neediest campuses. That’s the finding […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, August 28, 2008
Se duplican latinos en escuelas públicas
Number of Latino students in public schools double Son la minoría más representativa en 22 estados del país. They are the largest minority in 22 states. Diario Hoy
El número de estudiantes hispanos se ha duplicado en las escuelas […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Surging Latino growth has country looking to California schools
Other states study California for lessons. By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News
Latinos make up nearly half of California’s K-12 public school students, and their numbers are surging across the country, underscoring a growing challenge for educators […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Algebra: Trouble is in early grades
Editorial/Sacramento Bee
Something is terribly wrong with California math education if 13-year-olds aren’t ready to tackle Algebra I. Kids from Asia to Europe to Africa take algebra and geometry in the middle school years, and they do just fine. There’s […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, August 25, 2008
Youth voices
Three local students team up with their peers to speak out. By Cynthia E. Griffin/Our Weekly
Tired of talking and not being heard to their satisfaction, students in the UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (IDEA) summer program for high school students, recently […]
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Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, August 22, 2008
Modest data bill heads to governor
Blog by John Fensterwald/San Jose Mercury News
An education data bill will make it to the governor’s desk, and it’s worth his signature. The bill cleared the Senate yesterday 28-10. But the path […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, August 21, 2008
Study: Teacher approach to NCLB varies wildly, leads to low morale
By Kimberly S. Wetzel/Contra Costa Times
Teachers across the country work hard to increase student achievement, but report declining morale and high stress under accountability pressures such as the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Algebra 1 requirement highlights teacher shortage
By Deb Kollars/Sacramento Bee
Now that the state has mandated Algebra 1 for all eighth-graders within three years, a deeply entrenched problem has become even more urgent: California does not have enough qualified teachers of mathematics. Districts recognize the problem and […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Another shot in math wars: A stink bomb
Column by Peter Schrag/Sacramento Bee
Who says Jack O’Connell doesn’t have a sense of humor? Last week, O’Connell, the state superintendent of public instruction, called for an additional $3.1 billion a year to allow California’s middle schools […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, August 18, 2008
State budget woes are no excuse for delaying school reform
By Ted Mitchell and Dede Alpert/San Jose Mercury News Ted Mitchell is the chair and Dede Alpert is the vice chair of the Governor’s Committee on Education Excellence.
While news headlines are now focused […]