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Evaluating Teachers: Data-Driven vs. Peer-Driven, or, Wal-Mart vs. Etsy

December 30, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

News flash: a test score doesn’t reflect every classroom situation or measure growth of the whole child.

Filed Under: Educators, New York City Tagged With: Value-added

Global Education Summit Planned for NYC, March 16-17, 2011

December 28, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

The US Department of Education recently announced it will co-host an international summit on teaching in conjunction with two U.S. teachers’ unions, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Asia Society, and the Council of State School Officers.

Filed Under: Educators, Federal Policy, New York City Tagged With: International Teachers Summit, OECD, PISA

NAACP, LULAC Join to Request Federal Review of Texas State Board of Education's Curriculum Changes

December 26, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

Three civil rights advocacy groups have joined together to address revisionist changes to social studies curriculum as decided by the Texas State Board of Education earlier in 2010.

Filed Under: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston Tagged With: TX SBOE

Flawed Study: Unclear Results on Single-Sex Schooling

December 24, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

Both supporters and detractors of single-sex schooling find little support in a recent study released by South Carolina’s State Board of Education.

Filed Under: Educators, Research Tagged With: South Carolina

California's "Parent Trigger" Already Sets Off Investigation

December 23, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

The CA State Board of Education asks the Attorney General to investigate the petition-signing process that’s part of the “parent trigger” to improve schools.

Filed Under: Los Angeles, School Districts Tagged With: LAUSD

Sorry, Education: CA State Budget Deficit at $28 Billion

December 23, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

Governor-elect Jerry Brown held a budget summit in Los Angeles with a focus on public education funding. The upshot: no more to cut.

Filed Under: Budgets, Educators, Los Angeles

Los Angeles School District: Brought to You By Corporate Sponsors

December 21, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

LAUSD votes to approve corporate sponsorship of playing fields, cafeterias, and other spaces on school campuses. Isn’t the bigger problem drastic school budget cuts?

Filed Under: Budgets, Los Angeles Tagged With: Los Angeles

A Hopeful Sign? NYC Schools' Number Two a Teacher and Brown University Graduate

December 20, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

Shael Polakow-Shuransky’s roots as a teacher, principal, and experienced administrator give a different cast to his call for “more” tests. Will his own experience in progressive education lead to more qualitative assessment?

Filed Under: New York City, School Districts Tagged With: NYC

MUST READ: Nine Teen Suicides in One Minnesota School District

December 18, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

Nine teen suicides in one year in one Minnesota school district–yet the district claims none were the result of (homophobic) bullying.

Filed Under: Minneapolis-St Paul, School Districts Tagged With: Anti-Bullying, Minn-Twin Cities

Chicago Parents Sue Schools, Los Angeles Parents Pull the "Trigger"

December 16, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

Two different parent groups try ways to fix their kids’ neighborhood schools.

Filed Under: Big Ed, Chicago, Fixes, School Districts Tagged With: Chicago

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