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KIPP founders leaving regional duties to focus on bigger picture
Jay Mathews As the co-founders of KIPP, the best-known and most successful public charter school network in the country, Dave Levin and Mike Feinberg have devoted most of their energies… Read more
Number of homeless students in Sacramento County schools jumps 50%-plus
In yet another stark measure of the region’s difficult economy, Sacramento County schools have seen a marked increase in the number of students whose families do not have a stable… Read more
Pa. examines why report on tests was ignored
A report analyzing irregularities among the standardized tests of nearly 1 million students arrived at the state Department of Education in July 2009 and “basically sat on a shelf,” agency… Read more
Perry touts new law to give vets college credit
SAN ANTONIO — Gov. Rick Perry is in San Antonio touting a recently passed bill aimed at helping veterans. He’ll be ceremonially signing the new law, which is intended to… Read more
HISD finds signs of cheating on state exams
The Houston Independent School District has uncovered evidence that teachers at two elementary schools helped students cheat on state exams, and educators at two other campuses offered questionable assistance. In… Read more
Shakira: Education for Peace
Last month, I had the pleasure and honor of attending the Third Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem as a panel speaker and guest of President Shimon Peres. This conference was… Read more
Where’s A Good Place To Start In Evaluating The Preparation Of High School Graduates?
Those wanting to understand the issues involved with the evaluation of the college readiness of a particular high school’s or district’s graduates should understand there is no single report produced… Read more
U-M professor and blogger sues CIA, FBI for suspected files | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
The American Civil Liberties Union and a University of Michigan professor filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the CIA and FBI that seeks files related to alleged attempts by the White… Read more
How Will Colleges Innovate As The Market Is Disrupted?
Remember cellphones in the early 1990s? They were either installed in a car or you had to carry a bulky bag around with you–that is, if you could get decent… Read more
N.J. schools will offer lessons in “tolerance” about 9/11 attacks
TRENTON — Students in New Jersey, a state that lost about 700 residents in the Sept. 11 attacks, can soon get classroom lessons on the attacks, from the history of… Read more
