Recess round-up: July 19, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Budget cuts: In a “major setback,” several California school districts will have to trim days off the school...
View ArticleRecess round-up: July 27, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Race to the Top: Round Two finalists were announced today by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleRecess round-up: August 5, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Evaluating teachers: Aaron Pallas of The Hechinger Report‘s EyeOnEd blog looks at a D.C. teacher’s evaluation...
View ArticleSpending $10 billion to save jobs, sooner or later
The $26 billion bill signed by President Barack Obama earlier this week is intended to preserve jobs, and $10 billion of it is earmarked for saving teachers’ jobs — but how soon it will do so remains...
View ArticleRecess round-up: August 18, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Community colleges: In Boston, some students are burning the midnight oil in an attempt to move from a job to...
View ArticleRecess round-up: August 23, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Charter schools: A mainstay in New Jersey’s poorest cities, charter schools are competing for funds against...
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White voters vs. minority schoolchildren
(courtesy of CensusScope; click to enlarge) White voters don’t like paying for the education of minority schoolchildren, or so we learn from a New York Times article this week that looked at places in...
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Quality Counts 2011: The Great Recession’s impact on public education
(courtesy of Education Week; click to enlarge) Today, Education Week released its annual Quality Counts report, a treasure trove of articles, charts and graphics that in 2011 focus on how the Great...
View ArticleOnline learning: A solution to the budget crisis?
As school systems around the country face severe financial problems, everyone’s talking about what might be cut from budgets. There is one area, however, where spending is likely to increase in many...
View ArticleOn the chopping block: District reforms
Many school districts have now hit the so-called “funding cliff”—and it’s rapidly approaching for many others. Money from 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) helped many school...
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