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Wonky words: Report on education equity

The Schott Foundation for Public Education just released Lost Opportunity: A 50 State Report on the Opportunity to Learn in America. In this report, the states are ranked on the opportunity to learn p… more →

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Public school districts must pay for private special education, Supreme Court finds

educblog wrote 1 week ago: NPR reports: In a 6-to-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that school districts could be req … more →

Tags: K-12, Alternative Education, Legal issues in education, Students with disabilities

California schools face potentially devestating budget cuts

educblog wrote 1 week ago: The AP (via USA Today) reports: California’s historic budget crisis threatens to devastate a p … more →

Tags: K-12

School Funding and memories of home

Cervete wrote 2 weeks ago: Recent local school funding battles have made me a bit nostalgic, and I find myself reflecting on m … more →

Tags: Politics, Creative Writing & Humor, High School

A commonsense voice in Medford

stlevin wrote 2 weeks ago: Great Op-Ed in Medford today by Stand leader Karen Starchvick, who is thoughtfully advocating a reas … more →

Tags: Local Chapters, Funding, Medford, Starchvick

Morning Headlines June 12, 2009

pdalbury wrote 3 weeks ago: Lavington residents, who live close to where two off-duty police officers’ home was damaged by … more →

Tags: 2009 06 June, Vandalism, Bonegilla town hall

Former School official indicted in bribery conspiracy

willnevergiveup wrote 1 month ago: The Department of Justice has announced an indictment charging Bradley J. Hansen, a former Grand Rap … more →

Tags: Crime, department of justice, DoJ, News, E-rate, Hansen, Federal Funding, School

New US Secretary of Education wants to scale up school 'turnarounds'

educblog wrote 1 month ago: The NY Times reports: Duncan, President Obama’s education secretary, wants to take school turnarou … more →

Tags: K-12, Faculty (K-12), School Reform

What to Look For In an Overseas American or British School

expat21 wrote 1 month ago: One of many parents’ biggest worries when being sent to an overseas post is taking care of th … more →

Tags: Children and Schools - Expats, Expats, INTERNATIONAL, Making a Life in a New Country, Solutions to Problems New Expats Face, Travel, Working Abroad, Accredited Schools, American schools

Secretary: Ed Fund Plan 'Not An Option'

Joe Zlomek wrote 1 month ago: Gerald Zahorchak HARRISBURG PA – A Pennsylvania Senate proposal that would use federal economi … more →

Tags: Real Estate, Education, Government, Law, Personal Finance, Politics, Sanatoga, Pennsylvania, Pottsgrove School District

Oooooooops! — 5 comments

matthewladner wrote 1 month ago: (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) One of my favorite scenes from Die Hard is when the evil villain Han … more →

Tags: Alan Rickman, Arizona Economic Council, Die Hard, Hans Gruber

Movement in Springfield. Pressure on IEA leadership.

preaprez wrote 1 month ago: If you asked Springfield observers a month ago about the possibilities of defeating the 2% increase … more →

Tags: iea, TRS

Wonky words: Report on education equity

Heather wrote 1 month ago: The Schott Foundation for Public Education just released Lost Opportunity: A 50 State Report on the … more →

Tags: Reform talk, K-12 finance, Education reform

Trying To Remember What Causes Brain Damage: This is Your Brain on Poverty

The Hall Institute of Public Policy wrote 2 months ago: If we suppose that intellectual aptitude is the result of teaching, we may be partially wrong. Likew … more →

Tags: Research, Voting, Childhood Development, Head Start, language deficiency, Learning Disability, mark kishiyama, poverty, prefrontal damage