July 28, 2014 Archives

Week of July 28, 2014 Archives

RealClearEducation Morning Edition

Monday, July 28

Educators Fined, Not Fired

Leslie Brody, The Wall Street Journal

Balancing Special-Education Needs With Rising Costs

Al Baker, NYT

Some Without NCLB Waivers Say They Dodged Bullet

A. Klein, EdWeek

Calif. Schools Face Lawsuit over Physical Ed

Sara Hayden, LA Times

Ivy League Power Propels Lt. Gov. Candidate

Mike Vilensky, WSJ

Wash. State Stands Alone on Ed Law

Donna Gordon Blankenship, AP

N.Y. Families to File 2nd Suit on Tenure

Chapman & Brown, NYDN

PARCC Chief: New Tests 'Beautiful Tools'

Todd Engdahl, Chalkbeat Colo.

Plagiarism Scandal Tests Sen. Forming Rapport

Wehr & Stolberg, NYT

Shootings Redefine Beat of School Police Officers

Erik Eckholm, NY Times

Tenn. Ed Chief Weighed Shutting Cyber School

J. Garrison, Tennessean

At Purdue, a Case Study in Cost Cuts

Douglas Belkin, Wall Street Journal

The Low-Tech Appeal of Little Free Libraries

Margaret Aldrich, Atlantic

Learning Personal Finance as a Life Skill

Christopher S. Schuetze, NYT

There's No Flying in Drone School

Jack Nicas & Andrea Gallo, WSJ

Veterans Advocacy Group Puts Corinthian Colleges On Blacklist

NPR

House Clears 3 Bipartisan Higher Ed Bills

Lauren Camera, EdWeek

Tuesday, July 29

Osteopathic Schools Turn Out Third of All Med Grads

Joseph Berger, NYT

Ohio Republicans Lead Charge to Repeal 'Core'

Andy Chow, StateImpact

Researchers to Advise WH on Better, Cheaper Studies

S. Sparks, EdWeek

31M Americans Have College Credits, No Degree

Jon Marcus, Hechinger

Evolution Compromise Heads to S.C. Ed Panel

Jamie Self, The State

Ethics Panel to Probe Ex-Pa. Ed Sec.

Couloumbis & Bradshaw, Inquirer

Mo. Supts. Want Billionaire to Butt out of Ed

C. Riley, News-Leader

Basics of Ind. Testing: Change on the Horizon

Scott Elliott, Chalkbeat Ind.

Report: New Teachers Face 'Bumpy Path'

John Fensterwald, EdSource

NYC Parents Uproar after School Time Change

Chapman & Brown, NYDN

Future of L.A.'s Main Juvenile Hall Uncertain

Abby Sewell, LA Times

Unease in N.J. on Tying Teacher Evals to Tests

John Mooney, NJ Spotlight

Campaign Ad Returns Pa. Focus to Ed Spending

Mary Wilson, Newsworks

Low-Performing Fla. Schools Must Add Extra Hour

J.S. Solochek, Times

A Lost World Is Resurrected at Brown University

Henry Fountain, NYT

Wednesday, July 30

N.Y. Educators Fight Back on Tenure Attacks

Javier C. Hernandez, NYT

Wisc. Schools Want to Stick with Common Core

Associated Press

For-Profit Colleges Cash In on Post-9/11 GI Bill

G. Blumenstyk, Chronicle

Atlanta Cheating Trial to Proceed Sans Ex-Supt.

L.A. Maxwell, EdWeek

Can After-School Shrink 'Opportunity Gap' for Low-Income?

PBS

Kansas District Justifies $100K Conference Cost

John Boyd, KWCH

Alll Baton Rouge Students to Get Free Lunch

C. Lussier, The Advocate

Bilingual Education Could Make a Comeback

Lillian Mongeau, EdSource

What They Think: Potential Ohio 'Core' Repeal

Amy Hansen, StateImpact

Okla. Lawmakers Renew Push for Guns on Campus

K. McNutt, NewsOK

Jindal Is Being Sued By His Own School Board

Joy Resmovits, HuffPost

Texas Law Speeds Closing Bad Charters

Mosier & Hacker, Dallas News

E-Cigarettes Cloud Schools' Anti-Smoking Policies

A. Ulrich, EdWeek

Union Claims Weak Teachers Are Shown the Door

Beth Fertig, WNYC

N.C. Budget Deal Includes a Raise for Teachers

Richard Fausset, NY Times

Thursday, July 31

Bipartisan Senate Duo Introduces Data Privacy Bill

B. Herold, EdWeek

Huge Confusion in Miss. over Common Core

Jackie Mader, Hechinger

Invisible Force Behind College Admissions

McGrath & Schifrin, Forbes

What Happens on K-12 if GOP Takes over Senate?

Alyson Klein, EdWeek

Sens. Offer Bill to Curb Campus Sexual Assault

J. Steinhauer, NYT

Calif. Program Helps Students Chart Future

Michelle Maitre, EdSource

'No Child' Waiver Critique Highlights Ind. Rift

Tom LoBianco, AP

Principals Test Entrepreneurial Ideas in K-12

Davis & Molnar, EdWeek

NYC Committee Halts Charter Expansion

Brown & Chapman, NYDN

Calif. Stands Trial in English-Learner Suit

Lesli A. Maxwell, EdWeek

Ranking America's Top Colleges 2014

Caroline Howard, Forbes

Special Ed Admins Urge SCOTUS Review

Christina Samuels, EdWeek

State-Led District to Take over More Schools

J.Garrison, The Tennessean

Michelle Rhee On Teacher Tenure Challenges

Claudio Sanchez, NPR

Slight Glimpse of 'Core' Impact in Test Scores

Grace Tatter, Chalkbeat TN

Judges Won't Rule on La. School Board Dustup

J. Williams, Times-Pic.

Friday, August 1

Schools Set to Adjust to Revamped E-Rate Policies

S. Cavanagh, EdWeek

Special Ed Students Will Have Same Standards

Joy Resmovits, HuffPost

Wis. Supreme Court Upholds 2011 Union Law

Associated Press

Teacher Union Spending: House, Senate Campaigns

L. Camera, EdWeek

WH Symposium Focuses on Family Engagement

M.A. Chandler, WaPo

Common App Hopes to Avoid 2nd Disaster

Molly Hensley-Clancy, BuzzFeed

3 Give up Teaching Credentials in Phila. Cheating

M. Woodall, Inquirer

AIR Appeals Pearson Test Contract in N.M. Court

S. Cavanagh, EdWeek

Will Higher Ed Accountability Create 'Shadow' Justice System?

PBS

D.C. Ed Chief 'Disappointed' with Flat Test Scores

Associated Press

Schools in Limbo, Fight over Longer-Day Grants

G. Decker, Chalkbeat NY

Ohio Offers Free College Entrance Exams

Barb Galbincea, Plain Dealer

Hearing Unlikely for Chicago School Closing Report

Sarah Karp, Catalyst

Protesters Slam Teacher Tenure Foe Campbell Brown

R. Reyna, NYDN

Tenn. Ed Chief Orders Virtual Academy Closure

J. Garrison, Tennessean