December 15, 2014 Archives

Week of December 15, 2014 Archives

RealClearEducation Morning Edition

Monday, December 15

In Mississippi, Education Money Gap Grows to $1.5B

Jeff Amy, AP

John King Reflects on Contentious Tenure

Jessica Bakeman, Capital NY

First Lady: Barriers Remain to Girls' Education

Darlene Superville, AP

Audit: USED Lacks Plan to Fight Student-Loan Defaults

B. Read, CHE

Some Okla. Teachers Leaving State, Profession

N. Habib, Tulsa World

School Cafeterias Try Haute Cuisine

Tenille Tracy, The Wall Street Journal

UVA Students Put Names to Rape's Aftermath Account

T.R. Shapiro, WP

LI Educators: Experience for New N.Y. Ed Chief

J. Hildebrand, Newsday

Miss. Principal Predicts 'Chaos' If 'Core' Gets Dropped

K. Skinner, HR

U.S. Schools Saying Goodbye to Foreign Languages

S. Kohli, Atlantic

Arne Duncan Joins Al Sharpton's Civil Rights March

A. Klein, PK12

Penn Pres. Feels Heat from Police for 'Die in'

Susan Snyder, Inquirer

WATCH: Many Push for Early Childhood Education

NBC News

Two Years Later, Still Learning From Sandy Hook

Jeff Cohen, NPR

Aid Formula Said to Hurt Where Most Go to Yeshivas

J. Berger, NYT

D.C. Explores Widening Road to HS Diploma

M.A. Chandler, WashPost

Pearson: Tech to Bring an Assessment 'Renaissance'

B. Herold, Dig. Ed

Tuesday, December 16

Where Teens Have the Most Homework

Sonali Kohli, The Atlantic

Inslee Wants to Beat Deadline on Education Suit

D.G. Blankenship, AP

King's Exit Won't Affect Albany's 2015 Ed Agenda

J. Bakeman, Capital NY

Colleges Often Reluctant to Expel for Sexual Violence

N. Anderson, WP

Kline Optimistic on Education Reform

Abby Simons, Star Tribune

Calif. Likely to Support Existing Lunch Standards

J.M. Adams, EdSource

TFA Facing Recruitment Challenges

Stephen Sawchuk, Teacher Beat

Farina Has Mixed Results During Her 1st Year

Ben Chapman, NYDN

Later School Start Time Gains Traction in Colo.

A. Schimke, Chalkbeat CO

N.Y. Regents Seek $2B Ed Spending Boost

Jon Campbell, Gannett

N.Y. Teen Admits His $72M Story Is a Hoax

Taylor & Somaiya, NY Times

USED: Records of Accused Athlete Shouldn't Be Released

J. New, IHE

Del. School Entrance Exams Face Tough Test

A. Wolfman-Arent, NW

NYC to Stop Schools from Using 911 for Discipline

Beth Fertig, WNYC

Study to Examine Effects of Artificial Intelligence

John Markoff, NYT

Wednesday, December 17

Education Legacy Could Become Albatross for Bush

S. Simon, Politico

Rand Paul: Common Core Will Sink Bush

Jonathan Easley, The Hill

N.Y. Regents Seek to Educate Undocumented Kids

R. Karlin, Times U.

Patty Murray Aims to Tackle No Child Left Behind

D.G. Blankenship, AP

S.C. Next Sen. Ed Head Plans Push Against 'Core'

Ryan Quinn, Gazette

Jindal Admin. Questioning La. Ed Contracts

Melinda DeSlatte, AP

Johns Hopkins Mistakenly Accepts Hundreds

N. Anderson, Wash Post

Colleges Consider Flexibility Amid Protests

Scott Jashik, Inside Higher Ed

N.Y. Ed Officials: Some Teachers Over-Rated

Al Vaughters, WIVB

Outgoing Conn. Ed Commissioner Going to R.I.

K. Megan, Courant

Ed Groups at Odds over Philly School Study

Kevin McCorry, Newsworks

Students See New Hope in Bias Protests

Celestine Bohlen, NY Times

Skating Out Classroom Stress As A 'Derby Dame'

Tovia Smith, NPR

Thursday, December 18

Walker: Bush WH Run Won't Affect My Plans

M. Tighe, LaCrosse Tribune

U.S.-Cuba Announcement Has Higher Ed Implications

E. Redden, IHE

Cuomo: High Teacher Scores 'Not Real'

Jessica Bakeman, Capital New York

GAO Projects Worrisome Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

A. Ujifusa, SEW

Terrorist Attacks on Schools Have Soared in Decade

K. Gilsinan, Atlantic

UVA: Sex Assault Review Will Be Made Public

The Washington Post

New Tenn. Ed Chief: Kids Deserve Great Teacher

D. Boucher, Tennessean

Vandeven Chosen From Within for Mo. Ed Chief

J. Robertson, KC Star

'Big Data' Skills Not Being Taught in K-12

B. Herold, Digital Education

Universities Push Harder Into Realm of Startups

Ruth Simon, WSJ

'Restorative Justice' New School Discipline Approach

E. Westervelt, NPR

Federal Judge Denies NCAA Concussion Settlement

Chicago Tribune

De Blasio's Charter School Dilemma

Beth Fertig, WNYC

Steep Slide in Law School Enrollment Speeds Up

Olson & Segal, DealBook

10 Cities Seek to Bring Personalized Learning to Scale

B. Herold, Dig. Ed

Calif. Schools Boost Efforts to Help Long-Term ELLs

T. Watanabe, LAT

Parent Trigger 'Pilot Project' Has No Takers

Tom Borgerding, StateImpact

Friday, December 19

Obama Spells Out College-Ranking Framework

Douglas Belkin, WSJ

Creating Obama's College Ratings Tested Ed Dept.

M. Stratford, IHE

College Ratings: How It Looks on Campus

Claudio Sanchez, NPR

College Ratings Draft Light on Details

Allie Grasgreen, Politico

GOP Gives Feds' College Rating Plan an 'F'

Simon & Grasgreen, Politico

Cuomo Takes Aim at Teacher Evals, Ed Reform

Kate Taylor, NY Times

Charter CEO Moskowitz's Pay Jumps to $567K

Ben Chapman, NYDN

Senators: Erasing Debt Could Recruit More S.C. Teachers

S. Adcox, AP

The Search for 'Core'-Aligned Curriculum

J. Zubrzycki, Chalkbeat CO

Congress Keeps NASA Education Programs Aloft

Jeffrey Mervis, Science

Okla. Could Recover Millions in Lost Tax Revenue

T. Willert, NewsOK

Cuomo, Teachers Union Escalate War of Words

Yancey Roy, Newsday

Success Charter Schools Secure More NYC Space

Beth Fertig, WNYC

Bilingual Preschool Teacher Talks Chicago Ed

Bill Healy, WBEZ

In an After-School Program, Juggling and Plate-Spinning

J. Barron, NYT