December 22, 2016 Archives

Week of December 19, 2016 Archives

RealClearEducation Morning Edition

Monday, December 19

College Enrollment Drops 1.4% as Adults Head Back to Work

Melissa Korn, WSj

DeVos' Journey From Choice Leader to Trump Appointee

Burke & Livengood, DN

Test Scores on the Rise, So Is Common Core Working?

Naomi Nix, The Seventy Four

Flood Donations to La. Teachers Were Thrown in Trash

Amanda McElfresh, Advertiser

Overhauled D.C. Training Program Paying Off for Some Teachers

A. Matos, WaPost

N.M. Ed Chief Considered for High-Level Job in Trump WH

Milan Simonich, TNM

Trump Tech Topics: Parental Leave, Immigrant Workers, Ed

S. Shankland, CNET

Starting School Later May Really Help Sleep Deprived Teens

Brian Resnick, Vox

How DeVos Could, Couldn't Affect Mich. Ed Policy

Brian McVicar, MLive

Extreme Academic Segregation Isolates NYC HS Students

Monica Disare, Chalkbeat

Wonder and Worry, as a Syrian Child Transforms

Catrin Einhorn & Jodi Kantor, NY Times

Del. Teacher Academy Aims to Counter Teacher Shortage

David Paulk, Dover Post

How Much Time Should Students Spend Learning in Class?

K.M. Clark, Miami Herald

Tulane Applicants Learn Acceptances Are in Error

Hartocollis & Perez-Pena, NYT

Fordham BBall Coach Recruits With Academic Fast Track

Juliet Macur, NY Times

Pa. School Districts Brace for Higher Pension Costs

Kathy Boccella, Philly Inquirer

Tuesday, December 20

Yellen: Globalization Makes Higher Ed Increasingly Important

David Harrison, WSJ

IT Behind Flattening of Higher Ed Wage Premium: Study

Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed

Donald Trump’s Schoolyard Rebel

Haley Sweetland Edwards, TIME

Incoming Gov. Says N.C. Will Repeal LGBT Law

Caitlin Emma & Kimberly Hefling, Politico

Columbia Challenges Vote by Graduate Students to Unionize

Elizabeth A. Harris, NYT

Ariz. Ed Board Replaces Common Core State Standards

Casey Kuhn, KJZZ

Wash. Gov. Proposes Billions in New Taxes to Pay Teachers

Brenda Iasevoli, TB

Panel: Judge in Stanford Rape Case Didn’t Abuse Authority

Jacob Gershman, WSJ

Why Colo. District OK'd Teachers Carrying Guns to Class

David Kelly, LA Times

Majority of ELLs Are Born in the U.S.: Study

Corey Mitchell, Learning the Language

Mostly White City Wants to Leave Its Mostly Black School District

S. Stewart, NPR

Detroit Education Cases May Reverberate Across U.S.

J. Chambers, Detroit News

Harvard Survey Highlights Attitudes About Campus Sexual Assault

T. Smith, NPR

Ala. Admits High School Graduation Rate Was Inflated

Dan Carsen, NPR

Success Academy May Have Overcharged for SpecEd Services

E.A. Harris, NYT

ED Denies Student-Aid Funds to For-Profit Law School

F. Zamudio-Suaréz, CHE

Wednesday, December 21

N.C. Legislature Aims to Slash Governor's Education Powers

Daarel Burnette II, SEW

Calif. Awards $20M to Help School Employees Become Teachers

F. Leal, EdSource

Ed Civil Rights Advocates Fear "Horror Show" Under Trump

Joel Anderson, BuzzFeed

After Flint Lead Crisis, Ed is "Most Important Medication" for Kids

PBS NewsHour

Parents, CPS Teachers Demand More Resources for SpecEd

Sarah Schulte, WLS

Inefficient Health Care, Ed May Be Damaging U.S. Productivity

A. Creighton, WSJ

Head Start: "Life-Changing" Early Ed for Migrant Kids

NBC News

China Tiger Moms Are Spending Big on Tech Classes for Kids

L.Y. Chen, Bloomberg

Charter Schools Have an Ally in Betsy DeVos

Amy Scott, Marketplace

They Thought They Qualified for Student Loan Forgiveness

Ron Lieber, NY Times

Antwan Wilson Confirmed as Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools

A. Matos, WaPost

Thursday, December 22

Complicated History of 1st U.S. "Union Backed" Charter Auth.

R. Cohen, MinnPost

Teachers Say They Know More About Core, But Challenges Linger

J. Zubrzycki, EW

Number of K-12 Foreign Language Classes on the Decline

Texas Tribune

Walker: K-12 Schools Will Get "Sizeable Increase" in Aid

Associated Press

Poll: Arizonans Say They'd Pay Higher Taxes for Education

Alia Beard Rau, Republic

Ill. Lawmakers Discuss Ed Funding Overhaul

Dan Petrella, Southern Illinoisan

Fixing Community College Remedial Classes

Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC

ED Amends Terms of Approval for Apollo Ed Privatization

Melissa Korn, WSJ

To DeVos, Public School System a "Dead End"

Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

Friday, December 23

Many Americans Live in "Education Deserts": Research

Josh Mitchell, RTE

Small Colleges Offer Lifeline to Their Hometowns

Douglas Belkin, WSJ

N.C. Fails to Repeal LGBT Law

Emery P. Dalesio & Gary D. Robertson, AP

Messer Bill to Help Grad Students Save For Retirement

Claire McInerny, StateImpact

NYC Teacher Evals to Emphasize Classwork Over Tests

Brenda Iasevoli, Teacher Beat

2 For-Profit Colleges Will Close Their Doors

Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz, CHE

Iowa Parents Sue State Over School Funding Formula

Daarel Burnette II, SEW

More Colleges Reach Out to Boost Home Communities

Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report

Vets Battle for Military Training to Count as College Credit

J. Marcus, HR

Appeals Court: College's Drug Tests of All Students Illegal

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