Week of January 12, 2015 Archives

RealClearEducation Evening Edition

Monday, January 12
Duncan: Admin. Doubling Down on K-12 Priorities
A. Klein, Politics K-12
UVA Frat Reinstated After Rolling Stone Debacle
J. Steinhauer, NYT
Duncan Not Sorry He Pulled Murry State's NCLB Waiver
A. Klein, PK12
NYC Reveals Elusive Data for Charters
Geoff Decker, Chalkbeat NY
Why Colleges Recruit Applicants, Just to Reject
L.M. Colarusso, HR
Ex-LAUSD Board Pres. to Run Troubled Charter Group
H. Blume, LAT
Few N.Y. Parents Seeking Teacher Evaluation Scores
Associated Press
Push for Standards Seeping into Arts Education
Jill Barshay, Hechinger
Common Core Brings Change, Worry to Classrooms
L. Postal, OS
Wis. Not Alone in Quest For Ed Accountability
M. Mikkelson, WUWM
Athletics Heads: 'Make Our Case Before It's Too Late'
B. Wolverton, CHE
Newark School Chief Could Earn Hefty Bonus
John Mooney, NJ Spotlight
Why Meaningful Ed Gains Are Hard to Tell
M. Zinshteyn, FiveThirtyEight
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Tuesday, January 13
Dems., GOP Agree: Time To Rewrite NCLB
Joy Resmovits, HuffPost
WATCH: Duncan: 'Education Is an Investment'
CNN
Alexander's ESEA Draft Offers 2 Testing Options
Camera & Klein, PK12
Obama's Fiscal 2016 Budget Request Sneak Peak
Lauren Camera, PK12
Deasy to Work for Broad Center
Craig Clough, LA School Report
When High Achievers Have No Place to Go
Hancock & Kolodner, Atlantic
New Bill Calls for Appointed Ind. Supt. in 2021
Rachel Morello, WBAA
Short Courses Offer Hope for U.S. Ed Cos.
A. Vijayaraghavan, Reuters
New Global Model Helping Kids Learn to Think
Eric Schulzke, Deseret
Fla. and the Debate Over Rewriting NCLB
John O'Connor, StateImpact
For-Profit Charters Set To Run Pa. District's Schools
E. Previti, NPR
Thinkful Raises $4.25M, Brings Programming Ed Online
J. Shieber, TC
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Wednesday, January 14
UVA Applicants Drops for 1st Time in 12 Years
D. Quizon, Daily Progress
AFT Backs Annual Testing, with an Asterisk
Lyndsey Layton, Wash Post
Low Oil Prices Put Pressure on Public Schools
Emma Brown, Wash Post
W.V. Backs Away from Controverisal Science Standards
E. Brown, WP
Biz Ed's Loudest Enemy Takes on Harvard
M. Symonds, B. Businessweek
Rand Paul Seeks 2016 Spotlight at N.H. 'Core' Forum
Evie Blad, PK12
Pittsburgh Network Eyed as Digital Ed Model
Benjamin Herold, EdWeek
Decision to Toss Charter Suit Upheld on Appeal
Ross & Chapman, NYDN
Can Free Tuition Change Attitudes About College?
C. McInerny, SI
92% of College Students Prefer Print Books
Alice Robb, New Republic
In Effort to Fix Tribal Schools, Feds Face Doubts
Corey Mitchell, EdWeek
With 'Core,' More States Sharing Test Questions
C. Gewertz, EdWeek
TFA-Like Corps Sends College Advisers to High Schools
C.J. Adams, EW
Poss. Calif. Parent-Trigger School Takes Next Step
K.S. Reid, K12P&P
Did Failing Schools Adding Instructional Time Help?
Alyson Klein, PK12
NIH Resets Study Plans for Down Syndrome
Sarah D. Sparks, EdWeek
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Thursday, January 15
Boston Teachers Approve Extending the School Day
D. Handy, WBUR
Va. Bill Advances to Derail Undocumented Tuition
S. Svrluga, Wash Post
Disciplines That Expect 'Brilliance' Tend to Punish Women
M. Will, CHE
Jeb Bush's Fla. Education Record
Libby Nelson, Vox
Struggling College is Challenge for Ex-WH CoS
K. Carapezza, WGBH
Heavy Recruiting for Teachers Amid Shortage
Jessica Peres, KFSN
Tenn. Teachers Paid Off $92K of Debt in Under 3 Yrs.
Libby Kane, BI
Ind. Considers Moving 3rd Grade Reading Test Up a Yr.
C. Gewertz, CM
A Country Where Teachers Have a Voice
Sarah Butrymowicz, The Atlantic
Where the Sugar Babies Are
Terrance F. Ross, The Atlantic
Ohio Colleges Focus on Keeping on Pace to Grad
M. Urycki, StateImpact
ClassDojo Releases New App to Improve Comm.
C. Locke, EdSurge
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Friday, January 16
Miss. Withdraws from 'Core' Testing Group
E. Le Coz, Clarion-Ledger
UVA Phi Kappa Psi Member Elected IFC Pres.
T. Rees Shapiro, Wash Post
Battle Lines Drawn on Testing in ESEA Renewal
Klein & Camera, EW
Colleges Wrestle With How to Define Rape
Robin Wilson, CHE
Duke Muslim Call to Prayer Sounds Post-Backlash
S. Svrluga, et al., WP
Vermont Gov. Would Outlaw Teacher Strikes
Associated Press
UVA Rape Survivor Questions Rolling Stone Story
T.R. Shapiro, WP
What NOLA Parents Look for When Picking Schools
E. Felton, Hechinger
Ohio ED Report Recommends Less Testing
Mark Urycki, StateImpact
Anti-'Core' Bill Highlights NCLB Overhaul Pressure
L. Camera, PK12
Study: Ed Funding Formula Could Level Playing Field
Associated Press
Will Founds. Stay Course with Millions to LAUSD?
A. Gilbertson, KPCC
Schools on Military Bases Struggle with Maintenance
B. Mejia, LAT
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