February 1, 2016 Archives

Week of February 1, 2016 Archives

RealClearEducation Evening Edition

Monday, February 1

Villaraigosa on Why He Opposes Friedrichs

Naomi Nix, LASR

ED Pulls Federal Funding for Trade Schools

Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, WP

School Choice a Fact of Life in Blue-Collar Denver Suburb

N. Garcia, CB

Are Teachers Getting the 'Core' PD They Need?

Stephen Sawchuk, TB

New Focus on How Colleges Set Their Prices

A. Skibell, Hechinger Report

Barclays Center in Brooklyn Becomes a Classroom

M.A.V. Chaban, NYT

Trump and Education: 5 Things to Know Before Iowa

A. Ujifusa, PK12

Answering the Call to Teach in Urban Catholic Schools

J. Bock, SLPD

Teachers Union Rejects CPS Contract Offer

Chicago Sun-Times

After Settlement, FSU Shows Sympathy for Victim

Joe Nocera, NYT

WATCH: Harvard: It's Time to Make the SAT Optional

WSJ

Tuesday, February 2

Ravitch-Led Group: Most States Low on Ed Priorities

D. Burnette, SEW

Sr. Ed Official Collapses After Hearing on Hill

Lyndsey Layton, WashPost

NEA, AFT Presidents: Clinton Can Make Things Happen

A, Klein, PK12

How 1 Calif. City Saved Its Schools

Lillian Mongeau, Hechinger Report

In Sex Education, U.S. Schools Are Failing

Mattie Quinn, Governing

The Trials of New York's Family Court

Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica

Gates Foundation Adds Voice to College Scrutiny Call

Jon Marcus, HR

ED Gives States Guidance to Pare Back, Improve Tests

A. Klein, PK12

When Colleges Slash Tuition, Some Students Pay More

M. Krupnick, HR

Controversial Det. Schools Emergency Mgr. Resigns

M. Kennedy, NPR

Wednesday, February 3

Forrest Claypool on CTU Contract and CPS Cuts

WBEZ

S.D. Would Link Higher Teacher Pay to Staffing Ratios

S. Sawchuk, TB

AAUP Asks Mizzou to Lift Suspension of Click

Andy Thomason, CHE

Ed. Dept. Kicks Off Process for Writing ESSA Rules

A. Klein, PK12

50 Years of Research Show Good Teaching Matters. Now What?

TB

PARCC Scores Lower Those Who Took Exams on Computers

EdWeek

Thursday, February 4

Feds Probe Spokane Special Ed Program

Associated Press

Alaska Education Commissioner Resigns Abruptly

D. Burnette II, SEW

Chicago State Declares Financial Emergency, Eyes Job Cuts

AP

S.D. Gov.: Alter Funding Formula to Boost Teacher Pay

S. Sawchuk, TB

Devastating Impact in State That Cut Higher Ed Most

G. Russell, HR

In Oakland, Building Boys Into Men

Patricia Leigh Brown, NY Times