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U.S. Plans Major Changes in How Students Are Tested

September 3, 2010 By SAM DILLON Standardized exams — the multiple-choice, bubble tests in math and reading that have played a growing role in American public education in recent years — are being overhauled. Over the next four years, two groups of states, 44 in all, will get $330 million to work with hundreds of university professors and testing experts to design a... Full article »

A Celebratory Road Trip for Education Secretary

September 2, 2010 By TRIP GABRIEL PORTLAND, Me. — A chartered bus adorned with slogans about “Hope” and “Dreams” was rumbling through this part of the country this week, carrying a public servant who made regular stops to greet mayors and local television cameras. No, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is not a candidate for office. But yes, his bus tour... Full article »

Winners of Aid For Education Are Mostly in the East

August 25, 2010 By SAM DILLON When Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced on Tuesday the latest states to win the Race to the Top competition -- and a share of $3.4 billion in federal financing -- he said they were chosen because they outlined the boldest plans for shaking up their public school systems. But others noted another common denominator: geography. Of the dozen... Full article »

Ambitious School Overhaul Drive Hits Delays

August 24, 2010 By SAM DILLON SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Secretary of Education Arne Duncan set an ambitious goal last year of overhauling 1,000 schools a year, using billions of dollars in federal stimulus money. But that effort is off to an uneven start. Schools from Maine to California are starting the fall term with their overhaul plans postponed or in doubt because... Full article »

CHICAGO NEWS COOPERATIVE; Many Chicago Charter Schools Run Deficits, Data Shows

August 13, 2010 By SARAH KARP Even as the Obama administration promotes charter schools as a way to help raise the academic performance of the nation's students, half of Chicago's charter schools have been running deficits in recent years, an analysis of financial and budget documents shows, calling into question their financial viability. On Monday, Chicago Public Schools... Full article »

School Overhaul Draws a Crowd, but Not Necessarily a Credentialed One

August 10, 2010 By SAM DILLON With the Obama administration pouring billions into its nationwide campaign to overhaul failing schools, dozens of companies with little or no experience are portraying themselves as school-turnaround experts as they compete for the money. A husband-and-wife team that has specialized in teaching communication skills but never led a single school... Full article »

New Tension In Obama's Tie To Teachers

July 5, 2010 By SAM DILLON NEW ORLEANS -- For two years as a presidential candidate, Barack Obama addressed educators gathered for the summer conventions of the two national teachers' unions, and last year both groups rolled out the welcome mat for Education Secretary Arne Duncan. But in a sign of the Obama administration's strained relations with two of its most powerful... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Unfazed By Reality

June 15, 2010 By BOB HERBERT Imagine that you've got the gas pedal to the floor (or almost to the floor) as you try to get your vehicle to the top of a mountain, where the road will level off. You've made real progress, but the vehicle is straining and wheezing. You're not there yet. Why in the world would you lift your foot off the gas and risk rolling back down the mountain?... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Race To Sanity

June 4, 2010 By DAVID BROOKS Sometimes it seems as if we're doomed to fight a new culture war between orthodox liberals who have lavish faith in the power of government and orthodox conservatives who have almost no faith at all. But occasionally a politician comes along with a more measured vision of a limited but energetic government. Recently, for example, I read a speech by... Full article »

The Teachers' Unions' Last Stand

May 23, 2010 By STEVEN BRILL MICHAEL MULGREW is an affable former Brooklyn vocational-high-school teacher who took over last year as head of New York City's United Federation of Teachers when his predecessor, Randi Weingarten, moved to Washington to run the national American Federation of Teachers. Over breakfast in March, we talked about a movement spreading across the... Full article »

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