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Turnitin WriteCycle Adopted by Milwaukee Public Schools

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Detroit Public Schools Expand Use of MY Access!� Online Writing Program in Classrooms

Extra Technology News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Students’ improvement on high stakes exams prompts school district to increase use of Vantage Learning’s MY Access! Ewing, N.J. ( Vocus / PRWEB ) December 1, 2009 -- Teachers in Detroit Public Schools have something new to celebrate this fall with the results of the Michigan Merit Examination (MME). The students’ scores increased by 11 points in writing...

The American Public School System is a Failure

The Silent Majority (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

The American Public School System is a Failure Depending upon your perspective, perhaps! A Commentary by: J. D. Longstreet ****************************************** I was enroute to someplace, or other a few mornings ago, when I had to stop my truck for a school bus to load some reluctant students. As I sat, waiting on those youngsters to board, I thought how unfortunate they...

• The American Public School System is a Failure - Faultline USA

Community input is sought on school-restructuring plan

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

The community will have its say on Mesa Public Schools' restructuring plan during the first public meeting on the issue at 7 tonight.

After millage fails, Ann Arbor Public Schools asks for community input to fix budget gap

The Michigan Daily (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Ann Arbor Public Schools are turning to the community to help plan for what officials are portraying as a major budget deficit that could result in employee cuts. After a millage failed in a county-wide vote in November, officials from the school district are planning a series of forums for the public to discuss how to mend the budget gap they are currently facing.

The American Public School System is a Failure

Faultline USA (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

The American Public School System is a Failure Depending upon your perspective, perhaps! A Commentary by: J. D. Longstreet ********************************** I was enroute to someplace, or other a few mornings ago, when I had to stop my truck for a school bus to load some reluctant students. As I sat, waiting on those youngsters to board, I thought how unfortunate they are. They...

Las Cruces Public Schools Classes Delay

The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Las Cruces Public Schools are announcing a two-hour class delay this morning, as winter storms hit the area. Anywhere from three to eight inches could fall in Do-a Ana County today before the storm moves out and clearing begins late in the day.Winter storm watch:• The National Weather Service, in Santa Teresa, has issued a winter storm watch through 5 a.m. today.•Anywhere from...

Public School Class Sizes Are Up

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Budget cuts, which mean fewer teachers, are driving up class sizes. The Daily News reports , based on a Class Size Matters study, "The average elementary school class ballooned by about 4% to more than 23 students. Middle and high school classes grew by 1% to 2% to almost 27 students." Further, "average kindergarten class sizes jumped to 21.7 from 20.7 students this year...

• Kindergartners suffer most as budget cuts balloon class sizes - NYDailyNews
• Kindergartners suffer most as budget cuts balloon class sizes - NY Daily News

A very measured editorial on charter schools, not from the Washington Post, but from the Los Angeles Times

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Unlike the cheerleading on the editorial pages of the Washington Post for both charter schools and for Chancellor Rhee's "reform" efforts with the DC Public School system, the Los Angeles Times has an incredibly nuanced editorial about charter schools, what they do, why some programs are successful, and how jumping from some examples to a national policy is a big...

PCBs still present in public schools

Queens Crap (Free subscription) | yesterday

From the Queens Chronicle : ...Naomi Gonzalez, a Bronx mother of two, has instilled in her 7-year-old daughter advice that may seem unorthodox at first. “I don’t let her drink the water in school, and she knows to ask not to sit by the window,” Gonzalez said. Her daughter’s school, P.S. 178, is one of 85 citywide public schools — 20 of...

Broad Foundation and the Portland (OR) Public Schools

Schools Matter (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Below are two brief excerpts from an article written by Steve Rawley, editor of the blog PPSEquity and a father of two children in the Portland Public Schools. For a little background, current Gates Education head, Vicki Phillips, spent a few years wreaking havoc on our already-fragile school system, but her ill-conceived and poorly implemented plans exacerbated inequities. Now,...

Violence at D.C. charter schools prompts more police

Washington Post (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

D.C. officials have decided to give charter schools the same police protection as regular D.C. public schools after a two-month-long spate of violence near a charter school in Northeast Washington.

Rule for teaching Christmas in public schools

causa nostrae laetitiae (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Can a teacher wear Christmas clothing? Can she teach about the Nativity? Suprisingly, the answer to both questions is "yes". Read these twelve rules and see if your child's school is in compliance or if Christmas is being supressed from the Rutherford Institute. script" type="text/javascript" src="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?

Vt. institute recommends school choice

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Vermont think thank advocating free markets and limited government says Vermont can cut education costs by offering public school choice, charter schools, virtual learning and other cost saving measures.

NY Times article on charter school shared space

Ednotes Online - The Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

I'm looking forward to reactions to today's Jennifer Medina's piece in the NY Times on charters sharing space with public schools as she has been working on this story for quite a while and was having problems getting teachers to talk because of the assumption the NY Times would not do a fair and balanced piece and also because of fear of retaliation from the DOE. My immediate reaction...