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AM News: NCLB Waivers Hurt Tutoring - & At-Risk Students 27 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
Study: Waivers leave behind at-risk students AP: Millions of at-risk students could fall through the cracks as the Education Department gives states permission to ignore parts of No Child Left Behind,...
Afternoon Video: How School Clerk Talked School Shooter Down 27 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
This interview with an Atlanta-area school clerk is from last week, but perhaps you were away like I was, or didn't get to see it already. (Slate: Atlanta school clerk says she talked gunman into sur...
Media: Atlantic Adding New Education Channel 26 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
So a little birdie tells me that the already-robust Atlantic.com site (which someone once described as Yahoo! News for college educated types) is adding a new Education channel sometime soon, along wi...
Charts: Media Still Focused On Equity "Despite" Recession 26 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
The media (and the nation's attention) should be more focused on excellence rather than equity given historical trends, according to the interesting but somewhat wishful thinking of Fordam's Mike Petr...
Morning Video: Obama Lays Out College Costs/Ranking Proposal 26 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Here via PBS NewsHour is the President laying out the plan late last week. Reactions have been mixed.
AM News: School Starts In Chicago & Elsewhwere 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Workers keep watch over new Chicago school year AP: Thousands of Chicago Public Schools students will head to new schools Monday, the first day of what Mayor Rahm Emanuel has called "a new beginning" ...
Site News: Gone Drivin' - See You Monday 20 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
I'm off for the rest of the week but will be back on Monday. In between now and then, you might be able to find glimpses of me on Twitter or Facebook (but I hope not). The 1955 Buick Special conve.....
Afternoon Video: Machines Are Stealing Our Jobs (But It's OK) 20 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Human-replacing technology is nothing new, and not to be feared (unless it's your job that's being replaced and you're unwilling or unable to do something new). Via The Atlantic video channel. Also...
Quotes: Poll Results Expose Parents' *Real* Views 19 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
After the millions the NEA, AFT, all the educrats have put into their many pronged campaigns of destruction, it's fascinating that parental support for high standards, testing, accountability, and eff...
Hot Seat Interview: The "Anti-Reform" Supe Who Favors Common Core & Assessments 19 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Here's my latest Scholastic Administrator interview, with Montgomery County's Joshua Starr. Critical of several aspects of the reform movement and the Obama administration's education agenda, Starr n...
