Big Stories Of The Day

Will Smith Planning to Start a School CNN
Having immersed himself in educational theories while home-schooling his kids, Will Smith says he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, plan to put that knowledge to greater use by teaming with like-minded parents and creating a full school.

From college classroom to Obama's campaign Christian Science Monitor
How one college student is putting political theory to practical use.

Consultant finds little difference in dueling math curricula AP
Officials with New Jersey-based Mathematics Policy Research Inc. were hired to settle a dispute over the Everyday Math curriculum the district uses in most of its schools [vs. Harcourt].

Review finds extensive grade inaccuracies at charter school San Diego Union-Tribune
The academic reputation of the nationally recognized charter school at UC San Diego is being called into question by a new audit showing widespread grade tampering and instances where students received credit for courses they never took.

Comments

[morgan]

Has anybody done a study on the success rates of charter or private schools started by people famous for things other than education? I seem to remember that about some of the schools having problems in Ohio were founded by athletes and the like - folks who were well-intentioned, but unfortunately, might not know how to run a school. It would be interesting to see how those schools actually fair.