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Blame the Building Core Knowledge Blog
Edutopia, a George Lucas-funded education newsletter with a tendency to wander off into cloud cuckoo land, has a piece on its site about “buildings that teach” which claims the way a building is designed and used has a “profound impact” on the way students learn.

Good news for charter schools (and school reform in general) Mike Petrilli
No, I’m not referring to this survey from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, though there are some promising tidbits.

Klein Blames Idle Teachers for $4 Gas, Subprime Crisis eduwonkette
"Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said the teachers union - and policies that keep instructors from their classrooms - bear some of the blame for next school year's budget cuts."

Confusion over "universal" prekindergarten Early Stories
Ezra Klein, who blogs for the American Prospect, chides liberals for not getting behind universal prekindergarten.

Potential Growth Method Undergoes Scrutiny The Hoff
Statisticians and education researchers are starting to question the value-added model's accuracy and utility