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A House Race to Watch EdWeek
It will be interesting to see
whether Shea-Porter tones down her rhetoric on the school improvement
law, now that she's spent some time with NCLB co-author Rep. George
Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the House education panel.
Charter School Tsunami EIA
DSEA hired a Washington DC consulting firm to advise them
on "convincing the public to think twice about allowing the continued
expansion of charter schools."...I'll bet
there was an NEA grant behind this.
Most-Clicked: Tutoring Not the Ticket to Success? ASCD
In
the 2006–07 school year, $595 million was spent on free tutoring to
help schools achieve adequate yearly progress and close the achievement
gap.
EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATIONS. TAPPED
...It's a great idea to hand kids a symbolic college
application at their eighth grade graduation.

