News: FLA Lawsuit, $87 Per Kid, Income Not Race, & More

Florida Officials Fail to Provide Quality Education, Suit Claims NYT
The American Civil Liberties Union, citing low graduation rates, says officials are violating a requirement in the Florida Constitution.

Race to the Top education grant propels reforms USA Today
If distributed to each of the USA's schools, which educate an estimated 50 million students, it would equal only $87 more per student.

Obama Offers States Rewards For Overhauling Schools NPR
In order to qualify for the money, schools may have to grade not only students, but also teachers.

More districts use income, not race, as basis for busing USA Today
More than 60 school systems now use socioeconomic status as a factor in school assignments. Students in Champaign, Ill.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; and Louisville have returned this year to income-based assignments.

Military to Debut Virtual School US News
A new online curriculum is in the works to ease school transitions for itinerant members' children.

More report cards go online USA Today
Districts in Louisiana, Colorado, South Carolina and Texas are among those that have gone paperless since 2008.

Comments

[Cheryl]

So call me a pessimist, but I'm a little concerned that state laws changed so easily, can also be un-changed relatively easily once the grantees are announced. Unless Congress wants to put some more $$$ into Race to the Top, after Round 2 winners are named, what's to stop that from happening?