AM News: Teacher Buyout Might Save Newark Budget
Florida test scores bring more questions than answers CNN: The Florida Department of Education has released the results of its most recent statewide standardized test in reading and writing.
Newark Mulls Teacher Buyouts WSJ: Borrowing a page from New York City, Houston and other cities, Newark could soon use money from the foundation started by Facebook FB +0.61% founder Mark Zuckerberg to offer buyouts to teachers in a cost-saving move.
Obama sees 'emerging consensus' on economic fix BusinessWeek: It also called for "investments in education and in modern infrastructure," which would involve more government spending. That approach also meshes exactly with Obama's campaign-year strategy for accelerated economic growth.
Dharun Ravi Prepares To Learn His Fate AP via HuffPost: One couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after his college roommate used a webcam to see him kiss another man in September 2010; the other fears their son will be sent to prison this week for doing the spying.
L.A. Unified a rare haven for health teachers LAT: Brownell belongs to a declining breed: She's a certified health instructor leading a one-semester health class in a California public high school. LAUSD nearly killed health as a required course, to focus more on its new mandate that all students complete college-prep classes. Other school systems have stopped requiring health class simply to save money.
In Joplin, a senior year to remember after tornado AP via Boston.com: It was a label they sought both to embrace and avoid, a refrain overheard in whispers or uttered bluntly at soccer games, summer camps and national academic competitions: Here come the tornado kids from Joplin.
Facebook saves education? I think I just lost my remaining scrap of hope for mankind. Kind of him to do so, but at the same time, I see Facebook creating a huge rift in my former high school as they police teens' activities at home by getting "friends" to copy, paste, and report other "friends" activities to the administration.
Posted by: Sarah | May 22, 2012 at 07:31 AM
It does kind of annoy me, as well, that Joplin, a town already in need of reform prior to the natural disasters, had to suffer so much, put up with so much media pandering, to be given the rebirth it needed to thrive.
Posted by: Sarah | May 22, 2012 at 07:34 AM