News: Obama "Polishing His Predecessor's Apple"
Year in review: Obama's K-12 policy doesn't change much
USA Today
A new president promised a fresh start but angered many in even his own party by polishing his predecessor's apple.
Is the MEA trying to scuttle state's Race to the Top chances?The Grand Rapids Press
Is the Michigan Education
Association telling local union leaders to scuttle the state's bid for
federal Race to the Top cash? ...
Top News - Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2009: No. 5 eSchool News
Online
learning might prove disruptive to education, but it also helped many
schools avoid a disruption to the learning process as hundreds of
schools closed temporarily amid swine-flu outbreaks in their
communities.
Beverly Hills schools move to cut outside pupilsMSNBC
Threats
on Facebook, name-calling, security guard escorts — tempers are running
high around schools these days in this normally sedate enclave of
ostentatious wealth.
Standardized testing hurting U.S. education Topix
America's increasing reliance on standardized testing
as a yardstick for educational success is a flawed policy that
threatens to undermine the nation's strengths of creativity and
innovation, according to a provocative new book from a Michigan State
University scholar.