News: Teachers Vie To Run Their Own Schools In LA

Teachers seek control at up-for-bid L.A. Unified schools LA Times
Groups of teachers from inside the Los Angeles Unified School District are vying to take charge of their schools.

Michigan Teaching School Tries Something New NPR
In an effort to reinvent itself, the University of Michigan is cutting the number of classes students must take in favor of more hands-on time spent in the classroom.

White House Stresses Results That Can Be Measured NPR
The White House budget office's "pedometer challenge" — to encourage employees to walk more — is just one example of the administration's commitment to measurement. From health care to education, the administration is determined to use yardsticks to guide improvement.

Study Gauges Teach for America Graduates’ Civic Involvement NYT
The reasons for the lower rates of civic involvement include not only exhaustion and burnout, but also disillusionment with Teach for America’s approach to the issue of educational inequity, among other factors.