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School Turnarounds Prompt Community Backlash

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Sun, 02/03/2013 - 1:00pm
The federal government's push for drastic reforms at chronically low-achieving schools has led to takeovers by charter operators, overhauls of staff and curriculum, and even school shutdowns across the country.

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ABC News

Oregon's Year-Over-Year High School Graduation Rate Flat at 68 Percent

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 3:57pm
The on-time graduation rate for Oregon high school students in the class of 2012 is up, but barely. The Oregonian reported that state figures showed the rate rose by less than a percentage point and remains at 68 percent. Gov. John Kitzhaber and his chief education officer, Rudy Crew, call 68 percent unacceptably low.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Louisiana Education Needs Fixing

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 11:19am
Louisiana public education is plagued with problems. Students aren’t graduating from high school, students who can’t read are being asked to write book reports, teachers either don’t care or are underpaid—you get the picture.

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The Daily Reveille

Massachusetts High School Graduation Rates Continue to Rise

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 3:41pm
Graduation rates at Massachusetts public high schools increased for the sixth consecutive year, state officials announced this afternoon. Some 84.7 percent of students who entered high schools in fall 2008 graduated last year, an increase of 4.8 percentage points from six years earlier, according to the newly released data.

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The Boston Globe

ODYSSEYWARE Releases Writer Instructional Aid to Improve Writing Outcomes

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 8:42am

ODYSSEYWARE, one of the leading publishers of online curriculum for students in grades 3-12, has recently released ODYSSEYWARE Writer, a new instructional aid for teachers and students to create focused and differentiated writing instruction.

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NY Gov.'s Education Plans Get Lukewarm Response

Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 4:24pm

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to spend 4.4 percent more on schools next year received a lukewarm reception Wednesday from educators and advocates who praised some of the planned initiatives but said funding would remain short of what it should be under a landmark court ruling six years ago.

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Associated Press via The Wall Street Journal

NSBA Praises New Law Promoting Education of Foster Children

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Tue, 01/22/2013 - 11:33am
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) praises the enactment of the Uninterrupted Scholars Act.

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NSBA

Los Angeles Parents to File Petition for School Reform

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 2:11pm
Amabilia Villeda received a surprising phone call from her daughter's teacher one day — the sixth-grader could barely read. "How did this happen?" Villeda said. "Now she's in eighth grade and reads at third-grade level."

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San Francisco Chronicle

'White Privilege' Lesson In Wisconsin Classroom Draws Ire

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 1:53pm
A Wisconsin high school is under fire after a parent accused a diversity class of promoting a critical race theory, alleging that students are being taught that minorities are disadvantaged by white oppressors, Fox News reports.

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Huffington Post

Hillsborough County Schools Boost Reading Throughout District

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 4:21pm
Case study: In the fall of 2010, Hillsborough County (Fla.) Schools introduced online program myON reader to Title I elementary schools and subsequently exponentially increased students' reading scores and their interest in books.

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