Education Reform and Workforce Development

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• A (real) virtual education
  Sep 8, 2010 — The Boston Globe
  By definition, virtual schools are not limited by geographical boundaries. The board imposed restrictive terms that limit the statewide expansion of any district-sponsored virtual school. High school dropouts who want to complete their education but not in a school with teenagers can do so online.
• EDITORIAL
  Sep 8, 2010 — Akron Beacon Journal
  That information offers a crucial basis, the evidence necessary for targeted reforms. With success in the middle school, the district adopted the scheduling in the junior high school. School administrators shouldn't have to worry about making time to implement critical reforms.
• Error on New Jersey's Race to Top forms found too late, panel is told
  Sep 8, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Christie unexpectedly ordered the application altered days before it was due, according to testimony. In the latest application, the altered data resulted in a grade of less than a half-point. Schundler countered that he had given Christie and key governor's office staff correct information that Christie did not use.
• Grijalva
  Sep 8, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
  Party has selective amnesia. It's going to be our fault. They share no responsibility." McClung said compromises the Democrats made with moderates in the party reflect, somewhat, on the public's opinion of recent federal legislation. "I think it would have been worse because the American people were against it and that's why a lot of Democrats were fighting back to get it more moderate," she said of the public option in health-care reform. Grijalva hailed the president's...
• Letters: Back to School: Grading the Teacher
  Sep 8, 2010 — New York Times
  The flagrant double standard would be risible if it did not carry such serious consequences. Ranjeet Tate Amherst, N.Y., Sept. 1, 2010 • To the Editor: Teaching is a complex profession, and a practitioner can always improve. Teacher union leaders who oppose value-added reporting systems are demonstrating that when forced to choose between protecting the jobs of ineffective teachers and improving educational options for children, their dues-paying members come first.
• Candidates debate state of isle education
  Sep 7, 2010 — The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Jon Riki Karamatsu used the opportunity to pass out Karamatsu hand fans to audience members. State Sen. Norman Sakamoto said. After several other candidates praised charter schools, Republican state Rep. Lynn Finnegan said she was "surprised everyone is so supportive of equal funding for charter schools.
• Career schools may lose loans
  Sep 7, 2010 — The Boston Globe
  For-profit colleges received $27.3 billion in 2008-2009, quintuple the tally a decade earlier, the Education Department said. It's not apples-to-apples,'' said Jeff Leshay, a spokesman for Gibbs's parent company. Enrollment in for-profit colleges has tripled to 1.8 million students over the past decade. The Education Department predicted the for-profit sector would be hardest hit, however.
• How the media shaped Katrina
  Sep 7, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
  The extremities of Katrina flushed reporters out of their comfort zones. Media coverage of Katrina, however, has also left frustration and disappointment. It's also the herd mentality." Wildfire rumors tainted early reports.