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* A novel idea - invest in America* Site-governed schools - an important new option for Minnesota educators and students
* Open Letter to Arne Duncan

Who will write the national standards?
Outline Process to Develop Common English-language Arts and Mathematics Standards 
July 2, 2009 - WASHINGTON­ - The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today announced the names of the experts serving on the Common Core State Standards Development Work Group and Feedback Group

Commentary: Justice in Milwaukee - Michael F. Shaughnessy - July 1, 2009 - Senior Columnist EducationNews.org Every once in a while, some newspaper article comes to my attention, which reassures me that there is, in fact, some justice in the world.

Arizona High Schools Get an "F" in Civics - July 1, 2009 - Survey reveals only 3.5 percent of Arizona public high school students could pass citizenship test

National Coalition Presents "Design Principles for K-12 Mathematics Standards and Assessments" and Seeks Seat at National Standards Writing Table June 30, 2009 - The United States Coalition for World Class Math, a new non-partisan organization of concerned parents collaborating with professional mathematicians, educators, and others to promote improvements in K-12 mathematics education..

Understanding Reading First: What We Know, What We Don't, and What's Next
June 29, 2009 - In 2008, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education published research findings on Reading First, a centerpiece of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act that provided $1 billion per year to help all children read at or above grade level by the end of third grade.

Opening Up the Classroom
June 29, 2009 - This report, “Opening Up the Classroom: Greater Transparency through Better, More Accessible Course Information," by Jay Schalin, proposes a way to improve the transparency and accountability of colleges and universities.

Christina Asquith on Iraq’s "Golden Period" for Reporting
June 29, 2009 - Asquith discusses the trials of freelancing in Iraq (which she did in 2003 and 2004). Read the complete series.

The drugs don't work
June 29, 2009 - The number of people on antidepressants is soaring – we may be more miserable, but let's swap the pills for support and care

Do-Over!
June 28, 2009 - by Jason Zasky - Haunted by the failures of his youth, a middle-aged husband and father goes back to school—elementary school.

Education Terms that Share the "Phon" Root
June 28, 2009 - Psychology and education are well-springs from which buzzwords and jargon rise, and when psycho-babble meets ed-speak, obfuscation is born. In other words,

Film exposes dark underbelly of Shariah law
June 27, 2009 - "When we started this movie, I had no idea that it would be as relevant as it has become today, on the date we're releasing the film," McEveety said. "Now, with the elections turning out the way they did in Iran,

National Education Accountability Requires Overhaul
WASHINGTON, DC (June 26, 2009) –Test scores in reading and math alone cannot describe a school’s contributions to the full range of student outcomes.  Instead, a new accountability system that combines testing with qualitative evaluation is needed to replace the discredited No Child Left Behind Act.  

Undeclared World War III
by Haim Harari - Re-published June 26, 2009 - "As you know, I usually provide the scientific and technological "entertainment" in our meetings, but, on this occasion, our Chairman suggested that I present my own personal view on events in the part of the world from which I come.

The Academic Quality of Teachers: A Civil Rights Issue
By Sandra Stotsky - June 26, 2009 - Although knowledge of the subjects they teach is the chief characteristic of effective teachers, knowledgeable teachers are not evenly distributed across public schools

The Teacher Unions’ War Against Military Families
June 26, 2009 - The Senate Armed Services Committee is considering a proposal to provide military families with tuition vouchers. The idea enjoys support in the military, but the National Education Association (NEA) has mounted an attack

Tracking Your Digital Trail
by Beverly K. Eakman - June 25, 2009
Innocent-seeming questionnaires, tests, and surveys are increasingly being disseminated by government officials so that they have complete histories on every citizen.

What’s Critical about Critical Globalization Studies?
By Peter Wood - June 25, 2009
A controversy erupted earlier this year when two students, enrolled in Sociology of Globalization at the University of California at Santa Barbara, withdrew from the course after receiving an email from their professor, William I. Robinson. 

Training Simulation Increases Faculty's Skill in Identifying Students who are At-Risk for Suicide
NEW YORK CITY  -- A national study encompassing 42 leading universities in the U.S. revealed that At-Risk, a web-based gatekeeper training simulation that uses educational gaming technology, increases the willingness and skill of faculty and staff to identify

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Pushes to Aggressively Expand Charter Schools While Admitting Problems
June 23, 2009 - Democracy Now -The Obama administration has made opening more charter schools one of its top priorities in its plans to improve the nation’s education system.

Specious and Seducing: Alexander Hamilton on Group Preferences
June 23, 2009 - By Glenn Ricketts - Yesterday, the Arizona legislature approved a measure that puts a Civil Rights Initiative on that state’s 2010 ballot.

Standpoint Theory Arrives At The Court
June 23, 2009 - By Daphne Patai - One of the key contributions of second-wave feminism to the academy is what is known as "standpoint theory,"

Don't Call It a 'He-cession'
June 23, 2009 - Courtney E. Martin -Why are we pitting men against women? The economic crisis affects everyone -- and we can only fix it together.

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Green Dot a L.A. Group in Talks to Run D.C. High School: Nonprofit Manages 18 Charters, Took Over Calif. Campus
July 2, 2009 - D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee is talking to a Los Angeles nonprofit group that has improved one of that city's most troubled high schools about running at least one low-achieving high school in the District

Churchill decision in the hands of judge

July 2, 2009 - A judge weighs a remedy to his firing from CU. He wants his job back; officials say that would harm academic standards.

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Facing Deficits, Some States Cut Summer School
Seventh graders studying last week at Taylor Elementary 
July 2, 2009 - By SAM DILLON  -Thousands of school districts across the country have trimmed or eliminated summer classes, ignoring pleas from the Education Department to use stimulus money to retain them.

N.J. has school districts without schools -- but not for much longer

Commentaries and Reports

An Interview with Stan Klein: The wisdom of people who grow up with disabilities
Michael F. Shaughnessy - July 1, 2009
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
n discussing this with John Kemp, a friend of 30 years and a leading advocate for people with disabilities, we decided to collect short essays from successful adults who, like John, grew up with a disability.

An Interview About a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education.
Michael F. Shaughnessy - June 30, 2009
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
These questions have been answered by members of the accountability committee of the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education campaign (www.boldapproach.org), and are based on that committee’s report

"What's the Big IDEA?"
By Deborah Blair Porter - June 29, 2009
Columnist EducationNews.org
In California, we know spring has arrived when school districts and education “powers-that-be” begin to bemoan education budget issues. This year’s annual rite of spring, laying blame for California’s fiscal problems at the feet of special education

Homework: Damned if you do, Damned if you don't
By Alan Haskvitz - June 27, 2009, Columnist EducationNews.org - Outside of dealing with parents whose children can do no wrong there is probably no more contentious issue between a parent and school than homework assignments.

An Interview with David Whitman: Accolades
Michael F. Shaughnessy

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An Interview with Kurt O'Brien: Extraordinary Leadership
Michael F. Shaughnessy - July 2, 2009
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
"Being an academic medical center, there is a strong desire here to learn," says Kurt O'Brien, manager of organization development and training. "There is also the realization that if we want to keep improving and getting better, we need to provide our leaders with the necessary skills and tools.

An Interview with Jay Mathews: On AP Classes- Clarifying the Good, the Bad, the Questionable and the Dubious
Michael F. Shaughnessy - June 30, 2009
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Jay MathewsJay, around this time every year, Newsweek publishes your list of top high schools in America. And around this time every year, there is some concern about the criteria. Let's set the record straight. What are the criteria and how did you determine this criteria?

An Interview with Charles Aulino: Lesser-Known Giants of the Twentieth
Michael F. Shaughnessy - June 29, 2009
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Charles, first of all what led you to write about these so-called "lesser known giants" of the 20th century? It really resulted from the first essay, about Ignacy Jan Paderewski. 

Chesterfield County Public Schools: Design for Excellence or Design for Destruction?
Kandise Lucas, Ph.D. June 28, 2009 Columnist EducationNews.org

--Everyday Math--
One Step Ahead of the Train Wreck
Barry Garelick
The Case for Everyday Mathematics
By Andy Isaacs

International - EdNews

Box clever: Singapore's magic formula for maths success
July 2, 2009 - It sounds crazy but Singapore has shot up the league tables by dropping traditional methods from its maths lessons and getting children to be creative. By Liz Lightfoot

Licenced teachers won't be better teachers
Ed Balls's teaching  
July 2, 2009 - Ed Balls's latest plan will merely bring more pointless paperwork to the profession, says Francis Gilbert.
Haberman's Star-Teacher Interview can fix this problem!

Student maintenance cash frozen
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July 2, 2009 - Student maintenance grants and loans in England will not rise next year, despite an increase in tuition fees, ministers say.

Student maintenance cash frozen

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Cameron apologises to gays for Section 28: 'Law to ban promotion of homosexuality in schools was wrong'
David Cameron after this year's Gay Pride march in London, with George Osborne
July 2, 2009 - David Cameron has issued an extraordinary apology on behalf of the Conservative Party for legislation banning the promotion of homosexuality in schools.
* Boy, 14, banned from school for having moustache... but his father says he's too young to shave
* Church of England school bans girl from wearing crucifix - but allows Sikh pupils to wear bangles

Forced marriage plea to schools
Forced Marriage Unit poster
July 2, 2009 - New guidelines are being published urging schools to identify signs of forced marriages ahead of the holidays. The guidance comes as an official report raises questions about how some schools and councils have failed to act on suspicions or evidence of abuse.

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IRANIAN REGIME CRITIC MOHSEN KADIVAR
'This Iranian Form of Theocracy Has Failed'
July 2, 2009 - In a SPIEGEL interview, Iranian theologian and philosopher Mohsen Kadivar discusses Tehran's path towards a military dictatorship, how the country's religious leaders abuse Islam and opportunities for reform.

News agencies gagging 'gay' factor in boy's rape
July 2, 2009 - Frank Lombard, associate director of the Health Inequalities Program at the university's Center for Health Policy, was arrested last Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C., for attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with the child, who is black.

Hondurans have responded on EdNews asking Obama to re-think his position!
OBAMA SIDES WITH MARXISTS OVER HONDURAS

Honduras rulers reject world pressure to reverse coup
July 2, 2009 - TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran interim government defied international pressure on Wednesday and vowed there was "no chance at all" of ousted President Manuel Zelaya returning to office.


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Economic Recovery, 100 Percent Guaranteed: A Letter from the President and Executive Director, Rinku Sen
July 2, 2009 - In his recent press conference, President Obama was asked how the stimulus would affect Black homeowners who had suffered so much from the mortgage crisis. His response-these communities had been disproportionately hit and would receive a disproportionate amount of relief-was better

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Helen Thomas blasts administration for lack of transparency so let's see how Axelrod plays this.

Broder is slipping fast!
A Model for the Future
July 2, 2009 - David S. Broder - Are we in the 'post racial age' or is the Supreme Court jumping the gun?

The Ugly Face behind the Mask of Liberalism
July 2, 2009 - By Selwyn Duke - It has been interesting watching the response to the Honduran military’s recent ousting of its nation’s president, Manuel Zelaya. Barack Obama called the action “not legal” and Hillary Clinton said that the arrest of Zelaya should be condemned.

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Environmental News

Sweetener swayed House's climate bill vote
July 1, 2009 - When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes Friday for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided.

Nationalised banks must go green
June 30, 2009 - Kevin Smith: Environmental groups are suing the Treasury in an effort to ensure that RBS invests only in sustainable and ethical projects

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Green stocks flourish despite demand concerns
July 2, 2009 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - While green shoots of economic recovery are appearing only tentatively, green stocks are showing no such hesitation.

Climate Central: What We Know for Sure About Carbon Dioxide Today
July 1, 2009 - What We Know for Sure About Carbon Dioxide Today, about one in four molecules of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere come from human activity.

Breakthrough Environmental Technologies to be Unveiled at Capitol Hill CleanTech Expo on July 16

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National Journal Expands Online Offerings To Include New Education Expert Blog

Dr. William L. Pollard Appointed President of Medgar Evers College, CUNY

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PBS KIDS® Series Between the Lions® Roars Off the Small Screen with Third Annual Roadshow in July and September 2009

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