New York Daily News
BY Meredith Kolodner
June 17, 2010
Get your diplomas while you can, kids, because next year the hammer’s coming down.
State officials expect graduation rates to drop after they make it tougher to get a diploma, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said yesterday.
“Right now, we are graduating kids with [...]
Wall Street Journal
JUNE 17, 2010
By BARBARA MARTINEZ
The state is looking to raise the standards to earn a New York state Regents diploma, meaning the steadily climbing graduation rate may take a hit next year.
“Our Regents diploma doesn’t mean college-ready,” said Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the Regents, noting that “75% of the youngsters [...]
July 27, 2010
Following a recommendation in an audit by the U.S. Department of Justice, Nevada’s Carson City School District has expanded a part-time position for a director of the district’s English-as-a-second-language program to a full-time position, reports the Nevada Appeal.
What’s noteworthy about this July 16 news article from a national [...]
July 26, 2010
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Teacher evaluation protocols need to be better tailored to gauge the effectiveness of special education teachers and specialists who work with English-language learners, a research and policy brief from the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality says.
The brief makes the case that teacher effectiveness is different for [...]
July 28, 2010
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
PHOENIX — A federal judge, ruling on a clash between the federal government and a state over immigration policy, has blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law from going into effect.
In a ruling on a law that has rocked politics coast to [...]
By Debra Viadero on July 21, 2010 10:19 AM | 3 Comments | No TrackBacks
If you listen to a lot of policy discussions on education, chances are that you’ve heard one scholar or another stand up to talk about how teacher credentials, such as holding a traditional license or having [...]
