July 21, 2010
By TAMAR LEWIN
Less than two months after the nation’s governors and state school chiefs released their final recommendations for national education standards, 27 states have adopted them and about a dozen more are expected to do so in the next two weeks.
Their support has surprised many in [...]

July 16, 2010
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A large number of the 2.1 million undocumented immigrants in this country who meet the age, duration of U.S. residency, and arrival age that would make them eligible for conditional legalization under a bill pending in Congress are not likely to attain legal status if the bill is [...]

July 8, 2010
BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI
FREE PRESS EDUCATION WRITER
Detroit Public Schools is set to open its first school without a principal — teachers will be running the day-to-day operations and making all pertinent decisions.
They won’t have to wait for the central office’s OK to purchase needed items or increase their emphasis on fractions [...]

by Larry Abramson
July 15, 2010
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When summer ends, many teachers will face a new reality: A number of states have passed new laws and policies that tie teachers’ job security to how well their students do in class. Some teacher groups dropped their longstanding opposition to this [...]

By Michele McNeil on July 14, 2010 12:00 PM | 6 Comments | No TrackBacks
After getting pushback from local education advocates who have been feeling left out of the school turnaround process, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced today that districts will be required to involve parents and [...]

July 14, 2010
By KIRK JOHNSON
SALT LAKE CITY — A list of 1,300 Utah residents described as illegal immigrants has sown fear among some Hispanics here, and prompted an investigation into its origins and dissemination.
Each page of the list is headed with the words “Illegal Immigrants” and each entry [...]