Education

Letting English Learners Down: Federal Bilingual Education Programs in Arizona Federally-funded programs account for one-third of the money Arizona spends on education programs for its 140,000 English learners. Much of that takes the form of Title VII bilingual education grants. This study examines official reports filed with the U.S. Department of Education by recipients of those grants. Among its findings:
Cautionary Flags for Charter Schools In "Breaking the Monopoly" {July 23}, David Osborne makes a powerful case for charter schools. However, a few cautionary flags are in order.
Bilingual Ed is a Failure, So Replace It As the rest of the country moves away from bilingual education, shouldn’t New York City consider doing the same? Yes, and the sooner the better.
Public Charter Schools and the Core Knowledge Movement A battle raged throughout the 20th Century over the best way to teach children – by teacher-directed, content-rich approaches or through a "progressive" method by which children direct their own learning.
The Gore Dilemma: Will He Serve Teachers Unions or Upset Parents? Listen carefully, class. Who said the following: "If I was the parent of a child who went to an inner-city school that was failing…I might be for vouchers, too"?
In ABCs of reform, C is for charter schools This article appeared in 7 newspapers around Virginia. In delivering the Republicans' national radio address on Memorial Day, Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore touted how fellow GOP Governors are using choice, and particularly charter schools, to advance education reform and improve pupil performance nationwide...
Strike Fear Into the Heart of the ‘Blob’ In regard to your June 20 editorial "Cleveland’s Challenge": Cleveland indeed could become the landmark Supreme Court decision on K-12 vouchers. But the lives at stake are not just those of the few thousand children who could be forced back into failing public schools by an anti-voucher verdict...
Use the Free Market To Land the Best Teachers for America’s Children State departments of education and collegiate schools of education have put in place over the years a system for certifying schoolteachers that rewards process over substance. Requirements for mind-numbing courses in the intricacies of professional education deter many bright young people, as well as career-switchers, from becoming teachers.
Competing to win: Motivation101 for state’s public educators Imagine you are a public school principal, teacher or administrator. Like other workers who want to do a good job, you want to do right by the kids entrusted to you. But you've fallen into a comfortable rut. It's easy to stick to the same soft programs, the same approaches year after year, even though nothing much is improving.
Modern Math: California Schools are Cooking the Books on Funding, Dropout Rates The pendulum swings affecting education from nursery school to graduate school -- everything from restoring phonics to rethinking affirmative action -- often originate in the Golden State.The nation watches and learns from California.
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