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January 22, 2013
New Federal Ruling: Students with Disabilities Must be Enrolled in Local District to Access Services
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, VA found that, according to the National Association of School Boards, “a […]
January 22, 2013
The New Jersey School Choice Summit will take place on Sunday, January 27th, from 3-6 at the Holiday Inn of East Windsor. Speakers include Ed. […]
January 20, 2013
The Star-Ledger reports that as “part of an effort to heighten school security in the wake of the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Conn., the […]
January 18, 2013
Rick Hess at Edweek considers the investment in the Gates Foundation’s MET analysis, particularly its finding that using student academic growth gauged by standardized tests […]
January 18, 2013
This is probably not how Mike Bloomberg imagined his education legacy: mired in mud after the leadership of UFT, NYC’s teachers’ union, declined to sign […]
January 17, 2013
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks examines new research out from the Gates Foundation on the validity and fairness of using student standardized test scores […]