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AP Interview: Haslam mulls expansion of pre-K

Awards honor teens in science competition

Bills try bring Mich. kindergarten in line with US

Bully victim's poem prompts healing after 25 years

Calif. Aims to Go Own Way in NCLB Waiver Bid
The state board approves a waiver request that departs from the Education Department’s model.

Calif. K-12 Funding, Governance Still Troubled, Report Says
Five years after a blue-ribbon group urged major changes, fundamental problems remain, a followup report contents.

Calif. lawsuit attacks teacher employment rules

Chicago Plans 60 More Charters in 5 Years
The plan would increase the share of privately run charters to about a quarter of all schools in the district.

Child Literacy Overhaul Now Law in Colorado

Chile gov't won't cede to free education demands

Clark County schools planning 1,015 pink slips

Colorado School Campaigning Methods Questioned

Connecticut Education Overhaul Is Approved
Connecticut legislators have approved major changes to the state's public education system.

Denver schools investigating 2011 CSAP results

Dramatic drop in preliminary FCAT writing scores

Ed secretary questions Fla. law on tutoring

Education group backs McKenna for governor

Emergency law considered in Quebec student protest

Feds: Wis. proposal for education waiver lacking

Fla. Schools Won't Be Held Accountable This Year for Low Writing Test Scores
Florida will hold public schools harmless from this year's dramatic drop in FCAT writing scores.

Fla. board lowers FCAT writing test passing score

Foundation Cash Boosts Education Advocacy Groups
Grants to prominent K-12 groups often helps underwrite activities touching on sensitive areas of education policy.

Free Bicycles Help Keep Indian Girls in School

Gifted Programs Aim to Regain Budget Toehold
But efforts to restore federal funds for a long-running gifted education program lack Obama administration support.

Gov. Brewer signs bill expanding school choices

Groups Offer Ways for Feds to Improve Student Well-Being
Recommendations include appointing new federal staff members to shepherd school health efforts and undoing Medicaid red tape so schools can be reimbursed for health services.

House offers education funding hike _ with a catch

Hawaii Keeps Race to Top Grant, 'High Risk' Status
Federal officials balk at pulling the $75 million award, but a deal on teacher evaluations remains elusive.

In Philadelphia, Few Students Are on the Path to College
A stratified system means long odds for students in Philadelphia's neighborhood high schools hoping to get a college education.

Incoming College Board Head Wants SAT to Reflect Common Core
David Coleman, a lead writer of the common standards whose nonprofit is producing curriculum materials, will take over as president of the organization on Oct. 15.

Ind. school revokes suspensions over prank

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Eli Broad writes that tough times in American education needn't spell doom.

Jackpot of Cash From Outsiders Helped Insurgent in La. Board Race
The race for a seat on Louisiana's board of education attracted the attention of education activists and politically connected individuals—and unleashed a torrent of spending.

Joplin Poised to Rebuild Tornado-Damaged Schools
A year after a tornado destroyed six of its schools, a Missouri district is building schools that match its new vision for education.

Ky. same-sex couple, school at odds over prom

Latest Round of NCLB Waiver Bids Critiqued
The Education Department presses states seeking NCLB flexibility for more-ambitious goals in their applications.

Lawmaker blasts Title IX, Brandi Chastain winces

Mandarin Chinese the norm at Bellaire school

Minn. efforts to stem teen pregnancy effective

Michigan Gov. Signs Cyber School Measure Into Law

Mitt Romney's 'hijinks' seen as bullying today

Mo. lawmakers approve expanding charter schools

More college-bound Hawaii public school graduates

Mother in Wash school shooting makes plea deal

N.Y. School Budgets Within Tax Cap Fare Better

NJ test asks 3rd graders to reveal a secret

NJ to no longer ask 3rd-graders to reveal a secret

NYC schools chief sits as union head blasts mayor

Neb. Schools Spent Over $450,000 Lobbying in 2011, Report Finds

New Advocacy Groups Shaking Up Education Field
The organizations' influence over policy and politics appears to be growing, especially at the state and local levels.

New K-12 Advocacy Groups Wield State-Level Clout
New organizations are making their impact felt in statehouses on issues such as teacher evaluation and charter schools.

New NYC group to challenge Bloomberg on education

Ohio School District has Teens Watch 'Bully' Film

Ohio school official charged in $470,000 scheme

Ohio schools vote down competitive balance bylaw

Oregon Bans Native American Mascots in Schools

Outside Advocacy Groups Target Local School Board Elections
A new breed of K-12 advocacy organizations is making its campaign-cash influence felt in local school board contests.

Public Gets Glimpse of Science Standards
An ambitious effort to refocus K-12 science education across the nation enters a new phase today with the release of the first public draft of voluntary, "next generation" standards in the subject.

Push Back High School Start Times
The high school day should start later for public health and learning reasons, Terra Ziporyn Snider says.

Relationship Between Advocacy Groups, Unions Uneasy
New organizations are jousting with teacher groups for influence on policy issues.

Report notes Colorado schools near oil, gas wells

Romania tries again to find an education minister

S.C. Gov. Signs Law Expanding Charter Schools

School Plan Widely Misunderstood, Philadelphia Officials Say
Officials Tuesday said there were widespread misunderstandings about a plan to revamp the district.

States Lack Capacity for Reform
Michael D. Usdan and Arthur D. Sheekey write that state education agencies are ill-equipped to handle reform, but the process of reauthorizing the ESEA could change that.

Statistics Agency to Review 'Best High Schools' Data
The National Center for Education Statistics is rechecking data on about 5,000 high schools after faulty information from the federal agency led to erroneous rankings for the high schools on U.S. News & World Report's "Best High Schools" list.

Student, brother have perfect attendance, K-12

Studies on Multitasking Highlight Value of Self-Control
Researchers say the ability to resist the temptation to multitask may be a bellwether of students' academic success.

Study Tracks Growing Understanding of UDL
But state and district special education directors say there are still widespread misperceptions about the universal design for learning concept.

Study: Millions of students chronically absent

The Ed.D. Dilemma
Harvard's move to a Ph.D. in education holds implications for the field, Ted Purinton writes.

The Legal Cost of Improper Internet Censorship
Schools cannot block access to nonpornographic websites that deal with homosexuality, the ACLU's Joshua Block writes.

Two Houston Charter Schools Face State Investigations
The founders of two Houston charter schools have prospered while putting their relatives on the payroll and doing business with their own private companies at taxpayers' expense.

Universities Generate Ideas, Support for K-12 Startup Companies
As technology brings venture capital and startup culture into K-12 education, ideas hatched in academia are making their way into the marketplace.

Unvaccinated kids booted from Pa. classrooms

WA parents refuse to let their 550 kids take MAPS

With Entire Texas Board Up for Grabs, So Too Are Science Standards

Young illegal immigrants coming out of the shadows