Saturday, May 17, 2008

No Child Left Behind

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Kids Who Stay in School Stay Alive

In Baltimore, those who were shot or slain missed an average of 46 days per year. more >>

Presidential Candidates Have Little Opportunity to Talk About Education

How each candidate would attempt to improve the American school system is difficult to ascertain. more >>

Connecticut's NCLB Lawsuit Is Dismissed

With her free time, Secretary Spellings may start a Facebook page. more >>

Secretary Spellings: The World Tour

Education Secretary Spellings is threatening to make changes on her own to push No Child Left Behind. more >>

The Education Secretary Talks About NCLB

Spellings shares her thoughts on how that law can be improved when it is renewed. more >>

One Standard Fits All

Academic standards vary widely from state to state, leading some people to push for federal standards more >>

A Tough Test for Second Language Students

ESL students have a hard time with standardized tests, and that hurts their schools' overall scores more >>

Should Teachers Earn According to How Students Learn?

Some people say that teachers' salaries should be tied to students' test scores more >>

For Talented Students, Challenges to Grow

Gifted students are often ignored due to efforts to raise other students' test scores. more >>

Failing Schools Are Hard to Fix

NCLB lets people know which schools are struggling but offers few solutions on how to raise performance more >>

Room to Improve

No Child Left Behind is scheduled for reauthorization by the end of this year more >>

On a Nationwide Test, Improving Math Scores Outpace Reading Gains

Massachusetts scores lead the nation, while Oklahoma drops in both categories. more >>

It's Back to School for Secretary 'Starbuck'

Now this is the way to go back to school: Wrap a supercomfy executive motor coach in yellow to make it look like a real school bus, grab a Starbucks tall Soy Misto, and take two field trips, one to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for some karaoke and a second to shoot rockets at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. A dream? Not for Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. more >>

The Latest on Rudy's Viability

In a typically thorough, fair-minded, well-written article, the Washington Post's Dan Balz examines the indications that despite many predictions, Rudy Giuliani has a serious chance to win the Republican presidential nomination. You might have read a similar though at the time necessarily more speculative analysis six months ago. more >>

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