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Bad Teachers, Common Core Spats, and More: Wednesday's Ed News Roundup

Wednesday's ed news What does a teacher have to do to get kicked out of Los Angeles schools? A new Minnesota law lets childcare workers unionize. The head of the nation's second largest teachers union gets into a spat with several state superintendents over Common Core. The most recent figures for K-12 spending per pupil have arrived. It's barely gone down nationwide. A study finds giving students computers at home has no effect on their academic achievement. Washington DC's...

Are Pearson-Taught Students Getting an Unfair Testing Advantage?

The largest education company in the world put reading passages from its new Common Core-aligned curriculum into sixth- and eighth-grade tests it administered in New York, prompting concerns that schools who used Pearson materials gained a testing advantage over those that did not. This is the first year of New York’s new Common Core-aligned statewide tests, and year two of education company Pearson’s five year, $32 million contract to provide grade 3-8 assessments in English language arts and...

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Poll: 57 Percent of Public Opposes Government Preschool

Shelby Sims

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May 20, 2013

Government preschool programs have expanded greatly in the past decade, but a new poll finds 57 percent of Americans believe parents, not the government, should pay for preschool.
Schools Test New Ways to Deploy Teachers

Ashley Bateman

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May 18, 2013

Two years ago Romain Bertrand was a middle school math teacher, finishing his fifth year teaching in North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenberg district and thinking he needed a way to reach more teach
Wisconsin Lawmakers Consider Two School Choice Proposals

Kathlyn Shirley

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May 17, 2013

In 1989, Wisconsin became the first state to implement school vouchers for poor families.
Education and Capitalism (podcast)

Joseph Bast, Herbert J. Walberg

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May 16, 2013

Joseph Bast, President of the Heartland Institute, and Dr.
Rubio Champions Federal School Choice Bill

Isabel Lyman

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May 15, 2013

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has gone on the road to promote a federal tax-credit scholarship bill aimed at helping poor children attend private schools.
Milwaukee to Voucher Schools: No Sale

M.D. Kittle

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May 14, 2013

MADISON – In January 2011, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett begged the state senate for legislation that would transfer control of vacant Milwaukee Public Schools real estate to the city of Milwaukee.
Study Finds ‘Troubling’ Lack of U.S. History Knowledge

Morgan Sweeney

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May 13, 2013

Comedian Jay Leno periodically devotes a few minutes of his TV show to “jaywalking” segments, where he and his camera crew take to the streets and quiz passersby about basic historical facts.
South Carolina Close on Tax Credits, Texas House Passes Charter Expansion, and More: Friday's Ed News Roundup

Joy Pullmann

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May 13, 2013

Friday's ed news
Indiana Governor Hits Common Core Pause Button

Joy Pullmann

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May 13, 2013

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill to reconsider Common Core national education standards and analyze its costs.
Put Parents in Charge of Education

John Conlin

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May 11, 2013

It took just eight years and 56 days for the United States to deliver on President John F. Kennedy’s pledge to put a man on the moon.