Friday's ed news:
1. How desperate poor parents convinced "lifelong Democrat" Michelle Rhee to support vouchers [2].
2. President Obama visited Georgia to tout its government preschool program [3], but results there are spotty.
3. Montana's Senate authorizes a limited tax-credit voucher [4].
4. Missouri's House education chairman stopped several school choice proposal [5]s.
5. Applications open for Louisiana vouchers [6]as a court case against them pends.
6. A Virginia Senate committee again defeats a proposal to allow homeschoolers into public school sports [7].
7. An Ohio budget proposal would provide money for leaders to rethink schools [8].
8. Why college subsidies [2] increase income inequality.
9. Professional development does not improve teaching [9], on average, and teachers don't really like it.
10. Massive open online courses struggle with preventing cheating [10].
Thursday's ed news:
1. Michigan will soon be the latest state to consider withdrawing from the Common Core [11]. Kansas joined the group [12] this week.
2. Minnesota officials want to drop MLK, the Soviety Union, and others while adding "institutional racism," anti-capitalism, and more to U.S. history classes [13].
3. Louisiana state Superintendent John White expects more students will seek vouchers [14] this fall.
4. A bill allowing equal access for teachers [15] to a variety of professional associations gains steam [16] in Kansas.
5. Teacher healthcare [17] is 15 percent more expensive, largely because of unions, a study says. 6.
6. The U.S. attorney general indicates he does not believe families have the right to homeschool [18].
7. A new website functions like Match.com, but to match teachers and schools [19].
8. An English and education standards expert comes out with a better set of English standards than the Common Core [20], free to states and schools.
9. Even supporters of government preschool [21] think the president's plan to do it won't work [22].
10. Slapping computers into classrooms [23] is waste without using it to change learning.
Wednesday's ed news:
1. Senator Marco Rubio has proposed a federal tax-credit scholarship [24], a form of voucher funded by private donations.
2. An Indiana House committee passed a Parent Trigger bill [25].
3. Washington DC leaders debate how to handle students departing traditional public schools [26] for charters.
4. President Obama's new education initiatives [27] from last night's State of the Union. The country has no money, so he can't do much [28].
5. Montana's House unexpectedly voted down a bill to allow charter schools [29] in the state. Lawmakers may revive the measure.
6. Scientists and teachers also say the draft Common Core science standards [30] have problems.
7. Education technology comes to Kenya [31].
8. Michigan legislators want more direct control of failing schools [32].
9. Texans spar over the balance of power in its nationally influential state school board [33].
10. Pittsburg will experiement with "hive" learning [34], where community organizations offer kids out-of-school learning.
Tuesday's ed news:
1. Montana's House will vote on three school choice bills [35] today.
2. Why early education is not as good [36] as it sounds.
3. The president will likely talk federal preschool during tonight's state of the union [37]. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's response will include support for a federal education tax credit [38].
4. An Illinois lawmaker wants to limit high school football practices to one tackle per week [39].
5. Idaho's Senate approves bills to give school districts more leverage [40] in contract talks.
6. How much do kids learn by gaming [41]?
7. Empty schools [42]cost taxpayers millions.
8. See to which advocacy groups the American Federation of Teachers [43] most recently donated.
9. States can't afford not to revamp teacher pay [44].
10. Let homeschoolers play [45] public school sports, the Washington Post says.
Monday's ed news:
1. A Georgia legislative committee approves a Parent Trigger bill [46].
2. An Indiana House committee approves legislation to expand the state's voucher program [47].
3. A Vermont teacher on why charging nonunion teachers for union services [48] is unjust. h/t Mike Antonucci [49]
4. Here's a conversation with a lead writer of the