A first look at this morning's most important education news:
Fordham's latest
"Why teachers are under the microscope," by Aaron Churchill, Ohio Gadfly Daily "Weighted-student funding can work for Michigan," by Adam Emerson, Choice Words "Speaking truth to power," by Melanie Kurdys, Board's Eye View |
D.C. officials announced yesterday that ninety-eight teachers were dismissed for low performance this year, about half as many as last year but far more than in most districts. (Washington Post)
The Department of Education announced $21.5 million in grants to forty-three states to pay for low-income students to take AP tests. (ED.gov)
A new Brookings analysis found that states with compulsory school attendance to age eighteen do not have higher graduation rates. (Brookings)
A day after announcing his resignation, Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson denied that he was forced out. (Tampa Bay Times)
Ohio Democrats want to see records from the investigation into school-attendance records being conducted by the state’s (Republican) state auditor, who refused to turn over the information and called the request “political.” (Columbus Dispatch)
The Huffington Post described the findings of Fordham’s new report, How Americans Would Slim Down Public Education.
