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First bell: 8-23-12

Tyson Eberhardt
8.23.2012

A first look at this morning's most important education news:

Fordham's latest

"A serious mess: Ohio's school-data scandal has profound ripple effects," by Emmy Partin, Ohio Gadfly Daily

"A desperate archdiocese makes a bold move for its schools," by Adam Emerson, Choice Words

"Teacher unions: 'pigs at the trough' or victims of their own success," by Peter Meyer, Board's Eye View

President Obama attacked Mitt Romney’s education policies in a speech yesterday, calling the Romney-Ryan plan “foolish for our future.” (The Hill)

Politics K-12 fact checked the Obama campaign’s new ad on class size and education spending.

According to a survey released today, three out of five Maryland public school teachers say “they have students who regularly come to school hungry because they are not getting enough to eat at home.” (Washington Post)

CAP President Neera Tanden and Center for the Next Generation President Matt James called on President Obama to convene a national summit on education in early 2013 in a US News & World Report op-ed.

An all-time-high number of students passed the California exit exam, the state announced yesterday. (SF Chronicle)

Diane Ravitch and Rick Hess both analyzed the new PDK / Gallup poll. (The Answer Sheet / Rick Hess Straight Up)

Tags: Barack Obama California Center for American Progress Diane Ravitch Gallup, Inc. Maryland Mitt Romney Ohio San Francisco Chronicle
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Tyson Eberhardt is online editor and external relations manager at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. A 2008 graduate of Princeton University, Tyson completed the university’s Teacher Preparation Program as a student-teacher in Trenton, New Jersey. Tyson received a M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education in 2010, focusing his studies on variance among charter schools. Tyson…

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