A first look at today's most important education news:
Fordham's latest
"Teacher unions, part 2: a perversion of democracy?" by Peter Meyer, Board's Eye View |
A Rand Corp. study released today finds that 190,000 students have had left private schools and enrolled in charter schools since by the end of 2008. (LA Times)
Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Michael Williams, a former chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission and Department of Education official, the state’s education commissioner. (Austin American-Statesman)
Dozens of education-advocacy groups sent Arne Duncan a letter demanding quick action to revise federal rules for accountability in teacher-prep programs. (Teacher Beat)
Politics K-12 previewed who might become Romney’s education secretary and Diane Ravitch pointed out on her blog that many of the candidates identified are Democrats.
Some Ohio schools plan to use online schooling to avoid missing instruction on days when snow precludes school attendance. (Columbus Dispatch)
