Afternoon Announcements: October 20, 2011

According to a new report from Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia’s school closing plan probably won't raise much revenue, writes the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The New York Times reports that he Learning Network is celebrating National Day on Writing today by offering a host of ways for parents, teachers, and students to share their writing.

According to a recent report by the American Institutes for Research, students who drop out of community college before their second year have cost taxpayers nearly $1-billion annually, writes the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Education officials in Tennessee are taking flak from teachers and unions for rushing the implementation of a new teacher-evaluation system that will eventually undergird tenure decisions—a move, some worry, that could undermine redesigns of evaluation in other states, writes Education Week.

The Christian Science Monitor asks, “Can new No Child Left Behind law pass before 2012 elections?”

Morning Announcements: December 15, 2010

The Washington area's affluence and education levels make it the wealthiest and most educated region in the nation, according to the Washington Post.

USA Today reports on a national trend of school districts making it tougher for students to waive their physical education classes by scaling back all but a handful of exemptions. The opinion pages of USA Today focus on the latest PISA results and how to best improve public education.

More Arkansans’ names graced high school diplomas and bachelor’s degrees in the latter half of the decade than 10 years ago, according to new census numbers released on Tuesday.