Morning Announcements: May 12, 2011

MorningAnnouncementsIn his School of Thought blog with TIME magazine, Andrew Rotherham answers the question, "Why the Hispanic Student Crisis Is Going Ignored".

The National Education Association officials announced that they would put a policy statement before the union's governing body for approval that, among other changes, would open the door to the use of "valid, reliable, high-quality standardized tests," in combination with multiple other measures, for evaluating teachers, Education Week reports.

The Christian Science Monitor reports that President Obama will deliver a commencement address to Students at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee as part of the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.

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Morning Announcements: February 23, 2011

MorningAnnouncementsThe US Supreme Court decided against hearing Connecticut’s challenge to the federal No Child Left Behind law yesterday, ending the state’s six-year lawsuit over how to pay for the stepped-up student testing considered one of the law’s cornerstones, the Associated Press reports.

In Rhode Island, Providence school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every one of its 1,926 teachers, an unprecedented move that has union leaders up in arms.

In Maine, lawmakers are considering legislation to lengthen Maine’s mandatory minimum school year by five days, according to the Associated Press.

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Morning Announcements: February 9, 2011

MorningAnnouncementsThe Associated Press reports that the George W. Bush Institute has introduced a new initiative, Middle School Matters, an effort to increase graduation rates by focusing on middle school student performance.

An op-ed in the Los Angeles Business Journal explains the community benefits of improving the high school graduation rate.

U.S. News & World Report is planning on assigning letter grades to teacher colleges around the country according to the New York Times.

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