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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A partnership involving
Goldman Sachs, a district in Utah, and several community charities to
expand that district's early education is intended to save taxpayers
money and provide a financial return for investors, reports Sean Meehan
for Education Week. This fall, Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will
pay $7 million over eight years to expand preschool in the
67,000-student Granite district through a social-impact bond. These
loans seek both a positive social outcome and a reduction in future
costs by investing in prevention and intervention in the public sector.
If successful, the public-education venture will be the first of its
kind. But the model also raises questions about whether it will
encourage the district to change policies to produce greater financial
returns. Still, data indicate that students who go through quality
preschool are less likely to need expensive special education later in
their academic careers. Schools in Utah receive $2,600 annually from the
state for each student requiring special education, yet many kids get
services simply because they trail their peers academically upon
entering elementary school. To pay off the loan, the district has until
this fall's cohort of students completes 6th grade. If the district pays
it off early, investors receive 40 percent of any additional savings,
and the district keeps the other 60 percent. Once students complete 6th
grade, further savings go solely to the district. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4BA9f7Ok3nZ6-aE-ndULJctWdI06R9YmVO_adt6KYHvwb8cV96rMsdPtGj-qhFAd0jPQjSGO9V35doC6YffHN7eW0_f0sK-1pR8LPI4LRfIuhIlLVaOdS4JOBvIz8OKkUwWTCkpIjgHHbBJJP-soM2iCTU0L60eExD9-ibwlTeFx8lgam9WkPUMAQ_-eTqs38-bZJfwVIva_-BOtKUvCS3zbNjah--OUJPiDNX4dSJB-_5IKZlWE-tfSIeGSJKmsD_ouT42ksI3n-HFhnaYpp_J" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Educators and
politicians from around the world have descended on Cincinnati's poorest
neighborhoods, hearing of a renaissance through community schools,
reports Javier Hernández for The New York Times. Stories abound of
schools with dental clinics, mental-health therapists, mentors from
local banks and churches, engaged teachers, and scores of volunteers.
The community-schools model is fully in place in 34 of 55 schools in the
30,000-student system. Yet many of Cincinnati's community schools
remain in dire academic straits, according to an analysis by The Times.
Testing data show that at eight schools that pioneered the model,
student scores still trail those of other Ohio children, even poor ones.
Still, Cincinnati teachers and principals enthusiastically endorse the
model. "I can't teach science to a kid whose father went to jail the
night before," says teacher Carolyn Powers. "Sometimes you have to let
some of the academics go and focus on social and emotional needs."
Cincinnati redesigned schools with community schools in mind, beginning
more than a decade ago when it embarked on a $1 billion effort to
renovate. The district has also mandated that partner organizations pay
for their programs; the district <span style="font-size: 10pt;">only </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">offers
facilities. Several schools are also collecting private donations as a
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The budget deal that
President Obama cut with Congressional Republicans has forced children
out of existing Head Start programs, which in turn has cost low-income
parents jobs when they're left with no childcare, reports William Selway
for Bloomberg.com. Sequestration excised $400 million from <a shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4CDIX4i-_IGviUE6cGlj4t-ki6EXQZhJnPpXVqXhX7hVwqvaqo8xAE6Uon2uiEEGVSoGal184Y6hVdkCI0XC0DbKvbW-NrGU6VTeUm-NG-SbjUSFSs2TasoIQ_1QzLsxqUV_A-FRZMm2A=="><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Head Start</span></a>
this year, the deepest cut since the program's 1965 creation. As a
result, 60,000 slots are projected to disappear by September 30, the end
of the federal fiscal year. Chicago and Baltimore will use their own
resources to offset the budget gap, but rural municipalities lack that
ability. And in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Phoenix, more
than 1,700 slots have been eliminated. In 2012, the Department of Health
and Human Services spent $8 billion on Head Start; in April, the
department announced spending would be $7.6 billion. Single mother Kelly
Burford of Taneytown, Maryland had to quit her $7.25-an-hour job as a
department-store clerk when her son Bradyn's slot was eliminated from a
program run by Catholic Charities. "The teachers were really good -- he
was learning a lot," she said. "Now, he's fallen back." Burford is
relying on help from her parents to pay $200 a week -- about what she
was making at her minimum-wage job -- to place Bradyn in a nursery
school while she looks for new work. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4Bj0RfMOi1WLIFhLpzGH6NBxzuOv1xujkNrJtoh36aC-TbgFYXas8wvg6CRffNFLZnizNbgy7p9grv90bWuvFLPNCAxmEyEZijjg9sNaLHLozGhrK694P-YtVcPfct-zkKJ28__L2A4GgzVwMF3JdmknF0OZLsumyFyWDy0V5GPUZmofnRqLE9hBU4tOxkA5UzGsYf9Q-NJF9vpVG_iqaZ0bM-xYzk5vGf-KZ06fit6Dg==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Critics of the shutdown
of 50 schools in Chicago have protested that children now must cross
gang boundaries to get educated, but largely overlooked are the
thousands of people who have relied on the schools to safeguard their
neighborhoods, reports Don Babwin for the Associated Press. "I used to
come home late from prayer meetings at my church, and just seeing the
light on and knowing the engineers and the janitors were working, I felt
safe because they were there," says Carolyn Lang, 58. The fate of the
buildings is unclear. Some have reopened as charter, magnet, military,
alternative, or other kinds of schools, but the district has never had
so many vacant properties at once. Chicago Schools spokeswoman Becky
Carroll said no one should expect the buildings to be repurposed in time
for the school year or over the next year. Richard Ingram, who manages
rental properties on the South Side, says tenants call schools rather
than police to report crimes, which prevents criminals from discovering
who they are. Now what will they do? No one's saying the closed schools
will cause neighborhoods to decline -- it's been happening for years --
but the concern is that the shuttered schools will accelerate the
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As principal of P.S. 146
in Brooklyn, one of the highest-achieving and most popular public
schools in New York City, Anna Allanbrook feels her job is to shield
students, teachers, and parents from the state's ever-expanding testing
system, and to question its reliability publicly, reports Michael
Winerip in The New York Times. In a letter to school parents in April,
she criticized the new Common Core-aligned tests as too hard, too
confusing, and too long. She predicted scores would plummet, and they
did. "As a senior principal, I feel a duty to speak honestly about
what's going on," she says. "By my age, my position is relatively safe; I
feel like I've learned a lot and should express what younger principals
and teachers are too scared to say." In her letter to parents,
Allanbrook said the test was unrealistically hard: "What 10-year-old
understands the difference between loneliness and being alone,
especially in poetic form?" She also said it was too long for 9- and
10-year-olds, and had questions with more than one answer. The best way
to improve a school, in her opinion, is to hire talented teachers: "As
I've got older, I've become much better. It's not about what university
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Long viewed a contender
in the 2016 presidential race, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has taken
considerable heat from activists on the right recently for his support
of the Common Core State Standards, writes Stephanie Simon on
Politico.com. Several rivals, including Senators Marco Rubio and Rand
Paul, have come out against the Common Core, which tea-party activists
characterize as a heavy-handed federal intrusion into local control of
education. Bush also drew fire for standing by Tony Bennett, former
schools superintendent in Indiana and Florida, a flap that also drew
negative attention to a cherished Bush policy: grading public schools on
an A-F scale. But Florida residents know the grading formulas are easy
to manipulate: The Florida legislature has tinkered with the A-F school
grading formula at least two dozen times in recent years. This spring,
the state guaranteed schools that their grades wouldn't drop steeply
regardless of student outcomes. Yet the state graded a record number of
schools F, with a more than 50-percent increase in D schools. "All of a
sudden, [Bush is] looking like Romney did on health care in 2012 -- an
area that could have been a real strength for him is either up in the
air or a real weakness," according to Frederick Hess of the American
Enterprise Institute. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4D-OQWkacXD68e1gMVXKtfoqFvUky82j4Ep8gm2lU8-uaAMe4Opn3EwgQwJQFacD3Tmaf51gGU6nQfFMJMUVjSpigGlF83xAn4W-aQlQSQEbZqujNHG1cVdh82n2-oqVuTy5bW2Gp8GuzzfMwA8W_HVK6RNZEDHla7W1dJ6wUU-Mo66aGr-xQh52d0iRDWR-P7F4bwovXsZEQ==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Competencies, not rote curricula</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Competency-based
education, which defines a set of central concepts and skills a student
must be proficient in to pass a class, is gaining momentum around the
country, reports Stacy Teicher Khadaroo for The Christian Science
Monitor. Proponents say it deepens learning and ties education
explicitly to skills that equip students for the workplace and
college-level studies, from accurate math and writing to creative
problem-solving. It can be conducted in a variety of ways and across all
subjects, but takes a different mindset than simply marching through a
textbook-based curriculum. It is also a promising way to personalize
learning and break out of traditional classroom and school calendars,
which move students through on the basis of age and "seat time." Among
165 Expeditionary Learning Schools around the U.S., which incorporate a
competency approach, students have reached proficiency on standardized
reading tests at a rate 12 percent higher than district peers. In math,
scores are eight to nine points higher. New Hampshire has widely adopted
the approach, and Oregon, Maine, Kentucky, Arizona, and Iowa are moving
in that direction. When individual districts recently competed for
federal Race to the Top grants, 75 percent of winning plans included
competency-based elements. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4CIQ_tBDsyBkRP2bWxtX3m-6THRiONqveBgd7VlzxkDDDV6onm0eK91Kuom-41ARvz6V3PgYIzBqf-8Htx7zTEogYEAiMNM8KJwHW18Tc7HfflqvhIABq26dAAjctic1APzitp7veQkcfZzRemSZg-AvWmFp_POeXaWbvF3en5I9l5GDAO1ipMl3Z1DOE97jcTsXL0azeFaonVZ9GAv5QQF4Qt68GaBZjEk1eonVQB2h5Xz4Si67PaR_tAKZ6D3mUUGhHWKa9clt7ZYpR9Y319I">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Are single-sex classes
effective? asks Michael Kimmel on CNN.com. Single-sex classes in public
schools are a popular low-cost way to encourage girls' ambitions in
science, technology, engineering, and math, and to address chronic
underachievement in boys. Yet these classes do more harm than good,
Kimmel writes. Yes, in some communities, single-sex "academies" have
gained popularity through rigid discipline, uniforms, and a powerful
sense of community. But other efforts are based on flawed notions from
organizations such as the National Association for Choice in Education.
"A girl-friendly classroom is a safe, comfortable, welcoming place," the
association's website explains. "Forget hard plastic chairs: Put in a
sofa and some comfortable beanbags." Under these theories, districts
have experimented with different curricula, seating arrangements,
pedagogical styles, and room temperature -- 72 degrees for girls and 68
for boys. According to the ACLU, boys in a Louisiana school read one
book while girls read another, because "boys like 'hunting' and 'dogs,'
but girls prefer 'love stories.'" Fortunately, as evidence mounts that
single-sex classrooms teach to stereotypes, parents are protesting. In
the past year, single-sex options in public schools dropped for the
first time in over a decade. Several schools -- in Boston; Pittsburgh;
Madison, Wisconsin; and Durham, North Carolina -- have dropped existing
or planned single-sex classes after ACLU involvement. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4BI1mWzuOHHXYdBd_2EABvZOcRk4ytx0TbuN8O2UEmLpqYqVQkq-IFbT1x6Nw-6wr-5B-TBOSkrswNcDwb4T2mY9CWPxyANgtEBr2sagr_xMGCW8-Qa82SCYWgHxpjMgX4RyNKsONPAi6TKB22fnKsnA1zuDScZ5vlDd4rdMejPcuHzoleysULS-q1lsBAERmWa6RUvCM5sDw88LKoWjhLu" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div><b>BRIEFLY NOTED CALIFORNIA</b></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Better together</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In an unprecedented
partnership, LAUSD has joined forces with Crown Prep, an outside charter
operator, to run a persistently low-performing campus south of
downtown. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4CpDIaSLgtpwme2D2xawRU4tEDjfv4kUhu5i35jQcrhOB44Xas_t2UTVC7-iT39VyL0Bnb0O9Zh4Or1eUJ2tIchAKsqYLbiiu2vqHlvfe7x-u1fRS4KPe1MQ7KmFmAxFSD5JrTtug8ff2bDnba4ESwRkRESSVYzI4BFZti6dKiCyZqqoLbhGwyhPlL4OwFWikNmJI7IAcemtA==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Self-determination</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Gov. Jerry Brown has
signed into law a bill that will allow transgender students to
participate in school sports, activities, and facilities based on how
they identify their gender, regardless of sex at birth. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4B68tIMR9zz062J4h6nxgsN8UmWnieKBZsBr8V7w3f6iWJv5y5_vo97LybCXeAiHxxszqhzQ8DOC22yHXgMLAm9jJOvRrA2JWyBxTi67Ugyk_K9kT7ZGbQy00QwaGY5ElWC0TkSQCSholr9x8EBIXzkgLDUKG5sYf0eltkeiaXOd7Se390jnL20TzK89TXiY5jvsDGFKK0FKrdCYPeICM8yz1AocQghAc8=">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Failing the smell test</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Beverly Hills
Unified School District will conduct an independent review of its
relationship with a for-profit summer sports camp owned by the Beverly
Hills High School principal. <a style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4AjY1RU3z_iyQ26zU_qk1qT-EU9jkR4cVrEfDE-NpqYzBd1AcFql_uuIQ_2PrPap4A_IkNsx1Hb3IroqTH0B59lAr-lYLQ0OyoK_s_y_jqB5iJ9fBiIhOupg18pPH9t17O8hZ_Mf63kL2aTl40HQeaJT92CfiRFvvHN64P4kVbdtB0VXOaYhP8NePe8Uww9eguoMmuPyGzvmt7CuTWpD7DfrGqpNGBeW5nIehpYNFtcGc-Osj7NMDB0tqyeeQU0engd6ZM5HfNsRkeMecb2xjfXvCPEAwFWVRsGkOkAw33ghTreAiSWyL96iwUa6XlRxfSh41LJ8Il7K3epJSj0Y53_oOKIIXTdIBWQGoE8IxOjrSJC_tPsAE1JhKsk6n4dKb_6jKLGYLoxEA==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>They are not amused</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The U.S. Department of
Education is threatening to revoke NCLB waivers for Kansas, Oregon, and
Washington at the end of 2013-14 over failure to draft
teacher-evaluation systems tied to student growth. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4A_OwvSrqg5wDLGAkn_8s-4yIucqUQIJE_zS1YtKaGUhULuE0fBA1SV0xerkmHcKuiJSQHDSAHgQ0WCTKPJ76C5Tq6dJ4UMB-5JT7iXHMBbzNHTl1j8nUtrw9TAEwF2ZPcwObmdATmifUd6q6yvTmKrfN1fuG3MbZnKh-NNJ-mI9i3WFynbXfRU7AXg_xlHA6K9hKn7XlqmVg==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Full stop</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">U.S. District Court
Judge John Lee has ruled he will not bar Chicago Public Schools from
closing 49 elementary schools and a high-school program, rejecting
arguments that African-American and disabled students' rights will be
violated. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4AxWGrfEuvqJb9LEF3W87y8CRlwAp3kgC4Bv5AgWnumS4rfAxA3Qc_rp3RxeJrVVwM9ykSAJC_02WDTJxEACasT25N8cAgotd2RETOkGnCrv5_KTsKeVp6y198sWfSMDmOwl5rQbVLEHSvRqDgr87_q0M_7zz8qi646Ow-1ynIxN_Z_T4eWUeNpDzCdUNATZ9eKozHJYqwn8SKsTHgvrbC0pfkDiRY4qYo=">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Dire</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The financial situation
of Philadelphia Public Schools is so severe that the city will borrow
$50 million just to open schools on time. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4B6WRGn65L-LoU9eJhHfPnVm5e0zHfu9Inl9Y3EYw-rn6cftkSaQduPH1s_SjyqwxrBvj-nGaupC_TBMkV-Os-xHdDgEd3uphcsjVSMmFxJiwYgrkEX5Bx-EWnBmjxCDZmNKuktNBOhqa7zWkWLIhF1glaIdx4UCjIeNGqunr3RzqiQa7AckmnuPs1tnfxqQVsQ6Iyvq9EHb-KMAANMQ67aHM0bBM-QyVCAczW9mNJPHZEM1TgBMjlMbm5IYHj3UGBgyydQxvY4Cw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Keep it coming</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A survey of 21 states by
the National Conference of State Legislatures shows that spending on
early-childhood programs is rising slightly, as states make investments
in home-visiting programs and state preschool. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4DHBzqYn0042ptGC8ErSw5t7WmmNZkoEjBmd5xrgq5-geV8Xm3hEqcZPQYWm-zSWstg6JBkGFHi_DB1b1d3YmMPsNhoNHk1uBaucQ-1uNU1YfVram52BXlArKMt-Xt2u-aOn2oCaUBJ4zCc3V_5JFxCg9AWN-wMKDUeta0dtqfIzrPdJ-KdJ0SBbiWVxo5304EqGQn-y0jpYFjfoJZRVOhL_zlzylCkfix4_DPoi5rnnw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>What was that about 'no impact'?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new survey from the
American Association of School Administrators finds that districts are
dealing with sequestration cuts to federal education funding by reducing
professional development (59 percent of districts), eliminating
personnel (53 percent), increasing class size (48 percent), and
deferring technology purchases (46 percent). <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4D_0ZGhOZNFcHjKJNYLT_yRPPfTirmtIwq7PZm9F16x5y_dWZhCYHWQ6A21X00qu2ADGHOUatiWE1GQPVGeLNXTka9_VBZkK--znUJi5HSor0qNtLbFQ_mRt_L48nEB3qut7zu4eFaE3xBiOcXxdcEcVpyZ-AFmgxkaGb0BH0xi2cBEJkRdTWnyibVxRnuyNd-_5zMH8rkr1X03kq1k6Zt28HEXds79_M5CChoWxgTqPce-sYrOfeoA3Pwkgj4K6IVEuc5xfgd7jPQPv_bCJkN-cmayb045iujpFYp1vZbgEdhzyqVHXK88CJ1n_mFc0O2i7aZncLoRX25VPPLGPC7RKbZT1WPU5fgmrkSfSzWXBqCK3kh9II-CUXA5LIT9L0HBuWYRPctbc9WyV-npcubf">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Can you hear him now?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">ConnectEd, an
Obama-administration proposal to expand high-speed internet access in
schools and facilitate digital notebooks and customized lessons, would
be funded by raising fees for mobile-phone users. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4AsnLV7clVnehKKRSMY9WuqCtrUVp9xZ4ccx58L5cFG7LBx6D5rcTuEVTAhpaEQJPWvwZn6DGGVgyFOGI1HYvqlEahcN_QnnFXZsbi28aAj7z94bsh7KfGxlpx8Jrwd5C4Py5UC7Vf53u7CZNr86vhqUSAg_3g6wlSArfR9Py-6uxJoIHYyyU6CG01dj1ie069kp7f8N0btK7j5u79SGIczoDi30MAXz1JuwBeGmFrbUJjUBol6qX1s-8hTj6B63LojVMEiGDTyDRuFUDb6LMIR">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Hardball</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">If for two consecutive
years a Utah district fails to make progress toward the state's goal of
90-percent-third-grader reading proficiency, that district will lose
money, under a new rule from the state Office of Education. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4AtfB9lzG1eEBr4u69ViER0XTxD6GcsjKvoRMyVRxPc2t75GBW7NfgvWao8Dcrk5s0l5Ni-EDE-L2rXITJKJ5hFPkhfQXzCm9p4aFaWd5-u2iesqcJ5Bzd-6Zu44c6TGAwf8IGncLTAUP7X572ShjFUmGWmjdYM8cN4ioY2gGCgWt2p-Vq8iOrsKn5r3MofRQo=">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Transition pains</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Standardized test
performances for Wyoming elementary and middle school students declined
in every subject and every grade level from 2012 numbers, according to
data newly released by the Wyoming Department of Education. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4AnCVlxwAY6Prk3dQ2fXZgvWQEb9DDdM1Hi2L_2PEJvwv8JyeAmrcqyCVd5UL5X_Nxg27MRq5cWIjt9SIfXpocVr68Swj9hgJ7CyfAC_GQ4XJAO2Q23jQ3ce5EoUjUhorFb2FxPKJr0J5_sEDINafwIbH8cdU0lMjeUkgQ6pWk1R3hFgRQuhvjEYQGRbPQdMeesPe0KciqO8s-8kBaDcS5jf-yZLSljGLmC6CWBbWx1St4JU7k1KJ3kHjBJJztEBSMP9__5cRdEN7KFBt6KB-ICfiHi-96xO6znZUOQ5ZIDrA==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Are they being served?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">For New York State's
English-language learners, only 3.2 percent were proficient in ELA on
the recent Common Core-aligned tests, while 9.8 percent were so in
math. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4DwqASeqRcjxHnhz7IKqEgwLcxB1pHKXpBSwoevuXSZDL9kAaH3N1B-QOmyICDcfIhbFzMuqitgwLVDIjtQUzpV7okhS-SzqHM92OLKOE_xyFiZEAJHh3Py-R1z7-1Qpox17r6emq29IZVeX1wYXoIGm4kXFSf3-5fOXpjEwQrfvr81s_nLYsxfk2ARQI5JP_fgq4gLHlFaIPfl_vbVMrD8" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Productive disruption (and let's forget about that soda thing)</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In an effort to shake up
institutions that have been criticized as too insular and inert, the
Bloomberg administration has released scorecards for a dozen
teacher-preparation programs in New York City. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4DjXXj2epSIgAvIHDwpjdWcdmlbULnZoNCTlEnnrVVE73GPEpiB667e73teEZTAnhZbFT9QZQduhV20AyBLngObrAOTwiJAoOaYqmHc9hOrxfrWolfRK1dTf0UMHTjCkXNK0Q9VUGQXwPrcFvzJHpx3sODITFF73KvhTt_0rAPEq82dazcaRZeHmce0CyQW4qA7aqX06bU1xAEb64NTXeCSxEqOU1ze09Y=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>True accountability</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">All Wisconsin schools
funded by state taxpayers -- including private voucher schools -- would
be held to new standards, and Milwaukee's public schools would still
face state intervention, under newly proposed state legislation. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4CPpNO4FkopIsgGQNxQefoK7POAf9K79gw4gqLoZG8cpnY-34bfB_k6oVoYvujexHHBA0sTKmOCP93Iw0fwBkhKGhgxRoQN-WZ6SFlq0wp_Km4NE9KsEz1yM3VjbkbSPv3bWStDl7Bp0rDBfL5Ges9uXZHMStMJ1kD2TvHCwLkYFJB1RzJVXV2e9LP_OhuGOe-bulRydCq4yVP1FEZXPn4wjwknZB5I6NB00esAFVGw0vQ1BxgxqchxsnUTX5kbTToTEq7lKfBv6QgLI7pLTI9v" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong>Congratulations in order</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Newly revised history
standards in Tennessee have been moved from a grade of C to an A for
their coverage of the civil rights movement by the Southern Poverty Law
Center; only three other states have the top grade. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4CbELaWSRp_M8ulp9qCMieUK8q1HsZPIqIpb1qIosaCzegApUrrnlhlN5bHb568NdaG0uIFdmS1ym-V4w7ucLaVWSydhZ_WJzS6Sm2P7o42B0OuT_lXQrOLEMXGi7ofGR71M6JdPnX04SvR5f7Nq_UT3DQSHrImBSosc7TRyxL8OXkQ1Qps7YkiAJ3y54WHDT3Tn49M8BJd0w==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4DvfjmmWX3mnmUdsy7n7pex678MOhCk2CO6qknNlxlowWSUAg58jvJfs78PaAdQwJtNKyI1sd5MnclfQ_bkI6M3oqeIlnynWcGvRUpYqLVSFXYWRDzFRGWO">NSTA: New Science Teacher Academy</a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The
NSTA New Science Teacher Academy uses mentoring and other professional
development resources to support science teachers during the
often-challenging, initial teaching years to help them stay in the
profession. Maximum award: participation in web-based professional
development activities; unlimited use of resources, including vetted web
links for lesson plans, links to state and national standards,
professional organizations, and to safety tips; e-mentoring with an
experienced teacher in the same discipline and grade level; facilitated
online curriculum focusing on science content and applicable classroom
pedagogy; access to a nationwide, online network of science educators
and scientists who facilitate an exchange of information, ideas, and
resources; accommodations, airfare, food, and registration fees to
attend the NSTA national conference; and an opportunity to participate
in specialized conference pathways and to participate in a Research
Dissemination Conference or a Professional Development Institute.
Eligibility: middle or high school science teachers entering their
second or third year of teaching, working a schedule with 51 percent of
their classes in science. Deadline: August 26, 2013.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4C5b0o847XvfHxQn2jISCoWhV1yNDPsYe7mDXCuBLxkQNmR8ZP-Kl3804umh5BVBbkKduFcVMsEJfYVVCWVZURdZB0KUrSx93frU6sodOsXX5wAeNRrA95vV16DLj9G6EBvZCh5MyUubg==">Target: Field Trip Grants</a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Target
Field Trip Grants fund scholastic outings for visits to art, science,
and cultural museums, community service or civic projects, career
enrichment opportunities, and other events or activities away from a
school facility. Funds can cover field trip-related costs such as
transportation, ticket fees, food, resource materials, and supplies.
Maximum award: $700. Eligibility: teachers, principals,
paraprofessionals, and classified staff in K-12 public, private, or
charter school in the U.S. Deadline: October 1, 2013.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4CLsrHOO5yqaK1c_bvyc_-5KgwPelgrU3xKAgMFTDLWzROikY_pG_H0BySJBO7tZQZYPd_Ay26t6Ov33fwDQbPhacaMUp9z5wjQy3Fe3umOt8FqAjnQBsCEnRBccn7ck19MLPIbLLJaoMqz5sz_AiGTB9Z0qC86o5c=">The John F. Kennedy Center: Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards</a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The
Kennedy Center seeks nominations for Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim
Inspirational Teacher Awards, awarded to K-12 teachers and college or
university instructors in the U.S. in recognition of their outstanding
impact on the lives of students. Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility:
Nominees must be legal residents of the U.S. Nomination must be based on
experience as a full-time classroom teacher in a K-12 school in the
U.S., or as a college or university instructor in the U.S. Nominators
must be 18 years of age and have been a student of the nominee.
Deadline: December 15, 2013.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #f04f23;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">QUOTE OF THE WEEK:</span></strong></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"The
long sleep is now over. People are starting to realize that Jeb and his
reforms are not good for children and not good for schools. They are
meant to privatize public education." -- <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(240, 79, 35); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HbwAqTZ7V4AlFuMM6V3_6x2UQExQGtEjEXsOvfNCHTvnH5uuXSRebKkUclmKRd4erEHhv8f_sClkt2UWW4g04G5RdqF8nqBwu2uvxoUptL8iM2Sr97xbTyPQ9rjqHqGxzaYNkFsd3Zi3SiNoaTbRnKyRy7LKqc-SmQITp4CNHB_uoVZnlbNGPBtplJ0vawt8TFP6_9x3MsCRUqcnStIUEelGVmDcavZDAsmPHSekx10=">Kathleen Oropeza</a>, of the Orlando-based parent group Fund Education Now, regarding the education policies of former Governor Jeb Bush.</div>
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