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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Three years after the
U.S. Supreme Court allowed race-based admissions at the University of
Michigan in 2003, Michigan voters blocked them at state schools through a
ballot initiative, with a result that black enrollment is currently
down 30 percent, reports Greg Stohr for Bloomberg. The constitutionality
of Proposal 2 is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, and even
affirmative-action supporters predict the court will uphold it. Michigan
is one of 10 states where race-conscious admissions are barred as a
matter of law. In most of these states, top universities have maintained
racial diversity through increased socioeconomic affirmative action or
admissions based solely on class rank, which gives slots to top students
at predominantly minority high schools. At Michigan State University in
East Lansing, black enrollment was already falling when Proposal 2
kicked in. Blacks represented 10.5 percent of the entering class in
1999, 8.8 percent in 2006, and 6.2 percent in 2012. A federal appeals
court ruled the measure put racial minorities at a political
disadvantage compared with other groups, pointing to decades-old Supreme
Court decisions that bar government actions that restructure the
political process along racial lines. But the Supreme Court has grown
more skeptical of affirmative action since upholding it in 2003, largely
because Justice Sandra Day O'Connor retired in 2006 and Justice Samuel
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In an article in The New
York Review of Books, Andrew Delblanco discusses new books by Michelle
Rhee and Diane Ravitch, one epitomizing the prevailing education reform
movement, the other largely critical of it. Delblanco distills Rhee's
book and message thus: (1) Students should compete for test scores and
their teachers' approval; (2) teachers should compete for "merit"
rewards from their principal; (3) schools should compete for funding
within their district; (4) school districts should compete for budgetary
allocations within their state; and (5) states should compete for
federal funds. To read Rhee and Ravitch in sequence, Delblanco writes,
is like hearing a too-good-to-be-true sales pitch followed by the report
of an auditor who discloses mistakes and falsehoods in the accounts of
the salesman. Poverty, Ravich says, is central to low academic
achievement, and we must work both to improve schools and to reduce
poverty, not prioritize one over the other. Tonally, Rhee is incredulous
at the stupidity and irresponsibility of those who disagree with her,
while Ravitch imputes bad motives and a grand design where there may
simply be good intentions but overblown confidence. Delblanco agrees
with Rhee that our schools could use shaking up, and with Ravitch that
"the wounds caused by centuries of slavery, segregation, and
discrimination cannot be healed by testing, standards, accountability,
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Nearly three out of four
students at Columbus Elementary in Luna County, New Mexico live in
Palomas, Mexico and were born to Mexican parents, writes Lyndsey Layton
in The Washington Post. The Palomas children are American because of a
long-standing state and federal policy that allows Mexican women to
deliver babies at the nearest hospital: 30 miles north of the border in
Deming, New Mexico. Students don't need to live in Luna County. In New
Mexico, school funding is largely paid by the state, which spent an
average of $10,203 per student in 2011-12, 66 percent from the state and
17 percent from local and federal governments. About 94 percent of
children at the school live in poverty, and nearly all 570 students are
English-language learners -- classifications that entitle the school to
extra federal dollars but create intense challenges in the classroom.
Some children must learn how to use an indoor bathroom. Others need
eyeglasses, shoes, and dental care. Many live in unheated homes with
dirt floors. Columbus Elementary uses a dual-language immersion model,
teaching the children all subjects in Spanish one day and in English the
next. "We're here to teach children," says Harvielee Moore, the school
superintendent. "They're American citizens, and we want them to be
literate. If they're literate, they get jobs. And they pay taxes." <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndmiRQdElF6OmYJ6rP5SqFUSKe4dq_MBdwMRTHCdUUQYy94M0xFTVPZ_uS3ZQRXCKWBbzPJT8mHQx38Wwvp08SzXf-qJ2-BmCAxoftdNdHsRBOxUhM8djdz-9mbP4MWJz30v4oBwvk81_06OnLvC14gfyWfi4_BubX33bl9N5u-O4L3Fjl4Jnnc3rd8HoaqmO4ihyYHrpms-t0MTF1BikiGWsjHd9oM40-tgKaCg8Xuj6o82vGbtq6lFQTm2mCig1apkubkAHo3ceFwf7OjgHvxhNPwl141psUZ3jtHo1tkC4axzj5hEvMIo" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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U.S. Department of Education has issued its fourth biennial report to
Congress on the implementation by states of the ESEA's Title III State
Formula Grant Program, which provides funds to ensure all
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students attain English proficiency and
achieve at the same level set for all students. Not all states provided
all data requested. Since the first biennial report in 2002-03, the
number of K-12 LEP students identified in the United States has
increased 7 percent, to 4.65 million in 2009-10. The number of K-12 LEP
students served under Title III has increased by 22 percent, to 4.45
million. In both 2008-09 and 2009-10, the native language of about 80
percent of LEP students was Spanish. In 2009-10, 2,052,054 students
under Title III made progress in learning English, and 1,144,177
students attained proficiency. In 2009-10, 839,434 LEP students scored
at or above proficient in reading or language arts, and 1,064,628 LEP
students scored at or above proficient in mathematics. In 2009-10, the
range for reading or language arts was from a low of 8.6 percent to a
high of 81.9 percent. In that same year, the range for mathematics was
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Taxpayers send $2
billion annually to cyber schools, which offer a public education
entirely online to students from kindergarten through 12th grade, writes
Stephanie Simon for Politico.com. The schools, many run by for-profit
companies, excel at driving up enrollment, lobbying, and donating
generously to campaigns. Yet in state after state, they post dismal
scores in math, writing, science, and reading. Scores are so bad,
especially at the largest and highest-profile cyber schools, that even
advocates now worry. Online schools serve 275,000 full-time students
nationwide, and offer flexibility because students move through
curricula at their own pace. Students can email or call teachers for
help or log in to lectures, but there's little personal interaction.
Many assignments to check for understanding are multiple choice, with no
safeguard against cheating. And the schools, which get additional funds
for each student enrolled, have incentives to keep families happy,
which some teachers say pressures them to give passing grades regardless
of effort. Last month K12, the largest cyber-education provider,
reported its operating income jumped 58 percent in FY 2013, with total
revenue at $848 million, much of that from state and federal funds. In
2012, K12 contracted with 45 lobbyists in state capitols across the
country and donated $625,000 to politicians of both parties, ballot
initiatives, and political associations such as the Republican Governors
Association. <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=001iUpdSLS7ndlH-x8U6fwCN7m_74FIh2kKxFu0R4cDn7rDdxyeIxZf9u8oVpOMhlEReIab_mOcS5EIkwgLvDFS9A1k1loeLWQgCGFg9enjCm6zuvzsvwGX3feEMiA7g1JBGZurvSbGdg5Xd-hFRfkbzwOQ1eZIuPhIkdMmzIucDZUSWpRKAIaQJ4tM4aXatATdSITqO6rALNEtyn3thjDYjB2Fa4fRKh4Q5x3g__AFRcIRvdZF8cT4Z3K2d3TsDwmc">More</a></div>
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<div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>A
new report from the RAND Corporation examines research on the influence
of testing on instructional practice, and what conditions for testing
promote a positive impact on instruction and deeper learning. The
authors focused on literature about high-stakes testing and performance
assessment in U.S. public education, large-scale educational assessment
in international settings, formative assessment and teachers' use of
test results, military and occupational testing, and professional
certification and licensure testing. The studies suggest a range of
effects, including changes in curriculum content and emphasis,
allocation of time and resources across different pedagogical
activities, and teacher-student interactions. At the same time, wide
variability in how educators responded to tests across studies and
within individual studies suggests that impacts depend on teachers and
on their contexts. Several conditions affect impact: test attributes,
such as purpose, technical quality, and format; background, beliefs, and
knowledge of teachers and administrators; characteristics of a school
and students; and district/school policies related to professional
development, teacher collaboration, and curriculum. The report asserts
that tests of deeper learning can promote desirable changes when content
and format mirror high-quality instruction. Score reporting should
foster instructional improvement, and teachers should receive training
and support for interpreting and using test scores effectively;
important consequences should not follow directly from scores alone.
Externally mandated, high-stakes tests should be part of an integrated
assessment system that includes formative and summative components, and
accountability metrics should value growth in achievement and be
sensitive to change at all levels of student performance, not just a
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new report by the
Education Trust finds too many educator-preparation programs
inadequately train teachers for real-world challenges in the classroom
or for districts' hiring needs. It stresses that federal policy could
improve educator quality by requiring more useful information on
teacher- and leader-preparation programs, promoting meaningful action to
improve low-performing programs, and sparking innovation in how
districts and states manage educator pipelines. Through reauthorization
of the Higher Education Act (HEA), the federal government can bolster
state efforts to assess principal and teacher preparation and help
states redesign both the teacher-talent pipeline and incentive systems
that are currently dysfunctional. Ed Trust recommends that states be
required to assess the performance of teacher and principal preparation
on a range of output metrics, which should include tying student
learning to graduates. This should be done as a condition of receiving
federal student-aid funding. The federal government should also
re-imagine the use of federal competitive dollars currently allocated in
Title II -- and supplement those with additional resources from ESEA
Title II -- to enable a select number of states each year, in
coordination with districts and programs, to design and implement
comprehensive redesigns of pipeline and advancement systems. <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=001iUpdSLS7ndm_hcVzubWhKK_3QTTrVvFcgFz4YxAWqdTecVwvCSSavn9NI-D6eo8rp1V_c2U5b0LlYOVWWNyryyIBGqFpwSv4u36c5B7mVCWdpmQooFXufgWEfJf4-uKzlW8IBS5j-Agv7GuL8N01GL7AKS5Bt7nvFLXogazzb0mtS-N9V82J_osvRJ6R4MW7PqZ4NPgIl-C26PmlJbfbpPCx_Dph1ZC-q1W3Vtap2zA=">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Students with disabilities: We still don't know what works</div>
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<div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A
group of researchers has concluded that nearly four decades after
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), we still don't
know how best to educate disabled students so they can lead productive
lives, writes Jill Barshay on The Hechinger Report website. The team
examined 43 studies of interventions for disabled students and found no
studies were designed well. Many lacked control groups, and others
tested a treatment only once and could not replicate results. Others
lumped together children with different disabilities, making it unclear
what disabilities responded to the treatment. The studies covered a
range of disabilities, including ADHD; ataxia; cerebral palsy; deafness,
visual impairment, Down syndrome; emotional or behavioral disability;
epilepsy; intellectual disability; learning disability; physical
disability; seizure disorder; sensory impairment; Tourette syndrome; and
traumatic brain injury. In an effort to offer some guidance to
policymakers, parents, and educators, the team saw potential in further
study of these hypotheses: participation in career and technical
education may be important for promoting employment outcomes; employment
in at least one job before students with disabilities leave high school
may be integral to transition support; inclusive education settings may
be key in transitioning to postsecondary education; and computer-based
instruction may help students with intellectual disabilities live more
independently by increasing their functional skills. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndmEmfGqjyKG9EuWK7P7_lsLl9XYfmqDV-jdkOeKx7gwYBaaF_JT0-Z0NiZ5_MVKT1FXhRkPsvzG9U3xoIzCWXINUqJ7jynAIVGzEWSPCChGOl81F8JXoJHKP6kTgvTbPVUiUpdUd8kqK9_qOidxpz1Xiq82vAqNBpgWULkuXQCcHUQtBwNiURjLyateteMD1PV4zoMDpOdFEnNPFG8BaaQZQp8OClvIyjXTCtBy7q_hnQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Dubious Distinction</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Campuses in five Los
Angeles County school systems were stripped of their scores on the
California's Academic Performance Index over claims of cheating, other
misconduct, or mistakes that affected the handling of standardized
tests; in all, 27 California schools this year lost their academic
rating, an increase from 23 last year. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndkJjtNQ4jQ5I74uQXzsapgCndfKAOIbfhAmpSEBvIfV1h2tW2LA-tLTmUdTHZagZtox9jbqJfDOT3-KKbTSUSrEK1PkNmIkVF8FT3_QYTRI50mU8wA1xXiJCAnh4LPrRL1VqD2yGULpgA7-3HQ1HfEp34VlYonjJNosyczt0Qxj3C3sYuBA3EWV" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Dimming enthusiasm?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The California
Commission on Teacher Credentialing reports that 26,446 students were
enrolled in teacher-preparation programs in 2011-12 -- a 24 percent
reduction from the previous year's total of 34,838 students. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndnLFl1cvp7swxtQnqyTl75I2_AJSOTMgbzwAu9WRPxCgQ729OQsCaiOZj90SlmPEScnd6tMKfr1AV3XrazDBFe79r29wiuabXZ7cHwyoIK_gIkrosDi3-v6JXLraBy0QQBJAuJjnAXus-9xdspNAQw6WuTKaUXQDxRrNH-2QAT-5Hh4VO21j5eBh8BjHus9uJnYJ8Vwf2WteFTsuZ2XCSULGh9qMlpGHZe-HmYkLQ_tRA==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Surprise, surprise</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Less than a week after
Los Angeles Unified School District issued iPads to its students as part
of a $30 million deal with Apple, students have hacked past almost 200
of the districts' software blocks on the devices that limit what
websites students can use. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndlTq-v_fIeZFTbdGGLmh2ldBg2tS4iefDBYLxiSHW-TiSaPoeX7y_LbtqdOWSrrU7HdHHICmAjqiYUd8GykcpeF62MJ28-pGyAV0Zuaqa_KgIjyECuIFZjte9j7qeoQnDo20OZ4d76Dzr9hMt1-SsqQKzKH8HObY6J57sMAcX4lsaf5i-5vZNZ-SQbJ51ZFbh6QubpZ_MjI0Vlg0sso5Xv077ZBbEkzIpU1PABDqnmpDljRhRzJVuRqvNbelSY-9QU9lROVDQEqs5WHwETHQtrB9sP0KleG-f0=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Hail the queen</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A transgender teenager was crowned homecoming queen at Marina High School in Huntington Beach -- the first in Orange County. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndmSpfTNyaCTcjZyQsXRrymCeT9O1yhTAQqUf2DI_p8c86Tg5TqvN1D77TzX_rbs02FLPlo4V4BXX3fLV7MkvZbr0CUJRUgDHq_k_MJiD9EFm8z2GBJkxmV5S1_3t5HRrSa9QgyIO59mTHP3Jih0-zuDcFO9dZUjKmW16LGXJKHviGN8ll5Iq-2uG9AQWt6U7ndGv9e8A7sdcwRlEDU4-gaVlXwPWN-ioTQ=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Critical revisions</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The California Healthy
Kids Survey -- a massive survey of student behavior and a key resource
for schools -- has unveiled extensive revisions that put a stronger
focus on students' emotional health. <a style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndkoZO8ke1rnqthHoYEn2PIspk7gkbdhbhFFqhy-MB9IdrdOy2i7gZ1vrZspyzB0Xa6iNgXHl3K5im7PmAZJcwxfr_FkkuBN2xhykBYVnzkzBGVoViZVjywL182PS-8YZmrCHI5HUw6JilxaqGF9etLRV3ivP4W0dW3jBBxqkaY1nn87zY6-5hqVLrsGJV_AA6-aRtYKUiaI0GRhixQfjrxaETAow0FrgVJpnm_mSSeIOHxoYZmKSMS2pNtk6IJZ8vo=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Same old same old</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">SAT scores remained flat
for students in the class of 2013, with just 43 percent performing well
enough to be considered college-ready -- the same proportion as last
year. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndlb2LPDZbsGvGaAn4HiuGA1ejeScX-lBBBDZ26_hviNKNh27n967O8W-ir2B22lp5Kd2KI5e7o8xdVyjh8RrO_ZWZDP5MgU7kLih6hW4Dls0gPDdcG6OMk-uPMhCCFWUHu9DuYITc_-FsWqm46KPvqfNm_vPLhALmhEmWNt1e5lWLFqMtas98Ht3AuoQCfot_lH3UhQbDS94mUpMrqIj6tmk2HJjv9zHJA5Pnx9Lh4BVeqmZiclq1bq9cM_j5sJLCE=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Test run</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Seventeen Minnesota
districts are piloting a new teacher-evaluation system that ties
educators' scores to classroom work, student achievement, and surveys
designed to measure student engagement in classroom lessons. <a style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(238, 86, 36);" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndkHMD6mHhuux5iON4OV0igxiTAnwXC7B66EwvLtNkkvbGkJCEAziGVjoB3m3Ukta2MpE9ua63Znx8G3SG1tmqnkM4RNQ2cZNb4rmuV6Kl_SXUfnTykqMiSeO8XQMWwKsuiUUNBImVKCEnhPtZYyuWVYIeWrqJK7toiHIUT7mwCgy8iz6L6b0ydYdgbvYiTnvy9L1dpPfBctsFNO4o175CIll6Y09oDXO4w=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>A marginal increase</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The state board of
education in Delaware, by a 6-0 vote, adopted the Next Generation
Science Standards, bringing to seven the number of states to do so since
they were finalized in April. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndl7m5Q4KGwrlhdu_5GzCKV_2y1YT6FkF9MvIvx73gdr4nbsPzqoIMEHhjk10wPTxCbWqZDa-QwZaxNPXoJfkpqf946TIrg5wwxxerh1fXv59AujGZPpPBRpB_4Ev-9iNZV_yNeINYM-qfLb3zybntiIQ0mZmkd6BA4NqE_XhNYEsiTNL-uBRzzGGgsXzyB1aeZTORulG66tMA==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Chicago Public Schools
has announced that funding will not be cut for schools whose enrollment
on the 20th day of classes was lower than projected. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndmW5XSZXf0KiHVFmjITIajcKAKa7ed263tYkNnOR4xAzC3gHOKsm99vzxgUgCBeps8Opgvo5oi5FPIEBX2eeEgfAWhLdN369Fqs0kTcHhAU6O7UWlNn-pipUdA3jkdIcqLSlPxpnZTMarnYwfOQ1bye264MNqOZY40FvbaMGC0ohSywzccnBofI5PLPlXJiLcjF9-bpB9hwEcOugYqN71NpvHSYOWEQI1baZetLxUTGCW2bSfix11Dys21wd6C8AN0=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>See ya</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Florida Gov. Rick Scott
has told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that the state will
curtail its role in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndnvCkP2ECIBcGzTntBR-Nxd6xjvZr5ibvEAVG1LhW2mFOrvxC8SQbPJ2rP5rx0XfEXNY2s60hvlVjnVY3c3xRoUUFel0cOoNHNouDeacHMTRJ3Ftepjbb1BK4LYUxUtqyoFi0gtUqZHWkgL4_6uSjbJTwV7LX3yi7bGID7ks0CgFOrJS1w9LUwa1oB4GJ7o1EkeS0BCfBtXLbcwRA_MO7wyPtq43p2PSwUADMHK8HrfFcaB8RujVSRmGO23_dxC2YA=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>What's in a name?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
has ordered her agencies to stop using the term "Common Core'' when
referring to new education standards, dictating they instead be called
"Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards.'' <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndkkxF2y6FPKWxQZJTSdyTxGE91-yXo8L1QQZrkcUaDZ6JBv0p8F3cwcLibGKemra6F8EmLX-_ZANvhM5RxD3Nu8ifjfQBcSLSqaS0qFGNeZ67e8HRDcvBfeMiF9_n5sapRerqHH7_Uy7xv3dyjOzKg9hrIXklXBhR7up5QwShUrWG0W36P0fpuxYvkelEhH5Vp5VC4vaT3EyAg_ZQERqdFJRkNUBdYDbJ0ENWBctM7j_iKpepxIpNU7qDQVtrzKcdkxlngBYTaTog==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Kudos</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Houston was presented with its second Broad Prize at a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndkBuvOal2A9rNeJvcawq46CJbpVpj5S1n8c5rJl-JPMwM4EhdDDfzzFu1J2mI3D7N6Bab4IDwhOPrHrO_XaPIGoojTOxptTncBWfINTFajmh1wi3hQXiyfFJixWAzEBb00Q9aQJ-3I3OlZIbHlSO43PQqeJ72R3I85A-H3idpcVplScEnrqh8d66wADHlMlkcCR_TcfO70hZI8Lqn0GyPHFR5q56D4lEuJ-ShBUXHI8RQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Conundrum</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A Missouri law that
permits students to transfer out of an unaccredited district -- at the
home district's expense -- has caused thousands of students to switch
schools this fall, raising the specter of bankruptcy for at least two
school systems. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndn_43_HWCHAPUqOk2rwUAzke1eQVTqu2v0KlQG7QwqdaXC_k489oDByKthSuDfaY7KDXNluyskVBcKWycmXDtJaiSnh83tzzCyYlNR7GCsLipAtRnyPrfFC8Yw1yWUTOxLQJq6yRSwtI38yMlY_M_ux9YlzVMsewRLDpnD4kn1g1_HkGC9qBoxJnWqE7Tl0pchlxP9pE0OFuFldWcdAAi6kvw40EYQAA4nv3L1jAzhvDr0fBhnwmcBZ0Oyk8SGfXNQISk5WFDcqig==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>First steps</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo has announced that the 17 teacher-education programs at SUNY
schools will require a minimum 3.0 grade point average for admission to
teacher- and principal-preparation programs, as well as high scores on
the GREs. <a style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(238, 86, 36);" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndklH_PE2M9gOHxTMKN_HRj3yE1zwcpE5qzAeHcM9Q04MQu0e0AmLH8vnOzKMgAJXPTQvvHk5EPC7427bmxTkzZFt-UaeefEOe5b0WPV9oyKlYnoKRj60-rcjTXIzlqxsy2uM1rIWS8Eac4cnZuhDhlCW64Cjy1CEpixr1kK0y_l77YEDE_qf0RwNUrI6pBEc-8w0agd3ASUNw==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Good idea</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The College Board has
begun a nationwide outreach program to persuade more low-income high
school seniors who scored high on standardized tests to apply to select
colleges. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndlml3IdWXpbSaG9LDn_9o5BylxzAUPu2sXXlm_rVfIzhNG3oyCoGtsLUbnaGineu2-2zUZmtpPyCZYmzSDhmR-9csAJg6T76jtedm0DywPoIQgfBFY-TLXQ1yjbOQyE7Cifdvlu1Id2gyM5ifTy0XQE65mSb2Ut826HufJ0ATn6w5JV9herFmQ83SQOZqTrCd4piJm__6p--RoYzJPD8PJ0VDI1ZZbIfauKt1_voKjUQxdSM6WS5sUnFrxtMrN9AWA=" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Pay up</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Arizona schools and
voters scored a major victory when the state Supreme Court ruled that
lawmakers must pay for inflation funding for the state K-12 system as
mandated in a 2000 ballot initiative approved by voters. <a style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUpdSLS7ndnjpyDGqDJxz0YvHdzi6jR0M4jbSAUqZeCyqzF40mX5icFQBstyXkw0jwbYL2_Dz86WLpXRX2TpJS_8B-PvM_pGo3o7Y2Goe5c9gVvraZ7FHGCRCqiakZMObgYZ2EfgtV_MSCZSJrcdONchyl3qVaxBrMjQ6OSTvhHpO8hUlTUZc6FenIg9MLoJnJJB7RP_ZIlSylcf-cxDN4Fd1N32y3WYrN8i7D0ptvo70bqlygkp9fE_r1gsWyCgqvyMdvCYrcHEaMXIl1P-4A==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><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=001iUpdSLS7ndnOai7ODhQn-XPCF0tsLJ6OA1gWu3u7c3E8MICbJ7-yS6BIzojzTgnn7F60HWDINQ0p9X7B_6NqEtWgPk7VxpiJh2NglynZdNHj2yJc7gb0WM0jQl-rDkAWI3ZNdIBX8kk7D-tzgTUkaWDvk3daVCfWeD103EAcoa1t2QLDkJnACdIAItnjWBku">IRA: Regie Routman Teacher Recognition Award</a></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The
International Reading Association Regie Routman Teacher Recognition
Award honors an outstanding elementary teacher of reading and language
arts dedicated to improving teaching and learning through reflective
writing about his or her teaching and learning process. Maximum award:
$2,500. Eligibility: regular classroom elementary teachers of reading
and language arts grades K-6; must be IRA members. Deadline: November
15, 2013.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><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=001iUpdSLS7ndlx5sSd8xwcX5zVu6Q01TCafSlzSFqUguYjlWOif0QsmxkuxTQVy_2EjwRsf749H1WLWGFOPrh6GsYLC0HLm89iBOP6dZZyvQgJVSpf1y_z2CuMxWa_EhK2fi3NvWZWzreLFXwU9G6KvGPqC4JP52oFkfIsNMFBzHb0POpXon2AuA==">NSTA: Wendell G. Mohling Outstanding Aerospace Educator Award</a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The
National Science Teachers Association Wendell G. Mohling Outstanding
Aerospace Educator Award recognizes excellence in the field of aerospace
education. Maximum award: $3,000, as well as $2,000 in expenses to
attend NSTA's national conference. The recipient of the award will be
honored during the Awards Banquet and the Aerospace Educators Luncheon
at the NSTA Conference. Eligibility: educators in informal education
settings (e.g., museums, government, science centers). Deadline:
November 30, 2013.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><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=001iUpdSLS7ndk7B-IQMInf_PW2-1E6nFhJJExbh1LZ-o0yI-VLb3Lyw4LzpNylKSjKanN4u661z3ima7804mKk_1kmO95DOcujQAHD00ZZqXCWgKQNUI7WRnr20Y4FXoaSIAJc61cKD4T1KjIXuEq_w2nidgJqVSpO">AAPT: Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers</a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The
American Association of Physics Teachers Barbara Lotze Scholarships
offer funds for future high school physics teachers. Maximum award:
$2,000. Eligibility: U.S. citizens attending U.S. schools as
undergraduates enrolled, or planning to enroll, in physics teacher
preparation curricula, and U.S. high school seniors entering such
programs. Deadline: December 1, 2013.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"There
are so many cases in which people think, 'If I keep my child safe and
healthy, I'll be good.' But those days are over. If you wait until
kindergarten to start learning, they will be playing catch up from the
beginning." -- <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=001iUpdSLS7ndk5kUHAeQsfUvoSD2OP6bFCovjTWpDazAbpVlUVCtBMZ2zzhnr-XEHdoZbnATJRcQP5nUx5hAYXSMfDh8JIWed8L44utMarkc-AnT4zOvzqSZDXRctSRJo5T3uI9EhAj91Qh6VbSTqzP1NuO5hwZmgi2koUfc3Ne0KXwO3OqyQPk-spCBkCyK5-rd4-HH0bGQR2Xlk3mPHJckiqMvAaPd8kfwh9fSt9uj4=">Marco Davis</a>,
the White House's deputy director of the educational initiative for
Hispanics, at the National Summit for Hispanic Early Learning.</div>
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