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<div>October 14, 2014 - In This Issue:</div>
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<div><a style="color:#ee5624;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;" shape="rect" href="https://mail.aol.com/38798-516/cs_com-6/en-us/Lite/MsgRead.aspx?folder=NewMail&uid=27697443&seq=11&searchIn=none&searchQuery=&start=0&sort=received&sortDir=descending#aolmail_LETTER.BLOCK17">If no one got waivers</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;"><strong>If no one got waivers</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Obama administration
has released an NCLB "snapshot" indicating where states stood for
compliance in 2011-12, the year before waivers were implemented, writes
Alyson Klein for Education Week. Even prior to waivers, few eligible
students were transferring from schools that didn't make AYP -- just one
percent. Just 11 percent of students nationally opted for tutoring in
2011-12, down from 13.6 percent in 2010-11. Students meeting state
benchmarks for 4th grade math in 2011-12 ranged from 38 percent (Bureau
of Indian Education) to 90 percent (Maryland). States with rigorous
standards such as Massachusetts had lower proficiency rates, in its case
51 percent. Students in subgroups underperformed compared to the
student population as a whole. For instance, in California, 69 percent
of fourth graders scored "proficient" or higher in math, compared to 53
percent of black students. In Pennsylvania, 42 percent of black students
and 43 percent of Hispanic students in high school scored "proficient"
in reading/language arts, compared to 73 percent of white kids. Across
the nation, 96 percent of classes were taught by "highly qualified"
teachers in 2011-12. Under waivers, states are shifting from evaluating
teacher "quality" to teacher "effectiveness," based on student progress.
A gap remains however, between high- and low-poverty schools:
high-poverty secondary schools show 94 percent high-quality teachers,
versus 97 percent in low-poverty. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofAraqz3T3yg3wj_Q7TnBFV4g7kO3U2ACmVuP0COfaRu64LauuyXME4nDMGnJZ3pA2iC1XxymtDanJBqfZl_UBG8DF1aGE5sfTZ5V4GntUVw7jQJako-5Jrv61cqA5_LhR5mIiJZBz08vloVvefSRx4mE3hncREdpvTCDNFQoj2NHPhKFEMsPWmYpgJySu6LTGFumFiQmjmcZkE=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;"><strong>The full story on student achievement</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new report from the
Education Trust examines how state accountability systems can mask the
full story of student achievement when schools earn high marks despite
low performance for some groups of students. Education Trust's analysis
used data from Minnesota, Florida, and Kentucky, and found that while
each state had some degree of innovative policy design and demonstrated
dedication to raising student achievement -- including improvements for
low-income students and students of color -- in general, top-rated
schools' proficiency rates for low-income students and students of color
were about the same as those of white and higher-income students in
middle- and low-rated schools. In Florida, the average reading
proficiency rate for African-American students in "A" schools is about
the same as that of white students in "C" schools; the average
proficiency rate for Latino students in "B" schools is about the same as
that of white students in "D" schools. In Kentucky, average math
proficiency rates of African-American students at schools with a
"Distinguished" rating are about equal to math proficiency rates of
white students in "Needs Improvement" schools. Minnesota's low-income
children in top-rated schools are performing about the same as
higher-income children attending schools identified for intervention.
The report recommends that all states work to end this pattern by
ensuring that gap-closing goals are reflected in school ratings. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArICkv-53GDicebZu_lNmpZeUL-PK1BvAVIUr-_vV9A6AlrQU3u8Fn3hEAVMspBqyGudQsfTA2_z9jHcq_ZJnAXqj5ImHqRptva3pbjy8sostnx3rvOGrLjM-ziaFGtzxFju-Hjxr0ndlhmMKEYfJRrfBENby7SiV3788LBuRKfRn5clRetmIC1g==&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;"><strong>The power of expectations</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new brief from the
Center for American Progress looks at the effect of teacher
expectations, analyzing the National Center for Education Statistics'
Education Longitudinal Study (ELS), which followed a nationally
representative sample of 10th grade students from 2002 to 2012. The ELS
is longitudinal, allowing researchers to link teacher expectations to
individual student data collected up to 10 years later. The data
indicate that all else equal, 10th graders with teachers who had higher
expectations were three times more likely to graduate from college than
students of teachers with lower expectations. The data also suggest
consistently lower expectations for certain subgroups: Teachers
predicted high-poverty students were 53 percent less likely to earn a
college diploma than affluent peers; African-American students 47
percent less likely than white peers; and Hispanic students 42 percent
less likely. The brief also found college-preparation programs to be
significant predictors of college graduation rates. The brief reviews a
large body of research indicating that expectations carry long-term
impact and are more predictive than student motivation and student
effort. The brief concludes by saying expectations must be raised; the
Common Core standards can do this. At the same time, teacher
instructional capacity must improve, and it's critical for
teacher-preparation programs to communicate the importance of high
expectations for all students, especially low-income students of color. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArVLp3p6ZfbQ_nV6lhgDxNZ1lk15XrqRD-dJZDY2MMU8Fc1dLpeOeklLbtb4CJusC1arHtdL811K9IA2T2py6gWaimRK5W-s2Q2JYX6VkmL5ygmvj0LTCsVmng8TCE52PJickSt-UAEc21NeI08OSwsePhmsRb6KS1mgmAP2KdWdZxpi3mA3Toa5qC5NkYCCwjYdyEGKN1V7WurUDbcqd1Qw==&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Resources, not punishment</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">When she read the
federal Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights report about
racial inequities in student punishment, Piazadora Footman writes in The
New York Times that it told her son's story. Last year, her 8-year-old
was at "the lowest of lows": hitting other children in school, spitting
on them, stealing, leaving the classroom, even kicking a teacher. He got
little schoolwork done, and had two in-school suspensions. Xavier, who
has an IEP, was in an "integrated co-taught class" with many other
children. A therapist recommended he have a paraprofessional, but the
school said it wasn't needed. "It seemed as if they saw him as a bad
child, not a child with needs the school could help address," Footman
writes. The school seemed happier to punish him than to help him, and as
the Office of Civil Rights report shows, this is common with young
children of color. Xavier was angry and sad. Six months ago, Footman got
her son transferred to another public school, and he is thriving with
the right support. The new school immediately placed Xavier in a class
with only 11 students. Xavier no longer has outbursts or is sent to the
principal's office, and recently made honor roll in math. Footman wants
New York City's Department of Education to track schools with a history
of suspending little children. "These schools need either new resources
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new report from the
University of California at Berkeley finds that New York Mayor Bill de
Blasio's push to provide universal preschool to the city's 4-year-olds
has disproportionately benefited children from middle- and upper-income
families, reports Michael Alison Chandler for The Washington Post. In
the first year of expansion, pre-kindergarten seats in the city's
schools increased by 36 percent in zip codes where families earn more
than the city's average income of $51,865, twice the increase in the
poorest quartile of city zip codes. In the Bronx, with a median
household income of $32,568 in 2010, there was a 10 percent increase in
pre-k slots in school-based programs; by contrast, Queens, with a median
income of $53,052, had a 36 percent increase. Staten Island, with a
median income of $70,560, had a 63 percent increase. However, W. Steven
Barnett of the National Institute for Early Education Research at
Rutgers University says geographically based analysis could be
misleading, since it doesn't reflect actual numbers of low-income
students served in each location. The report suggests the imbalance is
tied to the greater availability of classroom space in more affluent
neighborhoods and a stronger demand from economically secure families.
Demand is much softer in poorer communities, where mothers often work
part-time or irregular hours. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArKLLT5Up9SwnI-WHIF8OwbJ0JQjWicU7J-zVrc-jGDyilKmFZHrGWJ0ncPFgq0_x95chUa9yAcFALgsmW9CjaCUZX3cn1lnjjDV2KbFyHzDE8roRDNDCE-2O6v1HfIzggV0_Bk078oYmGgSKXfrrsING3Zj1tXxw_7ENoAdycisu8z59hIXGnyibgc4snPWIZRpgNmORmiOdfo6JRYhSfzCUp1gnpz3d0eXUKPgoekniaR6EGgoZuSa_GBmC4Xc7PEKJ5pZsBilop0hQJL9Uu1E9FHVXQ9R9i5DMcPElVADxXJ-JFuSbYYwGtsEvU2LCQp1S31CRBYf7-5cWyV9Iq_g==&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new report from the
Manhattan Institute uses longitudinal, student-level enrollment data to
explain the ELL enrollment gap between New York City charter and
traditional public schools. The report confirms that the proportion of
students in charters with an ELL classification is significantly smaller
than the proportion in traditional schools. The gap is largest in
kindergarten and first grade, but considerable at every grade. The
report finds ELL students are less likely to exit charter elementary
schools than traditional elementary schools, and no more likely to exit
charter middle schools than traditional middle schools. Moreover, ELL
students are more likely to enter charters in non-gateway grades than to
exit them. ("Gateway grades" are those in which students make
structural moves, such as from elementary to middle school.) The bulk of
the ELL gap is instead explained by the fact that ELL students are far
less likely to apply to charter schools in gateway grades, and students
with particularly poor English skills are least likely to apply.
Additionally, charters declassify a significantly larger proportion of
their ELL students than do traditional schools. The ELL gap in
percentage points narrows as students progress through grade levels
because the proportion of ELL students in charters is, from the outset,
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Deeper Learning sounds great. What is it?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A recent study from the
American Institutes of Research (AIR) described excellent outcomes for
schools engaged in Deeper Learning, but many in education are unclear
what Deeper Learning is, writes Alexandria Neason in The Hechinger
Report. Ron Berger of Expeditionary Learning -- a network of 165 schools
that use Deeper Learning across 33 states -- explains it as a focus on
in-depth academic knowledge and skills combined with the belief that
students must also master communication skills, learn to collaborate
effectively, and own, manage, and justify their own learning. It tends
to embrace the goals of the Common Core State Standards and the Next
Generation Science Standards, and uses teaching strategies long
considered good practice: project-based learning, long-term cumulative
assessments, advisory classes, and block scheduling. What's new is an
explicit combination of deep content knowledge and problem solving with
softer skills like the ability to collaborate and learning how to learn.
It is characterized by a systemic, school-wide undertaking. Jennifer
O'Day of AIR says schools across the country already use these
practices, but often in isolation. Project-based learning might be used
in one really strong English classroom, for example, but nowhere else
within a school. The study, O'Day says, is reassurance to teachers
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Governance, Chicago-style</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A quarter-century ago,
Chicagoans voted for who would sit on the city's first local school
councils, a revolutionary experiment that handed significant control of
schools to parents and the community, writes Denisa Superville for
Education Week. The effort in local democracy was not completely unique,
but its governance model was unusually strong because it gave
parent-majority boards the power to hire and fire principals, set budget
priorities, and develop school-improvement plans. Today, enthusiasm for
the councils has waned. Financial support from foundations to finance
and advise the experiment has dried up, participation in elections has
plummeted, and a state law put the city's schools under mayoral control.
Still, the councils remain an important vehicle for participatory
democracy, allowing stakeholders -- particularly parents -- the
opportunity to make decisions about their children's education. No other
urban district has chosen this path, raising the question of whether
the councils could ever have lived up to their idealistic goals. Reasons
why the Chicago model may not have spread beyond the city include a
recognition that other state legislatures may be unwilling to devolve
such expansive powers to parents and the community, says Norm Fruchter
of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Still, Fruchter thinks the
pendulum is shifting again as a backlash emerges to "corporate reform
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Nice work</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">LAUSD's graduation rate
of 77 percent for 2013-14 was 12 percentage points better than last
year, the largest one-year increase under a tracking system that dates
from 2006-07. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArMSmCG_WnQJv8wZbwOXwCYHGn7kp2Vhv5zcrg9LXG8GW8sRTJxSuw47WZ6kabskqSLppJYZhKtuQ7ticdj8KbWSQ6xPBK67E7d0F_LyzdeN4B5t241eYuRxtsGqSPISm0DJ931JLbZ6EBbQVWPt5Sk8ZQGtUrH-yP5I3luuhn7tcDVNRsLqd-IeIA8g-HJ1mpKqSfWLcofUcCrBifYPDTNw==&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>At a teacher-prep crossroads</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new report from
EdSource identifies seven key challenges that California must address to
ensure an effective teaching force -- and the most promising strategies
to address them at a local and statewide level. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArZ-y8ITVxlyqI2kym-iKr4-VSUvxbGucPeQso7oMGHloWrUazjtgFnDWgbJyImr5RjpIEXXOPwtV1G9qCzdk-DvbkaGOHdlzyYFGM9azSHgtJtwFo3VPuRn4ISCs64d_bR_BepwTIKrBZSIeNEw_u5G-6JHpuy6Ykfcb_fDUFV3WHJEjlys_I_qsknvIn0T0GlJvvW6Jxut8=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Promising</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Officials have announced
$36 million in federal funds for Promise Zones in Hollywood,
Pico-Union, and Koreatown; a related initiative is underway in the San
Fernando Valley, centered in the Pacoima area. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofAr8Zni8adXVLUq4Zsn33nOcau6OSz9rUawOdxaI9iye0ssiAomNpmKH9AFBFMdAFWwEtU769EhWXFiVNVDJhpF4sIgh8__4hlKOlzLBPfU5o_Q4qyMmFpqFXK1hDIp7tlagGBRLefQdy3FKKU7fsons4AW4UF4vh4PvzzBnKqO-8sRhobZp8X4xwYbSHpUSoUx3Oh7Vj-VDG4=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Urgently needed</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Educators who want to
implement more positive disciplinary practices can now access an online
national repository of research-based alternatives to suspension and
expulsion. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArzne8jKxfCP263qT3J_Vs6Qs0FUS5vnDI6N6FxnxJHJxZUc4eZ0mjZUR4dvjjAMWI_9GxPG_K2shDFYv7VrbwQjiiTouTMlaMBCt-0qVy9bwOc8w7tRhGewQzXh7U48OG&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Not a moment too soon</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The D.C. Council has
unanimously approved a trio of bills designed to overhaul
special-education services in the city, aiming to speed delivery of
services to students with special needs and give parents better
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>A call for reasonable</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Jacksonville Public
Education Fund is calling for a suspension of Florida school grades for a
year, since measuring student growth from the old FCAT 2.0 to the new
Florida Standards assessment is "like comparing apples and oranges." <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArTQnuQTlv_ISNM-U5AnCcXs6p9vlAAbfhVkCPKgXa2dRlP5Kj78CqucVSU43HoPakbD53d1LR1h0I2je34bOd-XNt0GPWDm9oImcjAcFmE2tJ4RE7SXVVm0vFmJ0iAJLKO-iBv13qg_iM--_xidkqRDI0B_4eMXZSBMYH9k9oLqlC1lP9-CcxD-p6hSkCymij9m1gDmFck7U=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Could be a problem</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Oregon and Delaware are
the only states that have set rules and regulations designed to ensure
test security and prevent cheating on the new breed of online exams. <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArF-eFjttKG6WyzwCkBYKbSc9l6O0OFnHtdKbOAUFBSAovWyKQDns-3iUnK5BPTSvnCO9GtSaE3uCBWEAGVhMBLFsW-3Rpv1JaO-aB9vEm2tsnrHfiAHzPCeVqpUi2CY-NxQcTcpmhgmVF26Xew9op5Yz3_tiA6feDHcYvh8xwdphPsGafvoXLxfn_67KBv80g22TZFNpZSqc=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Pancake flat</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The average SAT score
for the Class of 2014 was 1497, down a point from the year before; also
stagnant was the share of students who reached a combined score of 1550,
considered a standard for college and career readiness. <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArZ3epb_nW6Btyv82g_pvCHfFuvtGVKkSHmm7ks-oegmfoj3-kYj-_ilZ0grH0B1T_jEjq3_-Qgo_4h8NfrMiLHA0iF35b92pxjlfjUXrtnUURMZnIQPOTmT-NWMnO67qPC0VVJcUULv8HBJAKXy_S76Y_yMtJ5M4b3xk1TzWaMuIVSpqPcy4suIZTshVTjzwvHzO1zvsFOZv1v4yDpFQtmVjh68Xi7vn25tipOnUvglo-KuDPk6u66Ee29HZDS3Ks1OGCecfbC_ko-v7sIrSAxqRswNczJKqIoU2Uyexv8N_9LybdhtQZdWxw-L-x963Uw7xXvkeHuXtxOGmG9usBo8evnlKGzadS&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Indicative</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Students First has named
as its president Jim Blew, a longtime supporter of school vouchers and
loosening tenure protections for public school teachers. <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArjQmATcguUqCJJlFPZDQFVsQ8fCsoejLsMLRWfwfdPNMDWQJc1q3GWLRYwQsOzbUa4nOyqg_Zm3JG7ZM9vxgpu8stHy_ttEfsYuQSeT8cmhIaIEIXymUy9QvpqcXcXWaZVQeV-EKtkdzW4OJEUzbpmvhOjlHyFJKELQDO-DGfZSAeDrAnHI5U6GH9Plj2MoL3P9UVK8ZyrMI=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>On a scale of 1 to 10</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new North Carolina
State Board of Education mandate will require state high schools in fall
2015 to adopt the same grading scale as many other districts in the
U.S., switching from its seven-point grading scale to a 10-point grading
scale. <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArvBvxEPfQu5_EFdxHkuq0YZlzpL27_SPXqjFFh2DD4zym0X6PzKa1lBwddA1241A4tiBb8QQAgqY2Jr7vUNajZRlSgrsFP9Xm_YR5n1L6KQ92AmA9vVM2QFe5H_8lYzkCMSwOH0FtJh5iu_dfgxV5QelQTGR7UFhdZpsoTHuYAHx0gKn7eNmSCX5hX2xacVzDE16beVYbWJ1VHe0cE8LmSyqZTm38-Ch8&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Not likely to draw sympathy</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Philadelphia
Federation of Teachers is vowing to fight a surprise move by the
district to unilaterally cancel its contract and make changes to its
members' health benefits that would require union members to pay part of
their health insurance costs for the first time. <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArb_cGTLT_nTZ3TIBiyjiwDadhORbcQV1iYOsHcAHuU8tcUtc09AyETDcoJw-TwAkhn6CGaJqpQxOY4mTg_TyqhHuZp48k8wKAkd6s1K9eX7LzaLAMlb0MRGMO3kFagbEV8kUN6e6xpSkOWkllH7EtNNdZrwUXbg1Nt0HEX1DdunwslhB0emhzYaW867fFH0FRtpDZ8gBXcPsAKqquZVqn2A==&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Boom time</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Enrollment is up in both
D.C. charter and traditional public schools this year, according to
unofficial numbers released this week by officials from the D.C. Public
Charter School Board and D.C. Public Schools. <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofAr01NwNoPwjimDAhwFHBevCH6V7Ni5nP9X8AwrAmGjxbbzYP8WfwVlpHF4jGgDl73QrR5s_XRAvjKOeZ6DQb5cJSo-iviUYMKtSVLoxEYNEa31ZNyqTpnq8IcbF0pSfm2aEI-3MFRvoYCjCm0PhB2kDE1PGiuTCNtaUzWlddlI3u4dsICgQm3xjza9e0W252OO6pkKogPX88Zqls6t6MsN3ZYXStzhy1MlxR-LwhmE8gc=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Whose benefit?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A number of school
vouchers go unused from the District of Columbia's Opportunity
Scholarships Program, with some of the most disadvantaged students using
the program at lower rates than others, according to a report from the
Institute of Education Sciences. <span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArjZRYT7u7uL5orI5EIm-9HWsYYPBDCmVS84Dc7He4dZvN4I7orKBV6UYRq6yEp8P38RoXBbCZIzE-nbP8nDZhdyd3-Da2U3E_shyLrEuUsAoBbe7QT1XjNia-8yJ3ofFcIDRFs_FfybhuBou-w_oiZLdko37dFSsSsQqiQofM6rO4Ft7rXIOFkZHAtOrLVpzj4xsr6bhW7Zk=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Through its Education
& Technology Program, the National Association for Amateur Radio
offers grants for radio station equipment and related software and
resources for classrooms in the US. Maximum award: varies. Eligibility:
schools that provide a plan to use Amateur Radio as part of an
enrichment program and/or as part of in-classroom learning. Deadline:
November 1, 2014. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofAr3z5fIoy8XfY63YREmhRA5ykt9-K0tTsWBHD4OYpNPEt8ZOLBjobqKq4hi3hFm1L68oimPQqbqoiwgDWyP2oqRcDEwXmnIzrMecYxPZRIApCIcDWAtJc_Fg==&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>NSTA: Wendell G. Mohling Outstanding Aerospace Educator Award</strong></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 formal education settings. Deadline: November
30, 2014. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgU_Xn3_dzDq98VL7bo5-dHr3f7nnf96KhMC6VkbazeawGtiMFewae7YOFOSw-AzYNQPHx0oPpTTxVNUF6H5JkE3X1XkxHToun16u1IqirjGr5vOD3C06R1YV5JtTFBcGZT7mfFMK73-_ycqIJ2-locIYw4YUcU2DW_4kcprW-62HavCwpYZ9W4k=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ff6600;"><strong>AAPT: Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers</strong></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, 2014. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgU_Xn3_dzDq9KJcacNkS9jc_6iTZbM2mNB_WYqtp-DOgr2ncl0EeNgt_YzTl_szx-GH-ZIueqxtq7iVbYyghTGbkR43nIinq9av5vgTaStcIIfUIODDiPzDuqGu3AtWapgGgNxeLXF7Jx34OYrjiVwM=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"What we're doing today in this state is crazy." <strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">-- Randy Dorn, Washington state superintendent of education,</span></strong> regarding the situation his state now faces after losing its NCLB waiver. <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VQXtFeDWlSxhyTZmDL6y6kU_LFs3SHoWxN0jT2JtuIIegJbAeDAZgZsn1Hi8ofArDUpbaojrumvDqA-xFiIGvrVOC8IKG9dnS-PTqSy1ywu1hhclDOQYba3KM3N7jSDp50wHhwqK0Brw0Hs_ZOcAvejIiiV7fCh12P7lyIp7az9EjCO6TxK4uch2kQOiUVlkybSmmfpwkKwU90IeDaDas2TWpcpXc5lcRrHqdTtatcXsctaIwz-_0lnodZN03ayKkpksWp8Ig6a_XXFEgVDr4CZAdoJIOY49cOnOgouRTYk=&c=GqOG8uM5HAou9CFLRUkvOjakLFSlBiHHP3kz3Q8hJB9W5dZg54nNVg==&ch=L8vhl5sMewzewaa1jGCF6ttYJTosqtXHT-v2QOPfjLugHI9UBMKDDw==">More</a></div>
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