http://edtags.org/ http://edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/education reform Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/12/31/ap5871419.html libbypokel Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:33:02 +0000 t561 k-12 education reform finance http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/10.11/07-sputnik.html This article from October 2007 describes the link between large, global political events - the 1957 launch of Sputnik, 9/11, the Iraq war - and education reform, particularly in Science and Techology. rozgater Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:26:33 +0000 technoloy science political events global education reform t561 http://books.google.com/books?id=ZLnXz76wvoAC In this provocative new book, Larry Cuban takes aim at the alluring cliché that schools should be more businesslike, and shows that in its long history in business-minded America, no one has shown that a business model can be successfully applied to education. linem Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:28:21 +0000 for-profit schools business models social enterprise education reform larry cuban http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-lausd11jul11,1,1106192.story?coll=la-news-learning The city's new school board majority Tuesday pushed through its first wave of reform measures — and fast. As a result, the Los Angeles Unified School District has new initiatives aimed at measuring student performance, paying employees on time, decreasing the dropout rate, helping English learners, building smaller schools, recruiting new employees, training principals and increasing parent involvement. uma Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:18:00 +0000 la unified los angeles la ca california education reform small schools data driven decisions http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/28/EDG6QQ4T741.DTL THE ON-AGAIN, off-again debate on immigration reform threatens to overshadow almost every other key legislative challenge in Washington, D.C. -- including just how involved the federal government should be in our schools. Few Americans are aware that the most important piece of education legislation in decades -- the federal No Child Left Behind law, which went into effect in 2002 -- is up for "reauthorization" this year. uma Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:12:46 +0000 education reform polictics elections nclb naep reauthorization http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/11/EDGNNQ4VKF1.DTL IT'S NO SURPRISE to see presidential candidates pandering to contributors. But what is disappointing is how far some of them will go to take care of those who take care of them. Imagine being so eager to please the money crowd that you'll try to destroy a reform measure that is reasonable and helpful, especially when the help is going to the same folks you claim to represent. uma Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:11:14 +0000 education reform polictics elections nclb http://www.biztools4schools.org/ The "Business Tools for Better Schools" toolkit is designed to engage, energize and focus company and business organization efforts in education reform. The toolkit is geared towards both policy and practical involvement, primarily at the state and local level, in three key K-12 education reform business priorities: *Ensuring that graduates are ready for work and college; *Strengthening the scienc uma Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:21:25 +0000 education reform business k-12 data workforce data http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=section&pSectionID=5 "Founded in 1993 to translate ideas into action, CER combines education policy with grassroots advocacy to work deep within the nation's communities to foster positive and bold education reforms. Today, this premiere national group serves as a full-service education reform engine working in over 40 states." uma Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:06:58 +0000 charter schools a345 education reform