2009年5月28日星期四

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Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus cash (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT

AP - States will hurt their chance to compete for millions of federal stimulus dollars if they fail to embrace innovations like charter schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday.

Turning Around Troubled Schools (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:22 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - CHICAGO--For years, the Julia Ward Howe School in Chicago's Austin neighborhood was beset by discipline and academic problems. At one point, only 20 percent of the students at the K-8 public school were meeting state academic standards. In 2008, Arne Duncan, then leader of Chicago Public Schools, was so fed up he approved what usually is seen as a nuclear option: To save the school, he fired the entire staff and put a nonprofit group in charge. New principals and teachers were brought in to set the school on the right path. ...

New CEO: Gates Foundation learns from experiments (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 09:46 AM PDT

New Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes talks during an interview with the Associated Press Wednesday, May 27, 2009, in Seattle. The foundation spent billions of dollars exploring the idea that smaller high schools might result in higher graduation rates and better test scores. Instead, they found that the key to better education is not smaller schools but more effective teachers. Some people might cringe while recounting how much money the foundation spent figuring this out, but Raikes smiles and uses this as an example to explain that the charity has the money to try things that might fail. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent billions of dollars exploring the idea that smaller high schools might result in higher graduation rates and better test scores. Instead, it found that the key to better education is not necessarily smaller schools but more effective teachers.

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