Reporting on the presidential race, I've focused a lot on the major issues - No Child Left Behind, merit pay, school choice - but the next president will have a significant say in some other issues, such as whether the federal government should help school districts invest in environmentally friendly, or "green," schools. …
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Reporter Michele McNeil focuses on state policy, school choice, and school finance—and how elections affect K-12 education.
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Green Schools? Ask the Next President
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Vallas: From NOLA Schools Chief to Illinois Governor?
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2008/04/vallas_from_nola_schools_chief.htmlThis dispatch comes from my colleague Lesli Maxwell, who has done a fabulous job covering recovery and reform efforts in New Orleans' public schools in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. As part of this special project, she's spent nearly nine weeks in the city on several different trips, getting to know the students, teachers, and the man who is running the schools of New Orleans. …
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One Good Thing About This Long, Drawn-Out Primary
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2008/04/one_good_thing_about_this_long.htmlIf Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton weren't in a fierce political battle for their party's nomination, then students like Brian Griffin and Kaci Gardner probably wouldn't have gotten so involved in the campaign. …
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I Want to Teach Forever
http://www.teachforever.comJose presents two must-read articles: No, YOU Keep The Promises and We’re All We Have posted at The Jose Vilson.Michele McNeil wonders Will the Next President Keep Ed Secrets? posted at Campaign K-12.avoiceinthewilderness presents You Have No Business Becoming A School AdministratorThe Chancellor's New Clothes, saying, "What is the current thinking by school administrators about student performance? Apparently, students have
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Change the world. Change our schools.
http://blog.educationvoters.orgBlogroll Campaign K-12 Early Education is the Key Eduflack Eduwonkette Joanne Jacobs Save Seattle Schools The Education Wonks The Hall Monitor Washington Teachers
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The Edjurist Accord
http://edjurist.comMichelle disagrees. (3) Checker Finn weighs in. (4) Greg responds. (5) Michele asks for input (and I gave some and encourage you to do the same). Great discussion though. Michele has been doing great work at Campaign K-12 and I encourage you to add her to your aggregator. And for your Friday Fun: Check out these amazing pictures of the eruption of the volcano Chaitén in Chile. It is rare to see a pyroclastic cloud
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Thoughts on Dr. Suellen Reed and Apolitical Education in Indiana
http://edjurist.com/2008/05/07/thoughts-on-dr-suellen-reed-a...Michele McNeil sums up her time here). So, I just want to give a little reflection on her work and how it affected me. I came to Indiana from Illinois, where my friend Randy Dunn had just taken over the Superintendency in Illinois after the Governor had sort of run off the previous
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A Victory for Obama: Now What?
http://obama.affluentblogger.net/a-victory-for-obama-now-wha...have to say that I was surprised that Obama did as well as he did in Indiana. I was expecting Hillary Clinton to more soundly beat him, and that’s because, of all the candidates, it’s obvious that he is the one … Read the rest of this great post here
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McCain and the Pledge: Judges Run Amok
http://edelection.blogspot.com/2008/05/mccain-and-pledge-jud...Campaign K-12 blog
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McCain on the Challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance in Schools
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2008/05/mccain_on_...standing to bring the challenge on behalf of his daughter. Education Week reported on that decision here. Newdow is pressing a new suit against "under God" in the Pledge, which Edweek reported on here. (This is being cross-posted at Education Week's Campaign K-12 blog.)
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You, Too, Can Voice Opinions on NCLB Rules
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/NCLB-ActII/2008/04/you_too_ca...think about uniform graduation rates, "n" sizes, and the rest of the rules that may be in effect for the 2008-09 school year. Other NCLB-related stories in the April 30, 2008, issue of Education Week: Young People Drawn to Aid in 2008 Race (See also Alyson Klein's contribution over at Campaign K-12 about the deafening cheers for Barack Obama's anti-NCLB rhetoric). Nebraska Education Sees Policy, Leadership Shifts Ed. Dept. Again Rejects Utah's Bid to Use 'Growth Model' for NCLB
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McCain and Rural Schools
http://edelection.blogspot.com/2008/04/mccain-and-rural-scho...the infrastructure in exchange for tax breaks. He touted the importance of community colleges and alternative paths to teaching (such as Teach for America) for school districts that struggle to recruit educators. (This item is cross-posted from my Campaign K-12 blog.) Even as a significant amount of talk about education reform centers on the nation's struggling urban districts, it's important that the candidates recognize the issues facing rural schools. And here's why:
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