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Mon, 04/02/2012
Getting Smart

By Tom Vander Ark

Every U.S. student should have a chance to earn college credit in high school. Even with online learning, we still haven’t reached the point of universal access to a great college prep track with college credit options. That’s why David Haglund is pushing the Students Bill of Rights in California. It’s why Christina Grant is pushing early college in New York.

Wed, 03/07/2012
The Times Union

By Scott Waldman

ALBANY — The charter school movement in Albany received $3 million from the Walton Family Foundation last year.

On Wednesday, the charitable arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. released the list of organizations that received the $159 million it invested in education reform in 2011. The $3.01 million Albany-based organizations received was a 27 percent increase over 2010.

Fri, 02/17/2012
Buffalo News

By Mary B. Pasciak and Tom Precious
News Staff Reporters

Every teacher in the state soon will be evaluated under a more rigorous system designed to more closely link teacher ratings to student growth on assessments and to reliable classroom observations.

Thu, 02/02/2012
WAMC

ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - New York schools could be facing a huge financial loss if an agreement is not reached on a new evaluation system for teachers and principals. The education group, the Campaign for Achievement Now, has issued a report that says schools could lose $1.7 billion dollars over two years if the new system is not in place.

Wed, 02/01/2012
New York Times

In the news on Wednesday, the tabloids continue to have a field day with the case of a teacher who has collected his $100,000-a-year salary for a decade while assigned to “rubber room”-type duty.

The case of Alan Rosenfeld, a former typing instructor, has prompted The New York Post to look more closely at the records of the case against the teacher, who was accused by six girls in junior high school “of leering at them and making inappropriate remarks.”

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50CAN

The movement is growing.

 

There is growing consensus about the reforms needed to provide a great education for every American student. What’s missing is the vehicle to turn those reforms into law where most education policy is made: America’s 50 state capitals.

Over the last several years, the team at CONNCAN: THE CONNECTICUT COALITION FOR ACHIEVEMENT NOW pioneered just that vehicle: a world-class, state-based advocacy campaign for greater choice, flexibility and accountability in our public schools. Our breakthrough success in Connecticut is the inspiration for a new nonprofit organization to bring this model across the United States. It’s called 50CAN: THE 50-STATE CAMPAIGN FOR ACHIEVEMENT NOW, a nonprofit advocacy organization that recruits and supports local leaders who build citizen movements in their states to ensure that every child has access to a great public school.

50CAN is led by President & Founder Marc Porter Magee, and is built on ConnCAN’s groundbreaking accomplishments in his six years as its chief operating officer. 50CAN operates campaigns in Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York and Maryland. We aim to launch 12 state campaigns by 2013 and reach half of the country by 2015.

 

 

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