One in seven elementary school principals expressed interest in piloting the DOE’s K-2 testing program. (Daily News, Post)
In a major speech yesterday, Obama promised to double federal spending for charter schools and push a wide-ranging set of other initiatives. (Boston Globe)
Obama’s education plan is heavily influenced by his experience watching and participating in school reform in Chicago. (Times)
McCain’s short education plan suggests he sees a limited role for the federal government in improving schools. (Times)
Suddenly, education is a battleground issue in the presidential election. (Sun, Wall Street Journal)
Because of safety concerns, public schools can no longer take field trips to the United Nations. (Post, Daily News)
Cutbacks to bus routes have given one child with special needs a two-hour trip to school. (Post)
The New York Times editorializes in favor of reforms to mayoral control proposed by the Public Advocate’s Commission on School Governance.
In the Village Voice, Nat Hentoff argues against excessive policing in the city’s schools and in favor of the proposed Student Safety Act.
Schools’ increasingly early emphasis on academic skills causes boys, who develop later than girls, to struggle, writes Peg Tyre in Newsweek.