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Federal Update 12.17.07
Bruce Randolph School Demands Freedom
All States Now Eligible to Use Growth Models
Some Oregon Schools Refuse Federal Funds to Avoid Possible Sanctions
Index of Worker Freedom: A National Report Card
Math and Science PISA Scores Released
Online School in Wisconsin Threatened to be Shut Down by a Court Order
Federal Update 11.30.07
Urban Districts Show Improvement in Reading and Math
Merit Pay to be on the Ballot in Oregon in 2008
New Clark County Educators Organization Launches
U.S. Reading Scores are Stagnant on an International Reading Assessment
The P-20 Council in Colorado Announces Their Reform Measures for Education
NAEP Testing Could Be Scaled Back
Federal Update 11.16.07
Vouchers Defeated in Utah
NCLB Stalled in the House and Senate
President Bush Vetoes Education Spending Bill
Moment of Silence in School Challenged in Court
Unions Make Wish List for 2008
Pilot Project for States under NCLB is Introduced
Collective Bargaining Agreements Made Public by the Department of Labor
Federal Update 11.02.07
$8.4 million Spent on Utah Voucher Referendum
President Bush and Congress Clash On Education Spending
Amendment to Restore OLMS Funding Defeated
New Study Says 12% of High Schools are “Dropout Factories”
New York City School District Adopts Merit Plan
The Majority of Big Labor Yet to Endorse a Presidential Candidate
Federal Update 10.19.07
Decision Made in Supreme Court Decision Involving IDEA
“The Proficiency Illusion”
The Nevada State Education Association and the Las Vegas Strip Casinos
Pay for Performance Plans in Arkansas
Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee Requests Authority to Fire Ineffective Teachers
Social Networks are Being Used to Prevent Dropouts in Los Angeles
Federal Update 10.05.07
AAE Releases the Results of its Second Survey on NCLB
Unilateral Private School Placements Heard Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Teachers Union Declares “Work to Rule” in Baltimore
Two Democratic Groups at Odds with the NEA
$3.5 Million in Grants Awarded to Charter Schools
Pay-for-Performance in the Miller-McKeon Draft Legislation
Federal Update - Special Alert 09.26.07
NAEP Results for Reading and Math Released
Across the board improvements were seen on Tuesday when the U.S. Department of Education released the results of the NAEP scores for fourth and eighth graders in reading and math. The reading scores for fourth graders and the math scores for fourth and eighth graders were the highest in the history of NAEP. Also, the achievement gap between white students and African-Ameircan students in fourth grade is at the smallest point since 1992.