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EEP Launches Daily News Roundup

Starting today, we'll be posting links to the top education reform stories from around the country each morning. Watch the home page for the roundup. And drop us a note at press@educationequalityproject.org if you've got a can't-miss story for us.

Daily News Roundup

- EEP Co-Founder and New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's says: "Equality should not be bound by geography" in his statement on new findings that education inequality persists among students of different races and ethnicities.

- Here is that National Center for Education Statistics study.

- National Journal's new education blog already getting A-list responses to their post on the above study. Signatories Rotherham, Haycock, and Lomax among the early posters.

- In case you missed it, watch President Obama and Secretary Duncan's Friday announcement on draft guidelines for the $4.35B Race to the Top fund. (An obligatory YouTube link.)

- Secretary Duncan's Washington Post OpEd calls Race to the Top, "the equivalent of education reform's moon shot."

- EEP Signatory, Tom Vander Ark, writes in Huffington Post that he's thankful Race To The Top includes criteria that make it a powerful ed reform package.

- The Denver Post on why teachers are key to education reform. (They agree with President Obama when he says, "reward effective teachers, to support teachers who are struggling, and when necessary, to replace teachers who aren't up to the job," remark.)

- EEP Signatory and L.A. Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, drums up support for a critical measure before the L.A. Board of Education in his LA Times OpEd.

- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland gets love from the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, who says it's time to "roll up our sleeves" for education reform.

- This NY Daily News editorial speaks for itself, "President Obama has dealt a much-deserved slap to lawmakers in New York and other states who kowtow to teachers unions."

- California notices that Obama singled them out for failing to use education data to as a criterion for evaluating teachers. LA Times calls it a "chide."

- Gov. Schwarzenegger responds with a statement saying: "we will seek any reforms or changes to the law deemed necessary, including changes to our data system laws, to ensure California is eligible to compete for our share of Race to the Top Recovery funds."

- NYTimes piece debates if unionizing at charter schools will strengthen the movement or harm it.

Categories: Education News