Paid on a curve, Christian
Science Monitor
Hard work will be rewarded. Bright young teachers will be empowered.
Hanging on to a job for years will no longer be the fastest way to advance
up the pay scale. Such were the optimistic assessments of the vote taken
earlier this month in Denver, when schoolteachers there broke rank with
national teachers' unions to approve one of the nation's first compensation
packages linking their pay to student performance.
New Exceptions in Testing Law for Some Ill or Injured Students, New York
Times
In what is expected to be the last in a string of pre-election changes
to the No Child Left Behind law, federal officials announced Monday
that schools could exempt students with grave injuries or medical conditions
from the standardized exams used to rank schools.
State Commission Wants Billions to Help Schools, New York
Times
Providing a sound basic education to every child in New York will cost
an extra $2.5 billion to $5.6 billion a year and require aggressive
new measures to ensure that the money is well spent, Gov. George E.
Pataki's Commission on Education Reform said yesterday.
Paige Extends Some Flexibility on School Act, Los Angeles
Times
Announcing the latest in a string of revisions to President Bush's signature
education reform program, Education Secretary Rod Paige on Monday gave
public schools some flexibility in meeting a requirement that 95% of
their students must take math and English achievement tests for a school
to be considered "successful."
Many Colleges Fail to Create Antipiracy Policies to Curb File Sharing,
Report Says, Chronicle
of Higher Education
Many colleges have not yet adopted comprehensive policies to combat
music piracy on their campuses, according to a new report by a group
of college officials and music-industry leaders.
Cultivating Colleges in New Jersey,
Chronicle of Higher Education
After years of neglecting its public institutions, can the Garden State
keep its students home?
