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edLeadersL.A. Times: Major charter school expansion in the works for L.A. Unified studentsby Howard BlumeA prominent local education foundation is discussing a major expansion of charter schools in Los Angeles aimed at boosting academic achievement for students at the lowest performing campuses.Read the rest of the story at The Los Angeles Times.EdCircuit Staff · Aug 11, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersFrom CBS News: Fact-checking the first GOP debate: EducationFormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush again defended his support of the Common Core education standards, which are deeply unpopular within the Republican Party.Read the rest of the story at CBS News.EdCircuit Staff · Aug 10, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersNYT: Bloomberg Is No Longer Mayor, but His Schools Agenda Thrives in Albanyby Kate TaylorFormer Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been out of office for a year and a half, but his influence over New York schools is practically as strong as ever.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 30, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersPost: Duncan wants more accountability in higher education. Easier said than done.Photo Credit: Medill DCby Nick AndersonEducation Secretary Arne Duncan delivered this week a dual message on accountability in higher education. He said the Obama administration aims to crack down on schools that fail to deliver what they promise to students, but he lamented that politics and bureaucracy in the system of oversight often stymies efforts to get tough on dismal school performance.Read the rest of the story at The Washington Post.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 29, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersFrom NPR: How The Big New Education Law Could Cut Testing TimeBoth houses of Congress have now passed versions of the bill that would update the largest federal education law, known as No Child Left Behind, for the first time since 2001. They are big, meaty and complicated, and now they have to be reconciled into one messy Dagwood sandwich of a bill to go to the president. Read the rest of the story on NPREd.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 23, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersU.S. News: Senate approves No Child Left Behind overhaulPhoto credit: Tim Evansonby Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — More than a decade after No Child Left Behind established a stronger federal role in public education, the Senate on Thursday approved a rewrite of the much-criticized education law that would return much of that power to the states.Read the rest of the story at U.S. News and World Report.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 17, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersFrom NPR: How Textbooks Can Teach Different Versions Of Historyby Laura IsenseeThis summer there's been an intense debate surrounding the Confederate flag and the legacy of slavery in this country.In Texas that debate revolves around new textbooks that 5 million students will use when the school year begins next month.The question is, are students getting a full and accurate picture of the past? Read the rest of the story at NPR.org.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 15, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersNY Times: Lawmakers Move to Limit Government’s Role in Educationby Jennifer Steinhauer and Motoko RichWASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday moved to substantially scale back the federal government’s role in education, particularly the use of high-stakes standardized testing to punish schools, in the first significant proposed revisions since the No Child Left Behind law was passed 14 years ago.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 10, 2015 · 1 min read

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