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Education News for Friday, July 7

AP: 34 states could lose education funds – Most states are failing to pass muster with the government over student testing and may lose money unless they improve quickly. (more)

Matthew Ladner: School choice offers way to improve AZ schools – This year, the Tucson Unified School District received more funding per student than ever before, about $8,400. Even with inflation, spending per pupil in Arizona public schools has tripled since the 1960s. (more)

AZ state schools chief sues education department – State schools chief Tom Horne made good on a threat Thursday to sue the federal government over how the standardized test scores of students learning English are counted in Arizona. (more)

LAUSD parents demand change – Frustrated by what they called low academic performance and unresponsive teachers and politicians, dozens of parents from around the Los Angeles Unified School District gathered downtown Thursday for the first meeting of the Los Angeles Parents Union. (more)

Check back later for more education news.

UPDATE:

Open the FloodGates – When Warren Buffett announced his philanthropic merger with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation two weeks ago, Bill Gates described one of the motives behind dispensing untold billions: "We really owe it to society to give the wealth back." (more)

Okatie pupils offered choice to transfer (South Carolina) – Parents of Okatie Elementary School students have the option of sending their children to a different elementary school this year, but those who wish to do so must act soon. (more)

Tennessee’s No Child Left Behind testing fully approved – Tennessee is one of only 10 states to be granted full approval by federal officials for its testing of public school students under the No Child Left Behind Act. (more)

How No Child Left Behind challenges one WI school district– David Harswick, a teacher at Green Bay Prebble High School, attended the National Education Association’s annual meeting in Orlando, where the Bush administration’s education reform initiative was a major agenda item. (more)

Florida Faces Aid Cuts Over No Child Left Back Law – Florida and most other states are failing to pass muster with the government over student testing and may lose money unless they improve quickly. (more)

Second Chance for School Choice – A quarter-century ago, Washington D.C. voters considered a ballot initiative to bring widespread school choice to the District. (more)

Ohio districts start e-schools – Shawn Elias kept getting in trouble at Berea High School for talking to classmates. (more)

Florida among states falling short on No Child, report says – Most states – including Florida – are failing to pass muster with the government over student testing and may lose money unless they improve quickly. (more)