NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE Arne Duncan praises, slaps charter schools Washington Post Blog, July 3, 2013 Here is the text of Education Secretary…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE Pitbull, rapper and charter-school advocate, gets the party started at education conference Washington Post Blog, July 1, 2013 But…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE At Retooled Summer Schools, Creativity, Not Just Catch-Up New York Times, July 1, 2013 According to the National Summer…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE On standardized tests, 17-year-old students are doing no better than they did decades ago Washington Post, June 27, 2013…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE Kids need alternatives Editorial Winona Daily News, June 27, 2013 A Stanford study released Wednesday on student achievement at…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE Judge Considers Tossing School-Cheating Charges Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2013 A conspiracy case stemming from one of the…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE Charter schools offer scant edge over neighborhood schools: study (CER in the news) Reuters, June 25, 2013 Charter schools…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE How education schools can turn out better teachers Editorial, Chicago Tribune, June 22, 2013 College students who aspire to…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench New York Times, June 21, 2013 Justice Sotomayor’s emotions are shared by…

NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE Common Core standards are a boon for schools Editorial, Washington Post, June 19, 2013 LOST IN the hysteria being…