Caught Being Good
Chet Culver
The Iowa Governor has set a goal of the state adopting a “model core curriculum,” a road map for what students should learn, by 2010.
Joe Manchin
West Virginia’s Governor proposes that students have at least a 2.0 grade point average and good attendance to apply for a drivers license. Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee have similar laws on the books.
John McCoy
The Washington State representative is reintroducing a bill he sponsored last year to require K-12 schools to provide at least 30 minutes of physical activity during the school day, either from recess or PE.
Eduwonkette
The 154th Carnival of Education is up…and it’s….GOOD!
Sarah Prince
Fifth-grader speaks truth to power; asks the Waynesboro (Pennsylvania) Area School Board why she and her fellow students don’t have enough textbooks.
Names on the Board
Pennsylvania State Board of Education
The State Board of Education has abandoned an effort to adopt rules requiring all students to acquire at least basic foreign-language skills before they graduate.
Promoting Academic Success
$28.5 million Washington state program designed to help high-school students pass the WASL shows poor results.
On the Board with Checkmark
PBS
“Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letter $ and the number 9.95 (a month).” PBS is launching a paid online service that lets preschoolers “play and learn with the help of characters such as Curious George and The Berenstain Bears.”
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