USA Today reports the number of homeschooled children continues to climb–1.5 million in 2007, up 74% from when the Department of Education started keeping track in 1999.
Edweek’s Michele McNeil looks at the shaky condition of state budgets and reports sparing K-12 education from deep cuts will be tough. Schools looking to make up shortfall may turn to parents for money for supplies and even staff, the Wall Street Journal notes.
The Washington Post’s Bill Turque reports Michelle Rhee’s vision for transforming D.C. schools includes removing ”a significant share of instructors and launch an ambitious plan to foster professional growth for those who remain.”
Denver school superintendent Michael Bennet will fill out the U.S. Senate term of Ken Salazar who was tapped to be Secretary of the Interior. Andy “Eduwonk” Rotherham cheekily dubs Bennet (D-School Reform). The New Yorker’s Katharine Boo did the definitive piece on Bennett two years ago.
Over at Flypaper, Checker Finn is worried about devout but clueless kids after a trip to the LBJ ranch. The dozen or so youngsters on the tour could manage to ask only two questions during the entire tour, including a girl who wanted to know, “Was he saved?”
Margo/Mom, who frequently posts thoughtful and well-informed comments here on the Core Knowledge Blog, gets full guest blog honors over at Swift and Changeable and brings to light an obscure, but potentially powerful piece of NCLB on school improvement plans.
Finally, a Des Moines Register analysis reinforces for what, alas, seems to be the 17,659th time: the lowest-income students get the least experienced teachers.
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