***SPPS IN THE NEWS:
St. Paul schools: A test of strategy
The move to improve test scores in St. Paul schools is getting personal, to the point where individual students are targeted.
10/13/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/64056422.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU
Desperately seeking a superintendent
St. Paul Public Schools hope to have a new leader hired by early December
10/13/2009
The Villager
Not available online - October 7-20, 2009 - Page 3
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Hold School Board accountable
10/13/2009
The Villager
Not available online - October 7-20, 2009 - Page 10
Inbox
Speaking of achievement gap...
10/13/2009
The Villager
Not available online - October 7-20, 2009 - Page 10
Reading Corps gets kids up to speed
Highland Elementary among schools taking advantage of expanded tutoring program.
10/13/2009
The Villager
Not available online - October 7-20, 2009 - Page 1
School Notes
St. Paul Schools
10/13/2009
The Villager
Not available online - October 7-20, 2009 - Page 20
Latino parents ask SPPS board for student support
A group of Latino parents tried to show the St. Paul school board the difficulty faced by families whose first language is not English. They presented the report of the Parent Advisory Committee for the Latino Consent Decree in Spanish. Board members had the advantage of simultaneous translation via headphones, which is more assistance than parents and students get during normal school days, meetings and parent conferences, but the point was made.
10/13/2009
Twin Cities Daily Planet
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2009/10/07/latino-parents-ask-spps-board-student-support
St. Paul school board contest heats up
The teachers’ union refusal to endorse three incumbents and the revelation that Republican candidate John Krenik's employment as a teacher in the St. Paul Public Schools was terminated last year make the school board race look a lot more interesting.
10/13/2009
Twin Cities Daily Planet
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2009/10/12/news-day-st-paul-school-board-contest-heats
***OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE NEWS:
Local boy earns scholarship to Central Lutheran School
At a time when public and parochial schools alike struggle with budgets, the Mid-way’s own Central Lutheran School has just recently received a $1.25 million endowment for scholarships. Principal Bob Kuhlman explains that the gift, from recently decreased William R. Jayson, is nothing short of phenomenal. Isaac Harris, who lives across the street from Central Lutheran School, attends the school on a full scholarship.
10/13/2009
Monitor Saint Paul
http://www.monitorsaintpaul.com/archives.html - October 2009 Vol 34 No. 5 - Page 8 PDF Version
?‘Polar Bear Girl’ represents Como Zoo at the Arctic
With instructions to e-mail them every day, Georgia Lucas’ parents saw her off on Sept. 27 to Churchill, the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” in Manitoba, Canada.
10/13/2009
Monitor Saint Paul
http://www.monitorsaintpaul.com/mainstory.html
A darker side of Columbus emerges in U.S. classrooms
Christopher Columbus' stature in U.S. classrooms has declined somewhat through the years, and many districts will not observe the explorer's namesake holiday on Monday.
10/13/2009
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-10-12-columbus-day_N.htm
***MISC. NEWS:
At State Level, Power Over Schools a Contentious Issue
Governors have moved steadily to increase their influence over K-12 education, sometimes antagonizing their states' education establishments in the process.
10/13/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/14/07wallace-states.h29.html?tkn=NLXFJJttFo9aJFaVi0KYxiB%2Bq3P%2F9dBzZVbF
Job Data to Show Stimulus Aided Teachers
Public school teachers are expected to be the big winners when states around the U.S. reveal for the first time how many jobs were created or saved during the first months of President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan.
10/13/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/12/306208bcusstimulusjobs_ap.html?tkn=OXOFO413DVfccjfH6JyNCZeu5tLngozxDQEL
States Stung by Criticism on Use of Stimulus Aid
Several states are defending their use of federal stimulus money after receiving an official scolding from the U.S. Department of Education’s internal watchdog.
10/13/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/12/08backfill.h29.html?tkn=NZZFBXmECQSCy9FkgHJbXDwYzpqrm6hWMHng
School Stimulus Funds Not Used As Intended
The Department of Education's inspector general reports that some states are using stimulus dollars to replace money they've cut from their education budget — despite instructions to the contrary.
10/13/2009
National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113533704&ft=1&f=1013
Sen. Al Franken gives student aid bill a boost during visit to the University of Minnesota
Private lenders would be cut out of the process, saving government cash
10/13/2009
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_13548458.html