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SPPS Today - Morning Edition: Thursday, October 15, 2009
***SPPS IN THE NEWS:
Ad for St. Paul superintendent job showing up on Craigslist
Classified not part of ad plan, search official says
10/15/2009
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_13565113.html
Schools clinging to “less bad” as good news
With this fall’s enrollment figures just in, the “less bad” news in Minneapolis Public Schools is that the student count is down, but not by as much as predicted, reports the Star Tribune. After the major enrollment declines of 2003-2007 — about a thousand students each year, Minneapolis lost only 250 students last year and only 300 this year.
10/15/2009
Twin Cities Daily Planet
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2009/10/14/news-day-schools-clinging-%E2%80%9Cless-bad%E2%80%9D-good-news
***OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE NEWS:
U.S. Math Tests Find Scant Gains Across New York
New York State’s fourth and eighth graders made no notable progress on federal math exams this year, according to test scores released on Wednesday, sharply contradicting the results of state-administered tests that showed record gains.
10/15/2009
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/education/15scores.html?_r=1&ref=education
The high-profile fight to improve student performance in D.C.
The forces lined up against Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee — angry teachers, grumpy D.C. Council members, the nation's top teachers' union leader quarterbacking the opposition — are essentially asking one question: Why can't you behave more like that nice Arne Duncan?
10/15/2009
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/ci_13561318.html
Minneapolis loses fewer students than expected
There's some good news in the 2009-10 school enrollment numbers for the Minneapolis School District, which has 32,300 students this fall.
10/15/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/64182497.html
Minneapolis superintendent search plan laid out
The Minneapolis school board announced plans for the upcoming superintendent search at its board meeting Tuesday.
10/15/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/64327787.html?elr=KArks:DCiUoaW_eEO7UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Minnesota math scores: good but not best
Minnesota's math scores rank high nationally, but "we're amongst the best of a mediocre country," one official said. And scores still show an achievement gap.
10/15/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/64210467.html?elr=KArksDyycyUtyycyUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
***MISC. NEWS:
States, Districts Feel Stimulus-Reporting Strain
Faced with their first reporting deadlines for economic-stimulus aid to education, school districts are toiling over how every stimulus penny has been spent so far and how many jobs have been saved—numbers that will be scrutinized not just by the public, but by government auditors as well.
10/15/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/15/08stim-reporting.h29.html?tkn=NPZF51CgVOkrbiI3TVk7ffnxt9CyZIWLiakg
Teacher Compensation Ripe for Change, Authors Say
Reform waves have washed away most plans, but authors are hopeful.
10/15/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/14/07pay_ep.h29.html?tkn=SRYFfqpBzjUJfqtizh%2BPW62mh%2BTUeYwaV3bE
Minnesota still home to math whizzes
Tests of fourth-, eighth-graders place state near the top
10/15/2009
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/ci_13564162.html
Hard times hit Wilder Foundation; jobs, services being cut
The Wilder Foundation plans to cut 260 jobs and end programs affecting about 5,000 individuals and families.
10/15/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/64328772.html?elr=KArks:DCiUoaW_eEO7UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
MEA break is a peak travel time: Airport expects bustle
MEA break is a peak travel weekend.
10/15/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/minnesota/64207147.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU
School news from “less bad” to grim
Schools clinging to “less bad” as good news With this fall’s enrollment figures just in, the “less bad” news in Minneapolis Public Schools is that the student count is down, but not by as much as predicted, reports the Star Tribune.
10/15/2009
Twin Cities Daily Planet
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2009/10/14/news-day-school-news-%E2%80%9Cless-bad%E2%80%9D-grim-mndot-still-fails-t-paw-health-care-proposals
U.S. illiteracy: Why Johnny still can't read
In her new book, Why Cant U Teach Me 2 Read?, Beth Fertig, a reporter for WNYC Radio in New York City, profiles three young people (identified in the book by first names only) who graduated from or spent several years in city high schools without learning to read. Each won thousands of dollars in private tutoring.
10/15/2009
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-10-14-illiteracy_N.htm
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