There are quite a lot of good articles floating around today, should you (unlike me) have time to peruse them at length. US Secretary of Education Rod Paige has an enthusiastic essay about school choice in DC over at National Review (and the voucher bill was just approved by the House of Representatives, by the way).
The WaPo reviews a new educational method called "looping" that allows teachers to advance to the next grade levels along with their students, so that teachers can spend less time getting to know the kids and more time teaching them.
Mount Holyoke College is reconsidering the segregated-orientation idea, because these gatherings might be "a force toward rigidifying racial boundaries" instead of one that allows students of all races to mingle and interact. Who would have guessed?
Watch out, New Orleans - there's a new (education) boss in town. The embarassing story of the New Orleans valedictorian who flunked the exit exam hasn't been forgotten, and Anthony Amato, the new New Orleans School Superintendent, has stepped into the picture. His previous track record in Connecticut and NYC is good; Louisiana's parents and educators are hoping he can work miracles down South as well.
And that flunking valedictorian? Her guardian is considering suing the high school for failing to teach Ms. Green the required information. No one should be surprised.