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Detroit Making Progress With Its Public School System

Peter Baer — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:03:24 +0000

Good Wall Street Journal article on Detroit’s public schools taking a step closer to financial stability over the weekend when the 7,000-member teachers’ union accepted a contract that will save the district $63 million over the next three years. This innovative contract will also make it easier to fire bad teachers and reward those who do well, while allowing academically exceptional schools more oversight over their own finances. It’s nice to see Detroit with one of the nation’s most struggling school systems coming up with new ideas.

Why We’re Failing Math and Science

Peter Baer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:17:23 +0000

We like this Wall Street Journal article because it focuses not only on the fact that the US is falling behind in education, but also (more importantly) on what can be done to change that. The question is posed to three experts and we’ll let their answers speak for themselves.

Wall Street Journal article on online high schools

Stephen Smyth — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:05:24 +0000

Interesting that 1% of US high school students are now in online high schools. As this growth trend continues, socialization of students will continue to be a challenge.

Online High Schools Test Students' Social Skills