• The Preschool Question: Who Gets to Go?
  Washington Post

State Roundup

• CT Reading Summit Planned
  Hartford Courant
• Chicago school officials move budget ahead, but raises for teachers are pending
  Chicago Tribune
• Charter Schools Take Root in Maryland
  Washington Post
• NJ State officials are reworking new graduation requirement
  Star Ledger
• Five-year study on NYC charter schools show success
  New York Post

• When Special Education Goes Too Easy on Students
  Wall Street Journal
• Lawsuit Attacks Alternative-Route 'Loophole' in NCLB Law
  Education Week
• 'No Child' teacher training suit filed in California
  Boston Globe
• CEP releases a new report: Officials See Scant Gains from NCLB Rules on Teachers
  Education Week

State Roundup

• Hawaii DOE sticking with shortened summer
  Honolulu Advertiser
• NY State Names 17 More ‘Persistently Dangerous’ Schools
  New York Times
• South Carolina schools too often depend on police and courts to handle discipline
  Post and Courier
• UT Supreme Court releases a formal voucher opinion
  Salt Lake Tribune
• UT education Education leaders miss No Child deadline
  Desert Morning News
• WY Education council to link K-12, university, colleges
  Casper Star Tribune

• Transferred students could lose ride on bus
  Huntsville Times

State Roundup

• More Students Finish School, Given the Time
  New York Times
• IA enhances school choice
  The Heartland Institute
• IL Schools awaiting building funds blast governor
  Chicago Tribune
• NC’s science test new hurdle for promotion
  Charlotte Observer

• Are state standards for students too low?: South Dakotans struggle with national tests
  Argus Leader
• Schools lure substitute teachers
  Boston Globe

State Roundup

• Ark. school districts learning ins and outs of facilities funding
  The Daily Citizen
• More than Half of Minority Teacher Applicants Fail Mass. Test
  Education Week
• New Jersey Education Dept. Has Problems, Audit Finds
  NY Times
• Teachers slam state merit-pay program
  Orlando Sentinel
• Utah school districts face teacher shortage
  Deseret Morning News
• Judge will hear suit over school funding this week
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Published Monday, Aug. 27, 2007