American Schools Piloting European Board Examination Model

High Schools to Offer Plan to Graduate 2 Years Early
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/education/18educ.html

Schools Caught Cheating on Standardized Tests?

"an inquiry on cheating by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement raised red flags regarding one in five of Georgia’s 1,857 public elementary and middle schools."

"The inquiry flagged any school that had an abnormal number of erasures on answer sheets where the answers were changed from wrong to right, suggesting deliberate interference by teachers, principals or other administrators."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/education/12georgia.html?ref=education

Two New School Policies: Cell Phones, iPods Okay In Classroom

The new policy will allow students to use the devices as educational tools during class.

www.kktv.com/news/headlines/83306172.html

President Obama seeks to revamp No Child Left Behind teaching standards

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020101129.html

"President Obama stresses flexibility for states and rewards for teachers and schools that help students make gains, even if they don't reach proficiency."

Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in ‘No Child’ Law

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/education/01child.html

"would change the metric, dropping adequate yearly progress and basing a new system on another picture of performance based on judging schools in a more nuanced way"

"A new goal, which would replace the 2014 universal proficiency deadline, would be for all students to leave high school “college or career ready.”"

"upend that scheme by making states and districts pledge to take actions the administration considers reform, before they get the money"