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September 2010

Sep 8: Second Thoughts on Online Education (New York Times)
Sep 8: National Center for Family Literacy adds board members (Business First [Louisville])
Sep 8: Bammer: Thoughts about International Literacy Day (The Reporter [California])
Sep 8: Low-literacy adults to increase 25% by 2031 (CBCNews.ca [Canada])
Sep 8: Laura Bush promotes women's literacy (Associated Press)
Sep 8: For the Future of Higher Education, Keep Your Eye on Toledo (Huffington Post)
Sep 8: We Must Shift From Teacher Quality to Teaching Quality (Commentary) (Education Week)
Sep 7: Celebrate National Punctuation Day (Reading Today Daily [International Reading Association])
Sep 7: Literacy group improves lives, one syllable at a time (Poughkeepsie Journal [New York])
Sep 7: Race to Top Winners Make Virtual Education a Priority (Education Week)
Sep 7: 40% of adults can’t handle basic maths, finds National Literacy Authority (CorkStudentNews.com)
Sep 7: Some i3 Winners Still Scrambling for Grant Match (Education Week)
Sep 7: September is National Literacy Month (About.com [Ohio])
Sep 7: Women Writers Event Remembers Katrina (UK Now [University of Kentucky])
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August 2010

Aug 31: Colin and Alma Powell to speak at the NBC News "Education Nation" Summit (Reading Today Daily [International Reading Association])
Aug 31: Ticket to Reading Rewards program motivates young readers (Reading Today Daily [International Reading Association])
Aug 31: International Literacy Day Celebration Set for Wednesday, September 8: Early Reading: Igniting Education for All (PR Newswire: United Business Media)
Aug 30: Top Education Officials Spar Over Teacher Reform, Student Success (ABC This Week with Christiane Amanpour)
Aug 30: Schools Chief: Neighborhood Schools Plan Would 'Resegregate' Louisville (Education Week)
Aug 30: States Inch Ahead on Reporting Graduation Data (Education Week)
Aug 30: Let's unleash all data on teachers: U.S. secretary of education asks, What's there to hide? (NYDailyNews.com [New York])
Aug 30: After Katrina, how charter schools helped recast New Orleans education (The Christian Science Monitor)
Aug 30: Education secretary takes reform show on the road (Washington Post)
Aug 30: Unique literacy program for prison dads, kids, reaches milestone (KQDS-Fox 21 News [Minnesota])
Aug 30: Boost the economy by improving literacy (The Gazette [Montreal, Canada])
Aug 30: 'Freedom Schools' Promote Literacy For Underprivileged Kids Nationwide (Huffington Post)
Aug 30: U.S. secretary of education applauds teachers (HattiesburgAmerican.com [Mississippi])
Aug 30: More Minorities Taking ACT, but Score Gaps Persist (Education Week)
Aug 30: Curriculum Producers Work to Reflect New Standards (Education Week)
Aug 30: Comic books unlikely heroes for reluctant readers (WCFCourier.com [Iowa])
Aug 30: Motivating kids to read is key to literacy success Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/26/2178813/motivating-kids-to-read-is-key.html#ixzz0y65yyTpK (Kansas City Star)
Aug 27: New Orleans Schools Seize Post-Katrina Momentum (Education Week)
Aug 26: Kentucky loses again in 'Race to Top' (Lexington Herald Leader / Kentucky.com)
Aug 26: Teaching Parents How to Engage Kids with Art (Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch (NY))
Aug 26: Senate Report Hints at a Definition for What Works (Education Week)
Aug 26: iTunes Texas Education Channel Launched (ABC News/Technology)
Aug 25: Chicago Pilot Program to Add 90 Minutes to School Day With Online Classes (Education Week)
Aug 25: Race to Top: Duncan Dishes out Praise, and Sympathy (Education Week: Politics K-12)
Aug 23: August 26th is Youth Literacy Day (i-Newswire)
Aug 19: Coming together to teach digital literacy (9news.com [Colorado])
Aug 19: Extra Time Spent on Reading Boosts Literacy (Public Policy Institute of California/California Progress Report)
Aug 19: Iowan pledges $11 million for literacy center (KIMT.com [Iowa, Minnesota])
Aug 18: SMART promotes literacy, a cornerstone of education (StatesmanJournal.com [Oregon])
Aug 18: Live TEK Talk on Kentucky Education (WKYT [27togo.com] )
Aug 18: Arne Duncan, Education Secretary, Endorses Release Of Teacher Data To Parents (Huffington Post (blog))
Aug 18: Former Govs. Prod States on Digital Education (Education Week)
Aug 18: More Minorities Taking ACT, but Score Gaps Persist (Education Week)
Aug 17: Early Literacy: A Sustainable Statewide Approach (American Libraries)
Aug 16: Net-Age Students Have Different View of Plagiarism (Education Week)
Aug 13: Community Colleges Rethink 'Open Door' Admissions as Remedial Costs Rise (Education Week)
Aug 13: The Promise of Early College (Education Week)
Aug 12: Collaboration Unites Lowell Schools and Nonprofits Around Early Childhood Literacy (Lowell.com [Massachussetts])
Aug 12: Printed book dictionaries more helpful (Freep.com [Detroit])
Aug 12: President links higher education, economic prosperity (Reading Today)
Aug 12: Teaching Secrets: First Days in the Elementary Classroom (Teacher Magazine)
Aug 11: House Passes Bill Aimed at Saving Teachers' Jobs (Education Week)
Aug 10: Better Training on Early Years Urged for Principals (Education Week)
Aug 10: House Passes Bill Aimed at Saving Teachers' Jobs (Education Week)
Aug 10: Comcast and One Economy Celebrate Comcast Digital Connectors Program (PR Newswire: United Business Media)
Aug 10: Best Cities 2010: 10 Best Cities for Education (Lexington #2, Lousville #4) (Parenting)
Aug 10: Produce, Literacy Help Fight Dementia (Natural Products Marketplace [France])
Aug 10: Reprints Desk Commits to Help Establish Libraries Worldwide in Support of Literacy and Gender Equality in Education (PR Newswire: United Business Media)
Aug 10: Kagan: The likely advocate of education rights in the SC (Examiner.com)
Aug 10: Residents gather to fight illiteracy (The Laurinburg Exchange [North Carolina])
Aug 10: Education 'helps brain compensate for dementia changes' (BBC News)
Aug 5: Efforts to Build Rural Leadership Gain Steam (Education Week)
Aug 4: Literacy for all (Cullman Times (Alabama))
Aug 4: The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is Now Accepting Applications for Waiting List Reduction Grants (Wall Street Journal: MarketWatch)
Aug 4: States slash pre-K programs as budgets bleed (Associated Press)
Aug 4: Turnaround Team Scrambles at Ky. High School (Education Week)
Aug 3: Testing Leaders, Publishers Offer 'Best Practices' Guide (Education Week)
Aug 2: Addressing America's Growing Education Deficit (Huffington Post)
Aug 2: Homewood Suites by Hilton Partners with Childhood Literacy Foundation (Business Wire)
Aug 2: Common educational standards for common good (San Francisco Chronicle)

July 2010

Jul 27: Curious George Promotes Parents Reading To Their Kids In New Literacy Initiative (Huffington Post)
Jul 27: 18 States & D.C. Named Race to Top Round 2 Finalists (Education Week)
Jul 26: 'Kindergarten Ready' Needs to Be the New 'College and Career Ready' (Education Week)
Jul 26: Employers overestimate literacy in the workplace (National Union of Public and General Employees (Canada))
Jul 26: Saving workers' lives through literacy (The Vancouver Sun)
Jul 26: U.S. Losing Ground In College Graduation Race (National Public Radio)
Jul 22: Comic books could help boost literacy rates (660 News: All News Radio (Canada))
Jul 22: Report aims to boost number of U.S. college grads (USA Today)
Jul 21: Boys Trail Girls in Reading; Can Fart Jokes Help? (Education Week & Assocaited Press)
Jul 21: U.S. Reps. Push for Foreign-Language Teaching in ESEA (Education Week)
Jul 21: Duncan Announces Creation of National Learning Registry (Education Week: Digital Education blog)
Jul 21: Common Standards Judged Better Than Most States' (Education Week)
Jul 14: Comprehensive National Literacy Directory Now Available Online and over the Phone (Times Colonist (Victoria & Vancouver Island))
Jul 14: How technology can help spread literacy (CNN Money.com)
Jul 14: Books and Literacy in the Digital Age (American Libraries)
Jul 14: 2010 Progress Report on Postsecondary Education (Kentucky Chamber of Commerce)
Jul 13: Drawing Minority Boys to After-School Programs (blog) (Education Week: Beyond School blog)
Jul 13: RTI:An "Every-Ed" Initiative (blog) (Education Week:On Special Education blog)
Jul 12: Ad Council and Dollar General Literacy Foundation Launch Campaign to Encourage Young Adults to Achieve their GED® Diploma (PR Newswire: United Business Media)
Jul 12: The Spanish road to English (Los Angeles Times)
Jul 12: With end of stimulus, tough times ahead for public colleges (USA Today)
Jul 12: Duncan: Congress needs to act now on school money (Associated Press)
Jul 12: Become A Reading Model: Encourage Early Childhood Literacy (HealthNewsDigest.com)
Jul 12: Post-secondary education gets more emphasis (Gainesvilletimes.com (Florida))
Jul 12: State Adoptions of Common Standards Steam Ahead (Education Week)
Jul 7: Value of Yearly Special Ed. Reviews Questioned (Education Week)
Jul 6: Why good jobs are going unfilled (CNN)
Jul 6: Early to bed... (NBC/WLBZ2 (Maine))
Jul 6: Ky. joins education partnership (Lexington Herald Leader / Kentucky.com)
Jul 6: Reading Is Fundamental and Macy's Launch Book A Brighter Future (PR Newswire: United Business Media)
Jul 6: Feds: Make eReaders accessible to all students (eSchool News)
Jul 6: Math, reading gap among Native American students (Associated Press)
Jul 6: Program acquaints new mothers with importance of literacy (Brownsville Herald (Texas))
Jul 1: States, Districts Scramble on Turnaround Deadline (Education Week)
Jul 1: Kentucky High School Launches Turnaround Journey (Education Week)

June 2010

Jun 24: PBS offers apps for kids (Lexington Herald Leader / Kentucky.com)
Jun 24: Three Groups Apply for Race to Top Test Grants (Education Week)
Jun 24: Western's literacy master's degree is now available online (Bowling Green Daily News.com)
Jun 24: Local dyslexia chapter sponsors literacy advocate (Lexington Herald Leader)
Jun 24: Preschoolers' Skills Get Boost From Confident Teachers (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Jun 9: Regular Bedtimes Linked to Better Language, Literacy, Math Skills, Study Says (School Library Journal)
Jun 8: Confident teachers help pre-schoolers learn more (sify news)
Jun 3: Joker Phillips Still Uses Lessons Learned From 3rd Grade (WLEXtv.com (Lexington))
Jun 3: Verizon Foundation Offers $100,000 in Grants to Support Tech-Based Literacy Programs for Students Who Are Learning to Speak English (Wall Street Journal: MarketWatch)
Jun 3: National Governors Association and State Education Chiefs Launch Common State Academic Standards (National Governors Association)
Jun 3: THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION 2010: NCES Report Offers Special Analysis on High-Poverty Schools (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Jun 3: Final Version of Common Standards Unveiled (Education Week)
Jun 1: Some States Walk Away From Race to Top Millions (Education Week)
Jun 1: States Create Flood of Education Bills (New York Times)
Jun 1: New $23B for teacher subsidies falters in House (Associated Press)
Jun 1: Banking Giant Offers Financing for Charter Schools (Education Week)
Jun 1: Educational Researcher Devoted to “Report of the National Early Literacy Panel” (NewsWise)

May 2010

May 27: New Push Launched for Education Jobs Bill (Education Week)
May 25: Common-Standards Draft Excludes ELL Proficiency (Education Week)
May 24: Better Literacy Skills Linked to a Full Day of Pre-K (New America Foundation: Early Ed Watch (blog))
May 24: Pitney Bowes Partners with RIF to Celebrate the Importance of Family Literacy (Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire)
May 24: Cyber Education: Achieving Obama's Vision (Education Week)
May 21: Education Groups Set Forth Principles for TIF (Education Week)
May 20: Urban 8th Graders Make Reading Gains on NAEP (Education Week)
May 19: What Might Come from the Casey Foundation’s New Literacy Campaign? (New America Foundation: Early Ed Watch (blog))
May 19: Aligning Standards and Curriculum Begets Questions (Education Week)
May 18: Maximize your kids' reading habits: Summer is ideal time to build literacy (Pacific Daily News)
May 18: Analysis Ties 4th Grade Reading Failure to Poverty (Education Week)
May 18: Push to Renew ESEA Faces Steep Policy, Political Hurdles (Education Week)
May 18: Literacy skills worry employers (Financial Times/FT.com)
May 12: Few States Meet NCLB Goals for English-Learners (Education Week)
May 11: Nation has high college remedial education rate (Associated Press)
May 10: How do you think our concept of literacy will change over the next few decades? (BLOG) (Literacy News)
May 10: Book drive, literacy walk planned in Princeton (KY) (The Times Leader)
May 10: 12 Ways to Improve Your Literacy Teaching this Summer (Shanahan on Literacy)
May 7: How Obama should set literacy goals (Washington Post)
May 6: Forty-Two U.S. Governors' Spouses Become "Reading Ambassadors" to Encourage Kids to Read Four or More Books This Summer (Wall Street Journal)
May 6: Dollar General Launches Literacy Rocks Sweepstakes (Wall Street Journal)
May 6: Ready to Read book giveaway encourages early literacy (wausaudailyherald.com)
May 6: Louisville library, school district announce adult literacy effort (courier-journal.com)
May 6: Reading Programs Yield Few Gains in Comprehension (Education Week)
May 6: Passion for literacy fuels mother-daughter business (The Globe and Mail)
May 6: Web Conferencing Finds Elementary School Niche (Education Week)

April 2010

Apr 22: Anne Murr: A literacy superwoman (The Times-Delphic)
Apr 21: Late Tuesday Tease: COMIC BOOK LITERACY, Using Comics to Promote Reading (GROONK.NET:NewsMine3.0)
Apr 20: Jobless dropouts head back to school for basic skills (Washington Post)
Apr 13: The New Republic: Taking An Incomplete (National Public Radio & The New Republic)
Apr 13: Are charters' students doing better? New way of grading schools will tell (Freep.com (Detroit))
Apr 12: Information literacy: seven ways to think outside the box (Literacy News)

March 2010

Mar 23: Education Reform: 101 A Primer on the New Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Center for American Progress)
Mar 4: 15 States Plus D.C. Are Named Race to the Top Finalists (Education Week)

February 2010

Feb 26: First U.S. Conference on Adult Basic Education and Literacy (dBusinessNews)
Feb 26: Bible Literacy Bill Clears Kentucky Senate (TristateHomepage.com)
Feb 25: Teaching Reading ‘Behind the Glass’ (Teacher Magazine)
Feb 25: Creating Young Teacher Leaders (Teacher Magazine)
Feb 25: Best Practices in the Middle Grades Identified (Education Week)
Feb 18: Gates Awards 15 Grants for Common-Standards Work (Education Week)
Feb 18: The Bunk of Debunking Learning Styles (Teacher Magazine)
Feb 17: Plan Would Let Students Start College After 10th (The New York Times)
Feb 15: Education Was Also Leveled by Quake in Haiti (The New York Times)
Feb 11: Kentucky First to Accept Core Academic Standards (Kentucky School News and Commentary )
Feb 11: In National First, Kentucky Adopts Common Standards (Education Week)
Feb 11: These Things We Believe (Teacher Magazine)
Feb 11: The Case for Literature (Education Week)
Feb 10: Superintendent: Schools must educate a new kind of student (Louisville Courier Journal)
Feb 10: Kentucky to be first to endorse national education standards (Louisville Courier Journal)
Feb 10: Early-graduation bill clears Senate (Legislature Briefs) (Lexington Herald Leader)
Feb 10: Bill would let schools teach Bible literacy (Lexington Herald Leader)
Feb 9: KY First Lady Makes Pitch For Dropout Bill (WTVQ-Channel 36 (ABC) Lexington, KY)
Feb 8: Dueling Objectives Mark Stimulus at Halfway Point (Education Week)
Feb 4: Professional Development: How to Reset Your Attitudinal Dial (Teacher Magazine & Teacher Leaders Network)
Feb 4: State School Boards Raise Questions About Standards (Education Week)
Feb 4: Digital Tools Expand Options for Personalized Learning (Digital Directions: Education Week)
Feb 2: President's Education Budget Signals Bold Changes for ESEA (US Department of Education)
Feb 2: Recovery Act Recipients Report Funding Continues to Support over 300,000 Education Jobs (US Department Of Education)
Feb 2: Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in ‘No Child’ Law (New York Times)
Feb 2: Obama Budget Calls for Major Shifts on ESEA (Education Week)

January 2010

Jan 29: The Draft K-12 Common Standards: A Work in Progress (Education Week)
Jan 28: Obama to Seek Up to $4 Billion Boost for Education (Education Week)
Jan 28: Statement From Bob Wise, President of the Alliance for Excellent Education, on the State of the Union Address (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Jan 22: RTI Said to Pay Off in Gains for English-Learners (Education Week)
Jan 21: Teaching Secrets: Creating Positive Classroom Management (Teacher Magazine)
Jan 21: Putting New Standards Into Practice a Tough Job (Education Week)
Jan 21: Passion, money bring Harrison Elementary to new level (Kentucky.com)
Jan 20: Duncan Carves Deep Mark on Policy in First Year (Education Week)
Jan 19: Obama to Seek $1.35 Billion Race to Top Expansion (Education Week)
Jan 7: Focus on Instruction Turns Around Chicago Schools (Education Week)
Jan 7: Obama Unveils Projects to Bolster STEM Teaching (Education Week)
Jan 6: Is Reading Comprehension a Skill? The Debate Goes On (Education Week)
Jan 6: Reading Aloud to Teens Gains Favor Among Teachers (Education Week)

December 2009

Dec 18: Reassurance Offered on 'Race to Top' Availability (Education Week)
Dec 18: New Jobs Bill Offers $23 Billion for Education (Education Week)
Dec 16: Major Study Gives Edge to Scripted Reform Models (Education Week)
Dec 3: Stimulus Aid’s State-Level Impact Seen Mixed (Education Week)
Dec 3: PTA Launches Campaign Backing Common Standards (Education Week)
Dec 3: Duncan Stresses Commitment to Teachers (Teacher Magazine)
Dec 2: Duncan Aims to Make Incentives Key Element of ESEA (Education Week)

November 2009

Nov 30: New Head of U.S. Research Agency Aims for Relevance (Education Week)
Nov 25: Called to Teach (Teacher Magazine)
Nov 24: Changes Urged in Rules for Federal Innovation Aid (Education Week)
Nov 24: Bill Would Replace Key Federal Literacy Programs (Education Week)
Nov 24: Stimulus Rules on 'Turnarounds' Shift (Education Week)
Nov 5: Creating Learning Organizations (Teacher Magazine)
Nov 5: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less (Education Week)
Nov 5: Turning the Digital Page (Digital Directions: Education Week)
Nov 5: E-Learning's Gender Factor (Digital Directions: Education Week)
Nov 4: When Teachers Are the Experts (Education Week)
Nov 3: Policies Target Teacher-Student Cyber Talk (Education Week)
Nov 2: Conflict of Interest Arises as Concern in Standards Push (Education Week)
Nov 2: One to One with Bill Goodman: Interview with Terry Holliday, Kentucky Commissioner of Education (Kentucky Educational Television)

October 2009

Oct 29: NCES Finds States Lowered 'Proficiency' Bar (Education Week)
Oct 21: Experts, Public to Weigh In on Common Tests (Education Week)
Oct 16: U.S. illiteracy: Why Johnny still can't read (USA Today)
Oct 14: Pre-K Lessons Tied to TV Shows Found to Spur Gains (Education Week)
Oct 14: ARE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS CLOSING AND IS ACHIEVEMENT RISING FOR ALL?: Report Finds State Progress is Evident but Lacking at the High School Level (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Oct 14: Prioritizing the Nation's Dropout Factories: Alliance Brief Calls For "Legislative Triage" To Address Nation's Lowest-Performing High Schools (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Oct 14: ECONOMIC SCARRING: Report Examines Long-Term Impacts of an Economic Recession on Education, Opportunity, Investments, and Entrepreneurial Activity (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Oct 13: The Cost of Dropping Out: Particularly High for Young Black Men (Education Week)
Oct 12: 'Dropouts Happen' Commentary by John W. Myres (Education Week)
Oct 12: Adolescent-Literacy Program's Impact Tough to Gauge (Education Week)
Oct 12: Kentucky Receives Striving Readers Funding (Kentucky Department of Education)
Oct 8: States Face Budget Hurdles on Testing, GAO Says (Education Week)
Oct 8: 'Common Core' Standards Earn a B From Think Tank (Education Week)
Oct 8: The Online Option (Teacher Magazine)
Oct 8: Why Good Teaching Matters (Teacher Magazine)

September 2009

Sep 30: Race to the Top Grants: Not Just a K-12 Thing? (Education Week)
Sep 29: The World's Largest English Department (Education Week)
Sep 22: Resource: Research Brief on RTI for ELLs (Education Week)
Sep 22: Online Teacher Training Seen as Trend to Watch (Education Week)
Sep 15: Summer Institutes Focus on Improving Literacy and Writing (University of Louisville: College of Education & Human Development)
Sep 15: Summit focuses on keeping Ky. students from dropping out (Prichard Committee)
Sep 15: 24 SELECTED AS TEACHER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS (Kentucky Department of Education)
Sep 15: How Obama's Pep Talk Became a Publicity Headache (Education Week)
Sep 10: SESSIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT HSE PROGRAM (Kentucky Department of Education)
Sep 10: Teaching quality: Henderson County checks leadership focus (Prichard Committee)
Sep 10: Reluctant students of the classics, lend me your earbuds! (USA Today)
Sep 9: Educators share stories in ‘Teaching Hope’ (Fayette County Public Schools)
Sep 9: Research: Pupils don't aim high enough for college (Education Week)
Sep 9: ELL Graduation Rates Often a Mystery (Education Week)
Sep 9: What the Public Thinks of Public Schools: High-school graduation rates are lower today than in 1970. (Wall Street Journal)
Sep 9: Obama education chief to parents: Step up (USA Today)
Sep 9: Obama to kids: 'You can't drop out of school and into a good job' (USA Today)
Sep 4: High School Child Care: Teenagers in Deerfield, Illinois, learn about and tend to young children in a unique day-care program. (Edutopia)
Sep 4: The National Preschool Debate Intensifies Educators rave about the benefits of early childhood schooling. So, why don't we support it more? (Edutopia)
Sep 4: Teaching Secrets: How to Maximize Hands-On Learning (Teacher Magazine)
Sep 4: Kennedy Gone; Power Shuffles Likely on K-12 (Education Week)
Sep 4: Officials Move to Quell Furor Over Obama Speech (Education Week)
Sep 1: Little Red Schoolhouse: gone, but unforgettable (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Sep 1: Spend early on children, says OECD (International Reading Association)
Sep 1: Bush daughter Jenna Hager becomes 'Today' reporter (The Associated Press)

August 2009

Aug 31: COMMISSIONER TO BLOG ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES (Kentucky Department of Education)
Aug 31: MORE PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES TAKE ACT (Kentucky Department of Education)
Aug 31: Advancing education Why isn't this happening everywhere? (Lexington Herald Leader)
Aug 31: Tutoring tots? Some kids prep for kindergarten (MSNBC)
Aug 31: Scores on ACT Show Majority of Students Not College-Ready (Education Week)
Aug 31: Reputation Without Rigor (Inside Higher Ed)
Aug 31: Big lag in test scores for blacks, Hispanics (San Francisco Chronicle)
Aug 31: Openness of Common-Standards Process at Issue (Education Week)
Aug 31: Kindergarten crunch: Lack of playtime killing joy of learning, say advocates (Salt Lake Tribune)
Aug 31: Does all-day kindergarten work? Figuring it out isn't kids' stuff (Salt Lake Tribune)
Aug 31: At troubled schools, more reform Educators, kids view latest push to fix campuses with hope, skepticism (Chicago Tribune)
Aug 31: Academy for Principals Helped Raise English Scores, Study Says (New York Times)
Aug 31: Gates Foundation Focuses on Teacher Quality (New York Times)
Aug 31: Teacher quality under the microscope: Policy makers grapple with how to define successful teaching -- and whether financial incentives can help spur excellence (ecampusnews.com)
Aug 31: Site spurs debate over required courses: ACTA's web site WhatWillTheyLearn.com grades colleges and universities by how many core subjects they require (ecampusnews.com)
Aug 28: How to Deal with Teenage Learning Fatigue (Edutopia)
Aug 28: How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class (Edutopia)
Aug 28: How Colleagues Can Help New Teachers (Teacher Magazine)
Aug 28: 'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter (NPR Radio)
Aug 27: Engaging Students Through Art (Teacher Magazine)
Aug 27: How Colleagues Can Help New Teachers (Teacher Magazine)
Aug 26: NEA at Odds With Obama Team on Stimulus (Education Week)
Aug 24: Kentucky's Priority: No Dropouts (Business Lexington)
Aug 23: Lunch with Helen Mountjoy (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Aug 22: Openness of Common-Standards Process at Issue (Education Week)
Aug 20: Studies Weigh NCLB's Broad Impact (Education Week)
Aug 11: NAEP Draft on Technological Literacy Unveiled (Education Week)
Aug 11: Poor are hurt when schools rely on standardized tests (Lexington Herald Leader)
Aug 11: Most Ky. juniors aren't ready for college, ACT says (Lexington Herald Leader)
Aug 10: Experts Eschew Narrow Reading of Early-Literacy Study (Education Week)
Aug 10: Five-Year-Olds Pilot Their Own Project Learning (Edutopia)
Aug 10: The Puente Project Prepares Hispanic Teens for College Success (Edutopia)
Aug 10: Class sizes grow as school budgets shrink (USA Today)
Aug 10: Business Is Brisk for Teacher Training Alternatives (Washington Post)
Aug 10: Transparency of Common-Standards Process at Issue (Education Week)
Aug 10: Are Shakespeare and Texting Compatible? (Education Week)
Aug 10: Making Professional Learning Teams Work (Teacher Magazine)
Aug 10: Going Home (Teacher Magazine)
Aug 10: Tennessee tightens diploma standards (The Leaf Chronicle)
Aug 6: Making Professional Learning Teams Work (Teacher Magazine)

July 2009

Jul 29: A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools (Washington Post)
Jul 29: Draft Content Standards Elicit Mixed Reviews (Education Week)
Jul 29: Open Letter from NCTE President on Common Core State Standards (National Council of Teachers of English)
Jul 28: WHOLE-SCHOOL REFORM: New Alliance Brief Calls for Comprehensive Approach to Transform the Nation’s Low-Performing High Schools (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Jul 28: PREPARING THE WORKERS OF TODAY FOR THE JOBS OF TOMORROW (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Jul 28: President Obama, U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan Announce National Competition to Advance School Reform (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Jul 27: SREB Urges Greater Focus on Middle Grades in South (Education Week)
Jul 27: Black-White Achievement Gap Narrows on NAEP (Education Week)
Jul 27: Draft Content Standards Elicit Mixed Reviews (Education Week)
Jul 23: Bill Gates Stresses the Importance of Good Teachers (Teacher Magazine)
Jul 21: The District Leadership Challenge: Empowering Principals to Improve Teaching and Learning (The Wallace Foundation)
Jul 20: Preparing Students for College and Career: California Multiple Pathways (Alliance For Excellent Education)
Jul 20: Moving Beyond AYP: High School Performance Indicators (Alliance For Excellent Education)
Jul 20: Commentary: What parents can do for their kids (CNN)
Jul 17: Digital Voice Recorders Turn Students Into Interviewers (Digital Directions - Education Week)
Jul 17: A GPS for Teacher Leaders (Teacher Magazine)
Jul 17: Should High Schools Bar Average Students From Rigorous College-Level Courses and Tests? (Washington Post)
Jul 17: Racial Gap in Testing Sees Shift by Region (New York Times)
Jul 16: Districts keep preschools going (New Jersey Star-Ledger)
Jul 16: Racing for an Early Edge (Education Week)
Jul 16: Black-White Achievement Gap Narrows on NAEP (Teacher Magazine)
Jul 16: GOP Leaving 'No Child' Behind (Washington Post)
Jul 16: ED: Blended learning helps boost achievement (eSchool News)
Jul 16: Achievement Gap Still Splits White, Black Students (ABC News)
Jul 14: HOUSE BEGINS WORK ON FY 2010 APPROPRIATIONS: Subcommittee Shoots Down Obama Proposal to Shift Title I Funds to School Improvement (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Jul 13: Managing Instruction in a Virtual World (Education Week)
Jul 13: How Should We Teach English-Language Learners? (National Public Radio)
Jul 13: NECC Airs Ideas About Best Ed-Tech Practices (Education Week)
Jul 13: Teachers are key for students who like learning and remain curious (USA Today)
Jul 13: Remarks of Arne Duncan to the National Education Association - Partners in Reform (Department of Education)
Jul 13: Rethinking professional development: How states can lead the way (National Staff Development Council)
Jul 13: Both sides flawed in student achievement vs. whole child debate (National Staff Development Council)
Jul 13: Expert Panels Named in Common-Standards Push (Education Week)
Jul 13: Closing the Student Information Gap (Teacher Magazine)
Jul 13: Graduation Rates: No more dropouts—every student counts (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Jul 13: Meaningful Measurement: The Role of Assessments in Improving High School Education in the Twenty-First Century (Alliance For Excellent Education)
Jul 13: The Don't-give-up Kid, a children's book on learning disabilities (Examiner.com)
Jul 13: Eagle Eyes, a children's book on Attention Deficit Disorder (Examiner.com)
Jul 13: Obama Names Picks for High-Ranking Education Posts (Education Week)
Jul 13: International Education Leader Offers Tip from Top Achievers (Prichard Committee)

June 2009

Jun 30: Linchpin to education: teaching (Lexington Herald Leader)
Jun 27: Draft Literacy Bill Would Boost Funds for Older Students (Education Week)
Jun 25: Adding a Touch of Technology (Teacher Magazine)
Jun 23: Little red schoolhouse in DC is gone, reflecting new day for education reform (International Reading Association)
Jun 23: Prichard press release: Bold actions for education improvement (Prichard Committee)
Jun 22: THE PRINCIPAL STORY Field Guide: A Companion to the PBS Documentary for Promoting Leadership for Learning (The Wallace Foundation)
Jun 22: Strong Leaders Strong Schools: 2008 State Laws (The Wallace Foundation)
Jun 22: Secretary Arne Duncan Testifies on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request Before the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees (Department of Education)
Jun 22: Active Summer, Active Minds: Educators Seek Ways to Prevent Learning Losses During Vacation (Washington Post)
Jun 22: Education chief hopes stimulus will push standards (USA Today)
Jun 22: Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Jun 22: Draft Literacy Bill Would Boost Funds for Older Students (Education Week)
Jun 22: Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores (Wall Street Journal)
Jun 18: Best-selling author donating book proceeds to NCFL (National Center for Family Literacy)
Jun 18: Summertime and Teachers Have It Easy (Teacher Magazine)
Jun 18: Draft Literacy Bill Would Boost Funds for Older Students (Alliance in the News)
Jun 18: Subject-Matter Groups Want Voice in Standards (Education Week)
Jun 18: NCLB Found to Raise Scores Across Spectrum (Education Week)
Jun 15: Promoting literacy 2 wheels at a time (Lexington Herald Leader)
Jun 12: A need to read: What parents can do to encourage summer reading (Knoxville News)
Jun 12: GOVERNOR/KDE SIGN AGREEMENT TO WORK ON CORE STANDARDS (Kentucky Department of Education)
Jun 12: PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS CITED FOR HIGH-QUALITY PRACTICE AND INSTRUCTION (Kentucky Department of Education)
Jun 12: Congress Works on 'Reading First 2.0' (Education Week)
Jun 12: Push is on for a ‘common’ education standard for US schoolchildren (CS Monitor)
Jun 12: Ky.'s high school graduation rate rises (Lexington Herald Leader)
Jun 12: Open letter to Kentucky Teachers, Superintendents, Principals and School Boards (Prichard Committee)
Jun 12: Kentucky ranks 35th on Education Index (Prichard Committee)
Jun 12: Edutopia Profiles the Digital Generation; Public education has much to learn from today's technologically tuned-in youth. (Edutopia)
Jun 12: Kids Create -- and Critique on -- Social Networks (Edutopia)
Jun 12: Literacy requirements debated; Board questions the promotion of students who lack reading skills (Post and Courier )
Jun 12: Online Safety for Children with LD (LD Online)
Jun 12: What I Want When I Teach (Education Week)
Jun 12: Schwarzenegger Seeks Online Revolution in Schools (Education Week)
Jun 12: Time to Kill 'No Child Left Behind' (Education Week)
Jun 8: School Rulings By Sotomayor Eyed Carefully (Education Week)
Jun 8: Grade Inflation Seen in Evaluations of Teachers, Regardless of System (Education Week)
Jun 2: Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Age of Testing (Harvard Education Letter)
Jun 2: Turning Around Troubled Schools (US News)
Jun 2: Preventing High School Dropouts Can Start in 4th Grade (Education Week)
Jun 2: U.S. Effort to Reshape Schools Faces Challenges (New York Times)
Jun 2: Strides Made In Adult Education (Kentucky Post)
Jun 2: Barnes & Noble Launches Blog To Promote Child Literacy (Web Pro News)

May 2009

May 27: SCHOOLS SUCCESSFUL IN CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS (Kentucky Department of Education)
May 14: Chamber urges school leaders to keep public informed about school, student progress (Kentucky Chamber of Commerce)
May 13: New interim state education commissioner named (Lexington Herald-Leader)

April 2009

Apr 16: State’s pre-K accessibility among best (Bowling Green Daily News)
Apr 16: Va. Governor to Present New SREB Report Calling for States to Improve Students' Reading in Middle, High School (Southern Regional Education Board)
Apr 16: First Education Stimulus Aid Flows to States: Teacher-quality reporting, capital-spending flexibility outlined in new guidance (Education Week)
Apr 14: Silberman shares his take on testing (Fayette County Public Schools)
Apr 14: Kids in Kentucky will get 50,000 free books, thanks to contest (Courier Journal)
Apr 14: Celebrities help promote Library Week (NKY.com)
Apr 14: Ky. Lottery pays out millions to Bell County, celebrates 20 years (The Middlesboro Daily News)
Apr 14: Child development: Early literacy learning — just 15 minutes a day! (Sea Coast Online)

March 2009

Mar 27: Beshear signs bill to end CATS testing (Courier Journal)
Mar 27: Teacher training: what's the best way? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Mar 27: Beshear wants to step up KY college preparation (Channel 14 News Daily Headlines)
Mar 27: Never too old to learn KCTCS program provides aid to displaced workers looking to make the transition into a new career (The News Enterprise)
Mar 27: Beshear urges `top-to-bottom' review of education (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Mar 26: Federal High School Graduation Rate Policies and the Impact on Kentucky (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Mar 26: Every Student Counts: The Role of Federal Policy in Improving Graduation Rate Accountability (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Mar 26: Short Sighted: How America’s Lack of Attention to International Education Studies Impedes Improvement (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Mar 26: Crisis in the Kindergarten Why Children Need to Play in School (Alliance for Childhood)

February 2009

Feb 5: BET Black History Month briefs to feature Lexington author (Lexington Herald Leader)
Feb 4: 'The Graveyard Book' Wins Newbery Medal (NPR)
Feb 4: South Oldham High uses podcasts for literary chats (Courier Journal)

January 2009

Jan 30: Stimulus Plan Aids Education: House Bill Could Provide $100 Billion to K-12 Schools (Education Week)
Jan 15: Panel to explore why black students lag peers (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jan 13: IRA offers policy recommendations to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama (International Reading Association)
Jan 8: Early education ensures America's future (Miami Herald)
Jan 8: The Parent-Teacher Talk Gains a New Participant (New York Times)
Jan 8: Obama's Education Wish List May Have To Wait (NPR)
Jan 8: Budget Pain Dampening K-12 Efforts (Education Week)
Jan 8: '21st-Century Skills' Focus Shifts W.Va. Teachers' Role (Education Week)

December 2008

Dec 22: Popularity of junior kindergarten soars (Journal Sentinel)
Dec 18: Becoming a Leader: Preparing Principals for Today’s Schools (The Wallace Foundation)
Dec 18: Need help with class? YouTube videos await (Associated Press)
Dec 18: Laptops May Change The Way Rural Peru Learns (National Public Radio)
Dec 18: Tech trends every school leader should know Webcast ponders education's future--and the skills CTOs will need to succeed (eSchool News)
Dec 18: Plot Twist: The Newbery May Dampen Kids' Reading (Washington Post)
Dec 18: Research Effort Aims to Bury 'Nothing Works' Image (Education Week)
Dec 18: Teach For America Said Boon to D.C. (Education Week)
Dec 18: Obama Pledge Stirs Hope in Early Education (New York Times)
Dec 18: New England States Team Up on High Schools (Education Week)
Dec 18: Obama: Duncan 'Doesn't Blink' on Tough Decisions (Education Week)
Dec 11: Potential cuts could jeopardize goals (Lexington Herald Leader)
Dec 11: 17,000 kids have no school library (NY Daily News)
Dec 11: Study flunks 49 states in college affordability (USA Today)
Dec 11: College degree vital, top educators say (USA Today)
Dec 11: 'Response to Intervention' on NEA's Agenda (Education Week)
Dec 11: Spellings' Worldview: There's No Going Back on K-12 Accountability (Education Week)
Dec 8: Measures that Matter - Making College and Career Readiness the Mission For America's High Schools (The Education Trust)
Dec 4: Groups want preschool for more children (Louisville Courier Journal)

October 2008

Oct 29: Social Promotion or Retention? (Education Week)
Oct 29: Maker of SAT Aims New Test at 8th Graders (Education Week)
Oct 29: Bob Wise, President of the Alliance for Excellent Education, Reacts to Secretary Spellings’s Announcement of Regulations for Uniform Graduation Rate Calculations (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Oct 29: U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Announces Final Regulations to Strengthen No Child Left Behind (Department of Education)
Oct 29: In tough times, more turn to two-year schools (Hattiesburg American)
Oct 29: States, schools will have to improve dropout rates (Orange County Register)
Oct 22: The Anti-Schoolers (New York Times)
Oct 22: Balancing act with books: Schools try to find right mix to keep students interested (Chicago Tribune)
Oct 16: Latest 'Reading First' Study Reports Limited Benefits (http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/10/15/08reading.h28.html?tmp=935954082)
Oct 16: NCLB Debate at the Sidelines (Education Week)
Oct 1: Effort nets 50,000 books for disadvantaged kids (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Oct 1: Absences in Early Grades Tied to Learning Lags (Education Week)
Oct 1: U.S. Education Budget Roiled by Financial Crisis (Education Week)
Oct 1: English period: Some educators say pushing immersion before bilingual classes may do more harm than good (Boston Globe)

September 2008

Sep 29: Could the Cubs Bring School Funding Reform? (Chicago Public Radio)
Sep 29: Research Yields Clues on the Effects of Extra Time for Learning (Education Week)
Sep 29: Consensus on Learning Time Builds (Education Week)
Sep 25: First Ladies Join Campaign To Expand Quality Pre-K (Prichard Committee)
Sep 25: Ky. Schools’ Next Goal: Top 20 Status - Prichard Marks Progress, Sets Achievement Targets (Prichard Committee)
Sep 25: Check mate! Idaho tries chess to boost math, reading skills (USA Today)
Sep 25: I’ll Take My Lecture to Go, Please (Inside Higher Education)
Sep 25: Reading Between the Lines—and Everywhere Else: Where Literacy Is Headed (NCTE)
Sep 23: Teaching Secrets: What Kids Wish Teachers Knew (Teacher Magazine)
Sep 23: Making a Difference: Carol Ann Tomlinson explains how differentiated instruction works and why we need it now. (Teacher Magazine)
Sep 23: National poll gives mixed messages on standards but not NCLB (The Center for Public Education)
Sep 23: School organization: structuring schools so students succeed (The Center for Public Education)
Sep 19: Congressional Briefing Shows Early Reading + Early Writing = School Success (National Writing Project)
Sep 19: Colleges spend billions to prep freshmen (Washington Post)
Sep 19: Panel to Spur International Benchmarks (Education Week)
Sep 16: Assessing Student Learning: A Work in Progress (Change Magazine)
Sep 12: Kentucky Trains Parents to Help Schools Bolster STEM Subjects (Education Week)
Sep 12: Middle School Reading Coaches Found to Make Impact (Education Week)
Sep 10: KENTUCKY CORE CONTENT TEST SCORES RELEASED 594 SCHOOLS MEET OR EXCEED GOALS; 26 IN ASSISTANCE (Kentucky Department of Education)
Sep 10: Virtually all Lexington schools improve state achievement scores (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Sep 10: Learn to be a Learner (LD Online)
Sep 10: Helping Children with Learning Disabilities Understand What They Read (LD Online)
Sep 10: Advocating for Your Preschool Child (LD Online)
Sep 10: Should we relax English spelling rules? (BBC Radio)
Sep 10: Brave New World of Digital Intimacy (New York Times)
Sep 10: The Mystery of the Struggling Reader (Minnasota St Paul Magazine)
Sep 9: Community Colleges: Special Supplement to The 2008 Condition of Education (National Center for Education Statistics)
Sep 9: Using Early-Warning Data to Improve Graduation Rates: Closing Cracks in the Education System (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Sep 9: United States to be “Majority-Minority” by 2050, According to New Analysis (Population Reference Bureau)
Sep 9: Dropouts, Diplomas, and Dollars (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Sep 9: From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate: Defining a Federal Role in Improving America’s Secondary Schools (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Sep 8: CU to host state committee on education (Central Kentucky News Journal)
Sep 8: 24/7 School Reform (New York Times)
Sep 8: Ky. urged to build on academic successes (Courier Journal)
Sep 8: ACT scores show Ky. juniors aren't ready for college (Courier Journal)
Sep 8: Every 1 Reads raises $8 million (Courier Journal)
Sep 8: A Match Made in Cyberspace: The Next Generation of Teachers Will Seek Virtual Support (Edutopia)
Sep 8: Better education through innovation (Los Angeles Times)
Sep 8: Kids' protest highlights rich-poor schools gap in Illinois (www.csmonitor.com)
Sep 8: Prichard Committee celebrates education progress, sets ambitious goal for Kentucky schools (Prichard Committee)
Sep 5: DRAUD OUTLINES KENTUCKY’S PROGRESS IN P-12 EDUCATION (Kentucky Department of Education)
Sep 5: PBS Launches An ABCs Offensive With New Shows (NPR)
Sep 5: Computer Time Doesn't Have To Replace Reading Time (WBZTV - Boston MA)
Sep 5: Learning by DOING: Teachers dive into writing at a recent WL-WV School District sponsored workshop (WestLinn Tidings)

August 2008

Aug 27: New Research Center to Focus on Ed. Technology (Education Week)
Aug 26: Improving schools is everyone's job (Courier Press)
Aug 26: Schools respond to those in need (Bowling Green Daily News)
Aug 26: 10 City Schools to Focus Reading Skills on Content (New York Times)
Aug 26: Five Priorities for the Next President (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Aug 22: Poll of U.S. Teens Finds Heavier Homework Load, More Stress Over Grades (Education Week)
Aug 22: Chandler announces $71,725 grant for schools (Richmond Register)
Aug 22: Hiseville shares literacy strategies around the world (Glasgow Daily Times)
Aug 22: Jefferson, other school districts may raise taxes (Courier Journal)
Aug 22: Welcome, Freshmen. Have an iPod (New York Times)