Detroit school closures, teacher layoffs planned (AP)
DETROIT – Detroit Public Schools would close 23 schools and lay off 600 teachers in a proposal released Thursday that would consolidate facilities in a shrinking district facing a projected $303 million deficit.
The proposal was made
Duncan to Spend Billions to Transform U.S. Schools (Bloomberg)
April 16 (Bloomberg) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to spend a record $5 billion to transform U.S. schools by rewarding states for innovation, providing merit pay to teachers and creating a national scorecard to identify
Winfrey defends record of her South African school (AP)
JOHANNESBURG – Oprah Winfrey acknowledged in a newspaper interview published Saturday that she has made several mistakes at her elite South African school, but said she remains proud of its success.
The recent expulsion of four girls
Calif. asks feds for nearly $5B for education (AP)
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking the federal government for nearly $5 billion in economic stimulus money for California schools.
The governor signed the state’s application Thursday.
Schwarzenegger says he hopes the money will avoid further teacher layoffs
Novel finds drama in Ivy League admissions frenzy
“Admission” (Grand Central Publishing, 464 pages, $24.99), by Jean Hanff Korelitz: Over the past few months, high school seniors have been finding out whether they’ve been accepted or rejected by the colleges to which they’d applied.
