Milwaukee Public Schools ordered to pay $450,000 in legal fees
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Milwaukee Public Schools must pay just more than $450,000 to the legal staff representing plaintiffs in a class-action suit over how the district serves students with special needs, a federal judge has ordered.
and Virginia this month.
[Moderator Note: Also check this previous post on the Milwaukee Public School special education lawsuit]
Texas Education Agency reviewing contract with Princeton Review testing company after security lapse
Dallas Morning News
By TERRENCE STUTZ
AUSTIN - Texas Education Agency officials are reviewing their new student data contract with the Princeton Review after the education testing company accidentally disclosed personal data and test scores of tens of thousands of students in Florida and Virginia this month.
[Moderator Note: This is why volunteers should not possess or review schools data]
"In mathematics, when you see what they are asked to do, there is so much vocabulary, so many concepts you have to get through language,"
Slumping math scores among middle school students prompt creative solutions
South CoastToday.com
With MCAS test results showing slumping middle school math performance across the state and SouthCoast, local school districts are finding creative ways to increase math instruction
Obama, the Next Education President?
Allen Jan Baird Ph.D.
Guest Columnist EducationNews.org
If Barack Obama is elected, what might we expect as he tries to become the new "education president"? It is important to understand that a President Obama would soon face the same school environment that previous education presidents have faced. According to data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the "nation's report card", reading scores for nine, thirteen, and seventeen year olds are basically where there were in 1970, with less than one third currently reading at "proficiency levels".
Rick MacArthur: "You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America"
Democracy Now
As the Democratic National Convention begins in Denver, we speak to Harper's publisher Rick MacArthur on his new book You Can't Be President. MacArthur says that the popular notion that any American can become president only reinforces the "destructive national delusion that widespread, up-from-the-ground, truly popular democracy, both political and economic, really exists in America." To assume that, he says, is equal to believing that Santa Claus exists.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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Thank you for the article: “Milwaukee Public Schools ordered to pay $450,000 in legal fees”
Regarding: “MPS did not enter into the agreement and issued a statement calling DPI’s decision a disappointment because of the tax increase that district officials say will result for taxpayers.”
Concern: I am sure the Milwaukee parents complained to the school board that their children were not receiving appropriate special education services. Should the school board president, board members and special education director who were incompetent in their official duties be held liable instead of the community? The school board members’ failure to act responsible by refusing to investigate and resolve civil right special education complaints need to be held accountable in a court of law. The school boards’ responsibility is to educate all children not save money by depriving special education children of their civil rights. Because in the long run, when a district attempts to under fund the special education budget, parents will sue and win.
It would probably come down to intent and whether their actions could be considered "gross negligence." How? Well, for instance, if they are repeatedly advised (by the administration or the solicitor) to do one thing and then they choose to do something else.
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