EdWeek Update: School Chiefs' Group Elbows Into Policy Fight

[Howard Hartman]

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	TODAY'S TOP STORY School Chiefs' Group Elbows Into Policy Fight A cadre of current and former state school officers is pushing a basket of hard-edged policies before Congress, statehouses, and the U.S. Department of Education. For more stories, visit Education Week's homepage. Advertisement Teach Students to Ask Questions! Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions is "…an inspiring vision of education at its best and an extraordinarily clear, low-tech, practical intellectual tool for turning that vision into reality."—Wendy Puriefoy, president, Public Education Network Look Inside the book. TODAY'S COMMENTARY Common Core Requires Teacher Development The professional development needed to support teachers' part in the common-core standards has remained an afterthought, Stephanie Hirsh writes. View more Commentaries from Education Week. 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MORE NEWS Review Gives Many States 'D' or 'F' for Science Standards (January 31, 2012, Curriculum Matters Blog) Charter School Closures Are Down, But Why? (January 30, 2012, State EdWatch Blog) Ind. Bill Adds New Wrinkle to Debate on Teaching Creationism (January 31, 2012, Curriculum Matters Blog) Schools Must Do More to Involve Parents, Students in IEP Process (January 31, 2012, On Special Education Blog) Ala. Students Still Suffering From Oil Spill (January 30, 2012, Associated Press) Struggling Penn. District Tries to Hold Off Insolvency (January 30, 2012, District Dossier Blog) Texas Superintendents Say Students Feel Impact of Budget Cuts (January 30, 2012, McClatchy-Tribune) What's Up for Digital Learning Day? (January 30, 2012, Digital Education Blog) MORE VIEWS Does President Obama Know What Race to the Top Is? (January 31, 2012, Bridging Differences Blog) Engineering Majors and the Appeal of a College Degree (January 31, 2012, Top Performers Blog) How Will You Use Technology to Revolutionize Your Learning? (January 30, 2012, Leading From the Classroom Blog) Suburban Schools Are Getting the Urban Experience (January 31, 2012, Finding Common Ground Blog) Common Core: Preparing Globally Competent Citizens, Part 2 (January 31, 2012, Global Learning Blog) OUR COMMUNITY Comment of the Day Profit-driven education is what U.S. education is all about. ... The well-past-its-use-by-date SAT test is a $13 billion industry! School lunches designed for profit. Transportation ... profit. School sports ... profit. School maintenance ... profit. Why should we expect PD to be any different? —dpack • View this comment and respond. Weekly Forum Discussion E-Learning on an International Scale Recently, two experts joined us for a free webinar on the state of online learning internationally. 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