L.A. district to launch first full-time online school http://sbne.ws/r/5nxO (from ASCD)

RT @edfunding CA first to file edujobs fund app. Using its own state formula to distribute $ to districts. http://myloc.me/aFp5Z

RT @PoliticsK12 Read @TeacherBeat for his take on the value-added debate heating up in LA after big Times’ story: http://bit.ly/bUGMq4

Saving $$ by resizing, consolidating MI schools — http://tinyurl.com/3xn7dmm

Is Obama the biggest bully in education? http://bit.ly/aVoaNP

From @hechingerreport, great video interviews asking if we should do ed reform in a recession — http://tinyurl.com/2al2u4l

Measuring MT student success after high school — http://tinyurl.com/389bau3

RT @hechingerreport Should we try to reform education during a recession? http://bit.ly/bzZGsi

RT @alexanderrusso This Week in Education: Innovation- Success For All’s Overnight Success http://bit.ly/dfQFKu

New education data website from ED — www.eddataexpress.ed.gov

Florida says outside audits show test results are accurate http://sbne.ws/r/5iR7 (from ASCD)

RT @TeacherBeat CCSSO Unveils Draft Teaching Standards: http://bit.ly/9BSB4o

RT @edReformer edReformer: Breaking News: Dept of Ed Puts Hundreds Millions Into Early Childhood http://bit.ly/cK7L3V

The problems with alt cert in MI — http://tinyurl.com/2ce9zkv

Caperton and the education deficit — http://tinyurl.com/22p3ksq

MN opts out of math common core — http://www.twincities.com/ci_15655121?nclick_check=1

RT @edfunding Murkowski amendment- increase Denali commission by cutting IES programs by $63 million. http://myloc.me/9Tpsu

RT @EdEquality @TNTP: Transcript of Obama’s #edreform speech at the National Urban League today: http://bit.ly/dtK4nV #education

RT @cathgrimes Gov. McDonnell said schools are getting $18 million more, thanks to the state surplus http://fb.me/sMhdFMvT

Turning around schools in the “least disruptive” ways — http://tinyurl.com/2afxgjk 

Obama vs. teachers? http://www.politico.com/arena/ 

RT @usedgov Duncan highlights ED’s civil rights agenda, promises to advance civil rights by addressing inequities . http://go.usa.gov/OMH

FL adopts the common core — http://tinyurl.com/2dfsndk

RttT and the “quiet revolution” — http://tinyurl.com/36ggcys

RT @Education_AIR AIR to merge with Learning Point Associates; Learning Point CEO Gina Burkhardt named AIR Executive VP http://ow.ly/2hhKr

DC teachers union to sue over teacher performance firings — http://tinyurl.com/29a96jr

Duncan and mayoral control of Detroit Public Schools — http://tinyurl.com/32cyk57

RT @usedgov Fifteen teachers from around the country selected as Teaching Ambassador Fellows for 2010-11. http://go.usa.gov/Ooz

RT @PoliticsK12 Blog: Race to Top Finalists Unveiled Tomorrow: Who Makes the Cut? http://bit.ly/bmucMH

RT @Larryferlazzo Civil rights groups skewer Obama education policy” Wash Post http://bit.ly/bragUt

Renting college textbooks — http://tinyurl.com/34zogyg

Test prep for kindergarten? http://tinyurl.com/22pbc4q

RT @Larryferlazzo Check-Out Who Applied To Be A “Promise Neighborhood” http://bit.ly/c2ZUJb

National registry would consolidate digital education materials http://sbne.ws/r/5dhl (from ASCD)

Edujobs are out of the spending bill — http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40137.html

RT @gtoppo LAUSD superintendent Cortines to retire in spring 2011. http://bit.ly/cS9TTh

U.S.: From leaders to laggards in college grad — http://tinyurl.com/22lr4n3

RT @EdWriters 400 CPS teachers to get the ax this week http://tinyurl.com/276bynx

Funding charter school construction in TX — http://tinyurl.com/2ba8gt6

Courts say cheerleading is not a sport! http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/07/22/quinnipiac

Detroit steps up math, reading focus to improve student performance http://sbne.ws/r/5c2w (from ASCD)

RT @cpylevdoe Virginia response to Fordham review of Standards of Learning: http://tinyurl.com/24tdeqq

RT @D_Aarons new @wallacefdn study: Learning From Leadership: Investigating the Links to Improved Student Learning http://bit.ly/cOwkPM

Competitive admissions for comm college nursing programs — http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/07/21/nursing 

No more writing proficiency in IL? http://tinyurl.com/2btxsbh 

The cost of buying school textbooks in AL — http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=12815296
 

RT @ewrobelen As of today, half the states have OK’d the new common standards. S.C. is the latest to sign on: http://bit.ly/9MabsW

Teaching principals to save schools — http://tinyurl.com/285ba7n

For-profits, e-learning, and K12 schools, oh my! http://tinyurl.com/2amxxez

DC elementary school test scores decline; middle, high schools rise — http://tinyurl.com/2a6olr8

Are Latino students being shortchanged? http://tinyurl.com/2fonv8r