NYT: Hurdles Emerge in Rising Effort to Rate Teachers/WSJ: 10 Things Charter Schools Won't Tell You/PDE: 2010 Keystone Achievement Awards

NY Times 12/26/10

Hurdles Emerge in Rising Effort to Rate Teachers

By SHARON OTTERMAN Published: December 26, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/nyregion/27teachers.html?hp

WSJ SmartMoney 12/06/10

10 Things Charter Schools Won't Tell You

http://www.smartmoney.com/spending/rip-offs/10-things-charter-schools-wont-tell-you/?page=all

You might want to take a look at these and send them along to your local press:

PA Department of Education News Release 12-21-2010

2010 Keystone Achievement Awards Recognize Pennsylvania Schools for

Academic Achievement

More than 2,100 Pennsylvania schools are being honored with

Keystone Achievement Awards for demonstrating sustained academic achievement

over two school years, acting Education Secretary Thomas E. Gluck said today.

“Just as schools proudly display trophies for athletic and extracurricular

accomplishments, displaying a Keystone Achievement Award is a way to

acknowledge the school’s academic accomplishments,” Gluck said. “These awards

reinforce the hard work our schools are doing and the success their students are

achieving. Keystones reflect the commitment of students, families, teachers and the

entire education community.”

2010 Keystone Achievement Awards Recognize Pennsylvania Schools for Academic Achievement

Keystone Achievement Awards 2010 Listing  (PDF) - Listing of Schools Making AYP 2 or More Consecutive Years