NY TIMES:Oversight Is Urged for Charter Schools | Progress Slow in City Goal to Fire Bad Teachers | Obama Pitches Education Proposal to Governors

As U.S. Aid Grows, Oversight Is Urged for Charter Schools

By SAM DILLON | NY Times

Federal money has helped propel the growth in charter schools, but some experts say they need to be monitored better.

 

Progress Slow in City Goal to Fire Bad Teachers

By JENNIFER MEDINA | NY Times

A campaign has led to the firing for incompetence of only three of New York City’s 55,000 tenured teachers.

 

 Obama Pitches Education Proposal to Governors

By PETER BAKER and SAM DILLON | NY Times

President Obama kicked off a drive Monday to upgrade American education, unveiling a plan requiring states to adopt new reading and mathematics standards.

• Obama to Propose New Reading and Math Standards