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State Board endorses ex-commissioner Shirley Holloway for Ed Commissioner's job ( 12/11/00)
Anchorage Daily News

Agency seeks 4 more years for grad exam: Schools aren't ready, board member says --- (12/09/00) -- Anchorage Daily News

Knowles Names Education Funding Panel -- (12/08/00) Office of the Governor- Press Release

Exit test results reported - Thousands might not get diplomas --- (12/08/00) -- Anchorage Daily News

Knowles' Education Initiative Promotes Success for Children Governor to Add $16.3 m. for K-12 Education, Early Childhood Programs; Recommendations from Education Funding Task Force to Follow -- (12/08/00) Office of the Governor- Press Release

Mathematics "Council" Loses Hard-Earned Credibility

Basic Skills Versus Conceptual Understanding: A Bogus Dichotomy in Mathematics Education
(pdf -Adobe Acrobat Reader needed)

Private Tutoring Becomes Everyday Thing - 10/09/00 - The Globe & Mail

Exit Test Passing Marks Set State Board Seeks Delay In Effective Date
Anchorage Daily News 09/10/00

Students Do Well On Exam 8th Grade Math Scores Only Concern
Anchorage Daily News 09/09/00

Alaska's Exit Exam's Passing Scores Cut Change Means More Students Pass; Fairness, Lawsuits Cited Anchorage Daily News 09/04/00

Reading Instruction & Learning Styles--Should They Be Matched?
(Sara G. Tarver, Professor of SPED, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Why Dyslexic Children Can't Read - And What University of Washington Researchers Found That Can Help - 06/21/00 - Seattle Times

Why Reading Is Not A Natural Process - G. Reid Lyon

Kids Can " Read All About It "

Bridges To Reading (2nd Edition) Free online downloads available.

Reading Panel Urges Phonics For All In K-6

Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children To Read

The National Reading Panel

Math Revisions Add Emphasis on Basis Skills

Revised Mathematics Standards Provide More Guidance

Standards 2000 Project - CTM: Standards 2000 Index

Panels To Settle Scores: Rankings Will Set Exit Exam Cutoffs 04/11/00 Anchorage Daily News

Our Schools, The Series - A Special Report On The Complex Drive To Get And Keep Good Teachers - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 26, 2000 - March 13, 2000 

Dyslexia and the New Science of Reading (Newsweek)-

Teaching In A Harness: A 'Majic' Fix For Reading Success
(Seattle Times, 03/12/00)

School Failures, Adult Successes (LD OnLine 03/00)

Not Just Kid Stuff Anymore (US News 03/08/00)

America's Best High Schools (03/05/00 Newsweek)

Newsweek's Complete List of America's Best High Schools
(03/05/00 Newsweek)

Reading Test Not So Hard, Students Say (Anchorage Daily News 03/08/00)

State Exam Begins (Anchorage Daily News 03/07/00)

Passing Score on Alaska's Exam is a Mystery (Anchorage Daily News 03/06/00)

Alaska's Exam Costs Argued (Anchorage Daily News 02/21/00)

Seeking Death Blow To Tenure (Georgia may be the first state to abolish tenure for public school teachers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 02/20/00)

Kimbrough Case Creates Impression Too Much Control Given To Official (Erosion of trust in schools dept. result of arrest. Herald-Leader 02/20/00)

Texas Governor George W. Bush Likes To Brag About What He Has Done For Public Schools In Texas (San Francisco Chronicle 02/20/00)

Students Pile Up Reading Minutes - (Inside Denver.com 02/20/00)

Schools Bypass State Bickering, Let Kids Start Kindergarten Early (StarNews.com 02/19/00)

Teacher Union Targets MCAS- (Union seeks measure to kill graduation mandate. The Boston Globe 02/18/00)

Practice Tests On The Web (EduTest.com will post on the web for one week qustions that resemble those on the Stanford 9--Contra Costa Times 02/18/00)

State's Math Curriculum Needs To Be Revised (The Boston Globe 02/19/00)

Reality Check 2000 New Study Examines Impact of School Standards (Special Report - Public Agenda Alert 02/15/00)

Howard Gardner, Unfiltered (Policy Review 02/00)

The Schools They Deserve- Howard Gardner & The Remaking of Elite Education (Policy Review)

Graders To 'Bookmark' Exit Exams (Anchorage Daily News 02/04/00)

State Will Refine Tests This Year (Anchorage Daily News 02/04/00)

No Such Thing As Malpractice in Edu-Land
(San Francisco Chronicle 02/04/00)

Experts, Parents Fault Education's Math Curriculums (Washington Times 02/03/00)

LA Schools Brace For Task of Holding Back Thousands (LA Times Article-01/31/00)

Straight A's - Beefing Up Education With Tutors (01/31/00)

Teacher Colleges Drag Feet On Reporting Their Weaknesses (U.S.A. Today Article 01/31/00)

Illiterate and Unhappy (San Francisco Chronicle 01/30/00)

Old Math, Good Math
(La Times Article 01/29/00)

As Easy AS 1,2,3: Scores Show Underprivileged Kids Learning Math the Old Fashioned Way (01/27/00 - LA Times Article)

The State of State Standards - Fordham Foundation 01/00

States Get So-So Grade On Standards For Teacher Quality CNN Article 01/12/00

Grades At A Glance CNN Article 01/12/00

Decades Later, Frustrated Father Is Phonics Guru LA Times 01/10/00

Learning: Many Problems But Many Remedies - LA Times Article 12/15/99

It's Often Years Before the Learning Disabled Are Diagnosed - LA Times Article 12/99

Special Education Graduates Learn Stuggling Doesn't End With School -LA Times Article 12/99

Special Education A Failure On Many Fronts - LA Times Article-Part I - 12/12/99

Early Interventions Save Struggling Students - LA Times 12/12/99

Higher Goals for Exit Exams

California Cheats Its Students By Expecting Too Little San Fransciso Chronical 9/28/99

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