Programs Train Teachers Using Medical School Model

What if we prepared teachers the same way we prepare doctors? A handful of teacher "residency programs" already exist. One, in Boston, treats schools like teaching hospitals, where seasoned instructors, just like seasoned doctors, train the next generation.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125854975

OK Corral documents discovered in court storeroom

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8636830.stm

NPR interview with Arne Duncan

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126111829

Gov. Charlie Crist vetoes Florida teacher pay bill

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/15/1581083/gov-charlie-crist-vetoes-teacher.html

The controversial teacher pay and tenure bill that prompted sick-outs, sit-ins, street protests and a flood of opposition appears to have no chance of resurrection -- at least not this year.
At a hastily called noontime news conference, Gov. Charlie Crist announced he would veto the bill, which he called "significantly flawed."

NYC to stop paying teachers to do nothing

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_rubber_rooms.html

Hundreds of New York City teachers who are paid full salaries to do nothing while they await disciplinary hearings will be released from the city's "rubber rooms" this fall, officials announced Thursday.

Why do Finland's schools get the best results?

Finland's schools score consistently at the top of world rankings, yet the pupils have the fewest number of class hours in the developed world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8601207.stm

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/04/01/343624utdemocracydispute_ap.html

A growing group of Utah County parents is challenging a school district's use of a word dating back to ancient Greece: democracy.