Weekly News Roundup: June 26

Friday, 26 June 2009 20:53 by Brendan Campbell

Editor's Note: This is our weekly news roundup of education-related events nationwide and in our launch regions, compiled by one of our amazing interns.  

National:
SCOTUS Watch:

+ SCOTUS sides with Arizona in Language Case (NYTNPR)
+ Student's rights violated in strip search (
NYTNPRNPR)
+ SCOTUS affirms reimbursement for special education (
NYTNPR)

+ As factories close, teenagers focus more on college (NYT)
+ Good teaching can be enhanced by new technology (
DOE)
+ Home school football league thrives in Georgia (
NYT)
+ Professors begin to embrace Twitter (
Washington PostFollow us on Twitter!)
+ FAFSA form becomes easier to fill out (
NYT)
+ LA to cut 2,000 teaching positions (
NPR)
+ Students without Borders (
Washington Post)
+ Colleges offering more choices in summer (
NYT)
+ UK to eliminate "i" before "e" rule (
NPR)
+ Sec. Duncan warns that subpar charter schools hurt their cause (
NYT)
+ DOE to remove little red schoolhouse (
Washington Post)
+ Videos of the week: 
Middle School basketball player
was Obama a high school jock or a nerd?

DC Metro:
+ Area schools also embrace twitter (Washington Post)
+ Montgomery planners push for fast approval (
Washington Post)
+ Prince George might name school after Obama (
Washington Post)

Detroit:
+ Detroit has worst graduation rate among 50 largest school districts (Detroit Free Press
+ Kresge foundation to give thousands to art programs in Detroit (Missouri News Tribune)
+ Movement to lengthen school year gains momentum (Detroit Free Press)

New York: 
+ Mayoral control up for renewal, Albany in chaos (NY Daily News
+ Schools to unveil easy to understand progress reports (Gotham Schools
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