won’t accept pay cuts and ‘value-added’ evaluations in a new contract.

will not be out until January.

getting 2,277 teachers who are newly certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.

The Times Dispatch reports on 33 teachers in Virgina getting the same honor.

schools and found that even low performing charter schools are tough to turn around. The report looked at over 2,000 schools in 10 states starting with the 2003-2004 school year.

They found that in the 2008-2009 school year only 19% of low performing charter schools wound up closing while only 11% of public schools did the same thing.

They also found only 9% of charter schools in the same time period made moderate academic improvement while 8% of public schools did the same thing.

with a new report looking at California teachers.

They found that from 2007–08 to 2009–10, the total number of teachers in California declined from 310,361 to 299,666 teachers. Second year teachers have dropped by 50% to just over 18,000 in the same time period.

They also found that between the years of 2001–02 and 2007–08, the number of enrollees in teacher preparation programs dropped by 45%, from more than 75,000 to fewer than 45,000.

The New York Times reports on college students that are getting a major in real estate.

The Denver Post reports on Westwood College getting placed on state probation due to unresolved problems with national accreditors regarding recruitment tactics and student achievement.

The Houston Chronicle reports on Skyler Yancey who is graduating Texas A&M at the age of 19 and going going to the college for 2.5 years.