Morning Bell: The Project School Fight Continues, What To Do With College Costs

Project School parents: We want our school – “The parents’ reaction also raises a provocative question in an era of expanding school choice and market-driven education reform: Should schools be judged primarily on test scores or parent satisfaction?” (Hat tip to the Star‘s Scott Elliott for explaining what makes The Project School unique. Check out StateImpact‘s reporting on yesterday’s meeting here. We’ll be following the story as parents and administrators meet with the mayor Thursday.)  Get On The Bus

Indiana shares ideas on curbing college costs at congressional hearings – “For Indiana, the tipping point was a nearly 100 percent increase in college tuition during the past decade. In response, the state took steps to improve college affordability and performance.” Indianapolis Star

Obama Proposes ‘Master Teacher Corps,’ More NCLB Waivers On The Way – “But in a statement, Obama said the master-teacher program would shine a light on the best STEM educators, and allow them to ‘mentor and model’ for their less-experienced colleagues. The program would start with 50 teachers and eventually expand to 10,000 teachers over four years. The funds to pay for it  – projected at $1 billion for the 2013 fiscal year – would require congressional approval.” The Educated Reporter

Colleges Awakening to the Opportunities of Data Mining – “As Katye Allisone, a freshman at Arizona State University, hunkers down in a computer lab for an 8:35 a.m. math class, the Web-based course watches her back. Answers, scores, pace, click paths — it hoovers up information, like Google. But rather than personalizing search results, data shape Ms. Allisone’s class according to her understanding of the material.” The New York Times

More Americans Are Disillusioned With the College Degree – “The number of adults who say that college is a good investment has declined from 81 percent in 2008 to just 57 percent today.” GOOD