School Violence and No Child Left Behind: Best Practices to Keep Kids Safe
Lisa Snell, Reason FoundationJanuary 2005
Lisa Snell, Reason FoundationJanuary 2005
Commission for High School ImprovementJanuary 2005
This week, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed in writing the message it conveyed to North Dakota educators in December: that state's plan for designating elementary teachers as "highly qualified" does not meet NCLB requirements.
A local district administrator tells the Woonsocket (Rhode Island) Call that the district has cancelled the annual spelling bee because of . . . the No Child Left Behind act. You overlooked that NCLB spelling bee ban, huh?
Nothing is more challenging than opening a charter school except for closing it, which can be a public relations disaster.
Two related stories this week touch on issues of school leadership and reform, in particular, who's in charge of setting school policy and who should be. In the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) school district, Superintendent James Pughsley wants principals to have the flexibility and autonomy to run their schools as they see fit.