Pop quiz. Which level of public school governance is most responsible for funding, standards, student assessment, teacher and principal quality, and data management systems?If you guessed "states," you win. But why, then, does the spotlight so neglect states, which are these days the wallflower at the school-reform dance?
Ally, a middle-school drama queen, starts tormenting her friend Selena after catty Holly and Chrissy (teeny-bopper Iagos, both) conspire to charge Selena with a crime against Ally that Selena did not commit.
Those who divvy up by race strain to justify it. The newest wrinkle comes from Fairfax County, Virginia, where the school board is struggling to rationalize a report that it commissioned to evaluate the "Essential Life Skills" of its students.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, principals in the Clark County schools have in recent weeks "been recommending up to 100 students for expulsion each day." Some of these pupils end up in special "behavior" schools, where they do nine-week stints before returning to their home campus.
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Food, gas, overnights at the Mayflower hotel--all grow steadily pricier. Meanwhile, the New York City high school diploma is cheapened, and that city's oft-challenged reputation as a dogged pursuer of higher educational standards is again called into question.
Washington Post reporter Jay Mathews has performed a useful service for folks dissatisfied with NCLB's accountability system, which often penalizes schools that enroll significant numbers of disadvantaged students even if those students are making academic progress. He has located and highlighted Barcroft Elementary in Northern Virginia.
I am just now beginning to read your recent report, Who Will Save America's Urban Catholic schools? I'm finding many of the ideas, results, and recommendations a great resource for us here at the Diocese of Allentown in Pennsylvania.
Catholic school teachers may feel called to their profession by a higher power, but??they're also called to??higher salaries.
Liam thinks that if paying students to pass AP tests worked, "wouldn't we know it by now?" Yes, we would, and we do, and it
Would you or someone you know love to work in education policy? Are you confused about where to start?
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that almost "nine in 10 public elementary school parents in Jefferson County [Kentucky] say it's important to bring together students from different races and backgrounds to learn." (The Supreme Court ruled last year that Jefferson County may v
USA Today's Richard Whitmire turns in a provocative thumbsucker at Politico on John McCain, his (still to be fleshed out) education platform, and his top education aide (and
Today's "daily article" from First Things--one of the preeminent Catholic journals in the country--provides a great write-up of
It might not be The Wire (apologies to our friends at Quick and the Ed), but yesterday
Ben Bernanke and some around our office suggest that teaching more about finance in American public schools may have prevented our current economic crisis.
Looks like the fine citizens of Waterbury, Connecticut, are not yet flitting through Flypaper. Otherwise, I'm sure district leaders there would have thought thrice before doling out dollars to students who pass AP tests.
Mike shouldn't??assume that??paying kids for AP scores (as in Waterbury) is??always a??slam-dunk.
Don't miss Mike talking about the stressed state of American Catholic schools on today's??edition of NPR's All Things Considered.
It looks like Missouri will be the next state to adopt the big daddy of alternative certification programs, the
From a column in today's Detroit News : The teachers at Alain Locke Senior High School in south-central Los Angeles' troubled Watts neighborhood were fed up.
