NYPost has an interesting article about how certain parents want the teacher evaluation grades be made public. Albany politicians must slap a failing grade on any plan to conceal teacher grades, outraged public-school parents told The Post...
Washingtonexaminer.com has an interesting article about how in the metro D.C. the police department have been called over 400 times to handle student problems. These numbers are ridiculously high, that's more than 1 per day! From death threats to sexual assaults, nearly...
ALBANY, N.Y. — An unprecedented number of public schools in New York are now considered in need of improvement under the federal No Child Left Behind program in the latest warning about the state's education system, state officials said Thursday. In all, 1,325 of the...
In what is probably one of the worst connections in education today, 'top schools' don't produce 'top scores'. I hate to break it to everybody, tests scores aren't everything. In fact, test numbers today are harder to believe based on many economic, social and environmental...
The Bill and Melinda Gates have donated over 5 billion dollars to public schools yet the outcome hasn't been positive. Bill Gates has come out saying that private funding alone cannot improve public schools. As it definitely helps our already struggling cash strapped...
Detroit, one of the lowest performing school system in the country, has decided to allow state authority to change the lowest performing schools. This allows for private organizations to bid on contracts for improving schools. The lowest performing schools in Detroit will be...
With charter schools exploding this year (partly due to the movie Waiting For Superman), parents and administrations are at odds. Charter schools have the same success rate as regular public schools yet have different rules and regulations for students(for example, they can...
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) - Portsmouth Public Schools are recommending a change of policy following 10 On Your Side's story about a teacher with a criminal record. More: Teacher background check policies | WAVY.com | Hampton...
The new model of public schools seem to be the proliferation of Charter Schools (semi private public schools). Most of the public sees it as a god send for their children. Better facilities, better graduation rates, different rules. However what the public doesn't know is...
The Cincinnati Public Schools teachers won travel grants from the Fund for Teachers , a Houston-based, donor-supported group that pays teachers to travel to become better teachers . View original post here: Ohio: English teacher going on ultimate field trip, to Iran...
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