Atlanta School Evacuated Over Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
29 students and 2 adults taken for medical treatment
Education
Who's Watching the Kids? Just About Everyone, Apparently
"The kids are used to being monitored."
Chicago School Closing Decisions Pushed Back
Maybe the world will end and nobody will have to make an unpopular choice
House Votes to Support Foreign STEM Student Bill
Would make green cards more available to visitors studying math, science
Louisiana School Voucher Program Ruled Unconstitutional
Apparently deciding where you want your kid to go to school is not a right
Principal Punishes High School Boys by Making Them Hold Hands
Why, that's the worst thing two boys could ever do!
MI Teacher Suspended Over Song Against Gay-Bashing
Yes, meatheads are still in charge in lots of places
New Orleans Charter Schools Get $25M Private Investment
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation gives a needed boost to school choice
The Town Where Farting Can Land a Kid in Jail
The school-to-prison pipeline in Meridian, Mississippi
LA School District Has "Jail" for Teachers Yanked from Classes
More than 300 removed from duty due to investigations, but of course are still drawing salaries
School Choice Promoted in Response to Revelations of Teacher-Testing Fraud
Government schools are ... just a mess
NC Law Criminalizes Student Speech
Jail time for posting even truthful statements that "harass" school employees
"Race To The Top" Finalists Include Charter Schools, Networks
About 10 percent of the 61 finalists representing more than 200 school districts are charters
Turkey Lifts Ban on Headscarves in Religious Schools
Considered a step backwards by secularists
Report: NJ Charter Schools Out-Perform District Schools
Shockingly, one-size-fits-all isn't the way to go
VA School Staffing Grows Five Times Faster Than Student Body
Those padded payrolls don't come cheap
Only 39 Percent of Americans Think Higher-Ed is Providing Value For Money
Majority still think degree is required to fulfill the American Dream
Sports Illustrated on the Power of Charter Schools to Save Kids
In the current issue of Sports Illustrated, the compelling story of the two-month-old Urban Dove Team Charter School, which enrolls kids who are way, way behind (as in, unlikely to graduate) and motivates them to come to school and do school work with a curriculum massively infused with sports and the team mentality.
Charter School Uses Sports Curriculm to Draw in High-Risk Students
Using athletics to try to keep kids from failing on the education side
Virginia Saw Huge Surge In Non-Instructional School Hires
Growth in non-teacher positions five times the growth in the student population
Feds Release New High School Graduation Numbers
State-by-state rates reflect new measuring system meant to better capture dropout numbers
Jeb Bush Hammers Teachers Unions
Says performance evaluations not something that should be part of collective bargaining agreements
'The World Is More Complicated'
David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, on New Orleans, private prisons, drug policy, newspapers, and letting down libertarians
LA Charter School Group a "Race to the Top" Finalist
Los Angeles Unified School District is not
Court Blocks Suspension of Student over Tracking Chip Refusal
Didn't want to wear tag informing school of her whereabouts
Texas Student Refuses Tracking Tag, Battles School Officials
Andrea Hernandez objects on privacy, religious grounds
OK Court Shields Parents Who Use State Funds for Special-Needs Private Schools
Envious districts wanted to sue anybody who went to the competition
Indiana Supreme Court Tackles School Vouchers
Considers whether religious schools are directly benefiting or if it's just a side effect
Charter Schools Seek To Expand as D.C. Closes Traditional Campuses
Well-positioned to pick up the slack and offer options
New LA Teachers Given Poorly Performing Math Students
Study also finds good teachers give students the equivalent of eight extra months of education over bad teachers
Unions vs. Democratic Mayors
The longstanding love affair between Democrats and organized labor is on the rocks.
[UPDATED!] Do We Really Need More Teachers Who Have Kids Draw on Slow Readers' Faces With Permanent Markers?
Reason 24/7 News flagged this story a few days ago and I think it deserves a second post at the site. It's about a teacher who instructed some students to draw on the faces of others - in permanent marker! - as punishment for poor reading-test results.
Teacher Marks Faces of Students Who Missed Reading Goal
But how can a public school achieve its goals without humiliation?
Newark Teachers Union Approves Contract With Merit-Based Bonus
Was passed two to one, or "closer than expected," as critics of the deal put it
