Armed Guards Planned for Schools in Los Angeles, Phoenix
Fallout from Newtown and a fearful population
Public schools
Lack of School Choice, Teacher Accountability Earn "F" Grades for 11 States
Past due for reform
Suspension Lifted for Kid Who Made Gun Gesture with Hand
6-year-old will have record cleared
Mich. Governor Signs Emergency Management Rule
State would be able to take over ailing school districts and municipalities temporarily
Gov. Brown Looks to Change Calif. Education Funding Formula
Wants to give school districts more control over spending and send more money to poor students and English learners
As Education Quality Lags, Public School Staffing Surges
Administrators, teachers and hangers on have increased in numbers way beyond the growth in students
Utah Parent Sues over Targeting of Minority Students in Gang Sweep
Claims students were questioned and photographed based on race, regardless of whether they were actually in a gang
Father Questions Disabled Son's Good Grades
Cannot speak, read or write but getting A's in classes like algebra, biology
Parents Sue over 10-Year-Old's School Strip Search
Forced to remove clothes in hunt for a dropped $20 bill
Former Indiana Education Commissioner Headed to Florida
Tony Bennett lost re-election for the post in Indiana last month and was appointed by unanimous vote today
US Fourth-Graders Doing Better in Math and Reading
But older students not showing much progress
Google To Offer $99 Chromebooks to Public Schools
After partnering up with a charity
Most States' Schools To Replace Classic Novels With "Informational Texts"
Get your kids out of the public schools. Now.
Parents Face Felony Charges for Sending Child to Wrong School District
Maybe if the money followed the student instead ...
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
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
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
VA School Staffing Grows Five Times Faster Than Student Body
Those padded payrolls don't come cheap
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.
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
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.
