Despite Performance, Contract Renewal Almost Automatic for Virginia Teachers
That's what you call "job security"
Public schools
Boy Ordered to Change Schools for Carrying Cystic Fibrosis Gene
Could present to risk with another student who has the disease
WA: With Budgets Tights, School Funding Becomes a Political Football
Never mind that dollars and results are largely unrelated
Texas School Cheerleaders Can Keep Religious Banners
Judge allows them to stay until court fight
Kombucha Brouhaha at School Leads to Policy Evaluation
Everybody panicked about boy with home-brewed tea
First Successful Parent-Triggered Charter School Takeover Gets Underway
Public elementary school in Adelanto, Calif., will have new operators
Parent-Triggered Charter Announcement to Come This Week
Adelanto, Calif., parents finally given clearance to select charter school to take over elementary school
High School Lets Accused Sex Offender Chaperone Field Trip
Over the objections of the alleged victim
Child Suspended from School for Kombucha
Officials couldn't seem to grasp it was not alcohol
Chicago Public Schools to Charter System: "Save Us!"
"Privatize or Perish" may be the choice here.
AZ Public Schools Remain Terrible, But Not for Lack of Money
Resources don't help if you use them poorly
Chicago Asks Charter System to Take Over Failing Schools
Teachers unions, of course, prepare to fight
Texas Students Object To Being Tracked with GPS
You mean they don't want to be treated like criminals for no reason?
Principal Charged for Not Reporting Sex-Abuse Teacher
The teacher abused a second child just months later
Food Trucks Help with School Fundraisers
That they taste better than awful school lunches is surely a bonus
Texas School Chief Gets Prison in Testing Scandal
Three years for removing under-performing students from the classroom to keep them from ruining results
New Jersey Principal Accused of Covering Up Teacher-Student Sex Scandals
Three teachers at Triton Regional High School have already been charged with official misconduct, with two also facing criminal sexual conduct and endangering the welfare of a child charges
Teacher Likens Student's Romney Shirt to "a Ku Klux Klan Sheet"
Tax dollars at work!
Florida School Board Wants to Install Trash Cams to Figure Out Why Children Toss Veggies
They can't wrap their heads around why students are throwing their vegetables, part of new federal school lunch regulations, in the trash.
School District May Monitor Trash To Measure Consumption of Healthy Lunches
Kids hate the new meals and are tossing vast quantities of food
Teen Paralyzed in School Beatdown Suing District
The assailant, who received a five year prison term for the savage beating, had been suspended from school the day before but still allowed into class
Caving In to Unions Wins Chicago Schools a Credit Downgrade
If you make deals you can't afford ...
Charters Drive Traditional Schools To Try Harder
They push the old-fashioned schools and develop effective strategies
Strangulation by Union
Rules that "protect" government workers from arbitrary dismissal and require everyone be treated equally are bad for taxpayers and even unions.
Cyberbullying Law Threatens Student Speech in North Carolina
You can't say that about school officials on the Internet!
Texas School Board Approves Cross-Gendered Student Paddlings
Are they aware of all the porn about this kind of stuff?
USDA's School Lunch Reforms Earn an "F" from Students
First Lady Michelle Obama and a host of "experts" were wrong about the USDA's new school lunch rules. Is there another way?
Former Teacher Gets 25 Years for Molesting Students
Third-grade teacher admitted lewd acts with 13 children
Stifiling Children's Freedom Stifles Creativity, Study Shows
Now the argument as to whether this is a bug or a feature
Public-Private Partnerships Can Help Build 21st Century Schools
Relying on traditional tax dollars becoming harder and harder
School District Faces Suit for Accessing Student's Facebook Account
She was forced to give officials her password
Chicago Strike Outcome a Possible Boon to Teacher Evaluation Reform
Students' test scores will remain part of success measurements
Houston Public Schools Adopt Charter School Approaches
Techniques pioneered at independently operated schools drive the public schools to improve
Rahm Emanuel: Chicago Teacher Deal Is an Honest Compromise
Preserves longer school day and school year while giving up more money
