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
Public schools
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.
Teacher Marks Faces of Students Who Missed Reading Goal
But how can a public school achieve its goals without humiliation?
Court Will Decide on Miranda Rights for Students
You have the right to clean that funky smell out of your locker ...
Do Your Miranda Rights Stop at the Schoolhouse Door?
The Kentucky Supreme Court is deciding a case that tests the limits of self-incrimination in a public school setting.
After News Report of Wasteful Spending, School District Threatens Lawsuit
I wonder how much that will cost
Unions Scored at the Ballot Box
Voters thumbs-downed accountability and reforms in several states
56 Percent of DC Public Schools Students Graduate on Time, 77 Percent of Charter Students
Here's what happens when the education system is just another government jobs program
School Reform Measures in Idaho Fail
Voters reject regulations to restrict teacher union power,eliminate tenure
To Avoid Teacher Evaluations, Union Kills Deal for Federal Funds
Must have been quite a conflict ... Government money vs. accountability
12-Year-Old Girl Punished for Hugging Classmate
There's a special place in Hell for school administrators
Ohio Students Face Discipline for Pro-Gay Shirts
Threatened with suspension for refusing to remove them
