VA School Staffing Grows Five Times Faster Than Student Body
Those padded payrolls don't come cheap
Public schools
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
Waco Schools Move Away from Criminalizing Discipline
The kids are supposed to get grades, not rap sheets
Parents Ticked That District Used Their Emails for Political Campaigning
What's a little spam to a captive audience?
Teacher, Administrator Hires Outstrip Student Population Growth
Indiana public schools may be a tad overstaffed
Chicago Teachers Union Digs in Against Closure of Failing Schools
Dedicated to fighting choice and quality, wherever it may arise
"Shoot-'Em-Up" Facebook Post Gets Teacher Suspended
The semi-literate nature of the posts is actually more troubling than the content
San Antonio Schools Tracking Students With RFID Chips
Two schools have installed computer chips in their ID cars to track attendance for state funding
Despite Performance, Contract Renewal Almost Automatic for Virginia Teachers
That's what you call "job security"
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.
