EducationNewsToday
Hundreds of teachers get layoff notices
Escondido teacher Kelly Solie was notified by her district last week that she may not have a job next school year
Teachers RISE to the occasion
As Pittsburgh Public Schools goes about putting performance pay into practice, it must face the challenge of crafting a fair way to evaluate teachers that will shutter the sense of a "gotcha culture" that long has pitted teachers against administrators. ...Natomas Unified officials bent on improving struggling Sacramento schools
General Davie is blunt when he talks about the academic failures of the Natomas Unified School District....Queens charter school moved to political donor's land
The phalanx of drab trailers ringed by a chain-link fence in a desolate corner of Queens looks more like a prison than a charter school....Mobile County schools population on steady decline
MOBILE, Ala. -- The number of students enrolled in the Mobile County Public School System has been steadily decreasing over the last three years ...New York schools' ban on homemade goods at bake sales has parents steamed
Low-fat Doritos and Pop Tarts are in; goodies baked at home are out. School officials say they're fighting obesity. Angry parents say it sends the wrong message about food habits. ...
School districts begin superintendent searches earlier as competition for candidates intensified
When it comes to school superintendent searches, the game of musical chairs among districts has become increasingly commonplace and extremely competitive. ...Parents sue in bullying death
The parents of a special needs student who allegedly hung himself because he could no longer tolerate being bullied at school have filed a federal lawsuit against their son's principal and district....
Textbook failure: Memo to the Texas State Board of Education: America isn’t a theocracy
The Texas State Board of Education reached a new low: hijacking our kids' textbooks to teach a mindset that's downright un-American. ...
UP OR DOWN: HOUSE TO VOTE ON SENATE BILL
House Democrats on Saturday decided against using a controversial tactic to pass the Senate's version of the health care bill, a senior House source confirmed to Fox News....
Don't let feds control local education
3.20.1- Ben Boychuk - A standardized national curriculum wouldn't make California's kids smarter or well equipped to compete in the global economy, or even better citizens. But a national, one-size-fits-all curriculum would be highly political, ...
Time to regulate what charters are teaching
When writing about charter schools, journalists regularly include some variation of this sentence: "Charters are independently operated public schools that are exempt from some rules that govern traditional schools." One of those rules that some charters ignore is the U.S. Constitution....