High cost of war at a Mont. Co high school
Magruder's JRTOC program has seen four students killed in combat
Retired Army Sgt. Maj. John Ohmer greets students Jacob Munson and Maggie O'Connor. (Bill O'Leary-TWP)Posted at 10:35 PM ET, 04/19/2010
Did DOE get memo on school desegregation?
Century Foundation scholar Richard Kahlenberg asks why the U.S. Education Department is not forcefully addressing the profound challenge to equal opportunity today – the de facto economic and racial segregation of America’s suburban and city schools
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Principal tells ninth graders to study, or leave
I was surprised when Charlie Thomas, principal of Crossland High School in Prince George’s County, began sending me emails. His school has been one of the worst in a low-performing district for a long time. But Thomas, who arrived in 2004, was trying to improve his school and was willing even to deal with a fault-finding columnist if it would help. Nearly 66 percent of his students were low-income, but he was not going to let that slow him down. I confess he has gotten my attention with some unusual moves.
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Hard Monday at Shaw school after principal's killing
My colleague Michael Birnbaum reports:
Until last week, Shaw Middle School students were greeted every morning by their principal, Brian Betts, who would stand at the corner of 10th and V streets NW, his school at his back, hugging students as they arrived for class and catching up with their parents.
Monday was the first day back in class since Betts was discovered fatally shot in his Silver Spring home Thursday night. Hugs were still exchanged at the corner, but this time it was between crying teachers and students.
Now the school must figure out how to carry on.
An English teacher who got her first teaching job from Betts, Meredith Leonard, said she couldn't imagine the school without him.
"But being around the kids makes it easier," she said. "He would have wanted us to keep moving. It'll be okay."
Continue reading this post »Ed Buzz: The Nation
- Illinois school fighting cyber-bullying(Chicago Tribune)
- Boston teachers asked to work more hours for same pay (Boston Globe)
- Advocates weigh Obama's commitment to early ed. (Education Week)
- N.Y. bill would allow layoffs of teachers with seniority (New York Times)
- Bilingual ed., immersion work equally well (Education Week)
- Schools tackle teacher-on-teacher bullying (USA Today)
- English-language learners making gains (Education Week)
- Researchers argue over Head Start study (Education Week)
Ed Buzz: The Region
- MoCo school investigates cyber-bully threats (WUSA)
- P.W. dad wins FOIA fight with school board (Potomac News)
- Kids at Md. school get tainted milk (Fox 5)
- McDonnell signs college lab school legislation (Richmond Times Dispatch)
- Schools reduce police presence (The Examiner)
- Montgomery College, schools brace for cuts (The Gazette)
- P.G. County PTA reinstated (The Gazette)
- Md. GOP: Don't raise dropout age (The Gazette)
- Birth-control center finds home at T.C. Williams (Alexandria Gazette Packet)
- Fairfax teacher quits over embezzlement charges (Examiner)
- MoCo teachers say they are overwhelmed (Gazette)
- Alex. considers new school boundaries(Examiner)
- PG parents fear impact of school cuts(WJLA)
- Md. lawmakers favor ed cuts (Baltimore Sun)