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Teach for America is put to test
Ladi Ogunro had ambitions of becoming a lawyer, hoping to transform the lives of the less fortunate. But as his senior year approached at the University of Michigan, he began to question the hefty cost of law school and decided to explore other options.
Ravitch: A new school agenda
I used to be a strong supporter of school accountability and choice. But in recent years, it became clear to me that these strategies were not working. The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program enacted in 2002...
College Tour '10: Georgia Tech
Before our visit, we knew Tech had at least three positive attributes - proximity (five hours door-to-door by air from our Florida home to campus), price (even for an out-of-stater, it is less expensive...It's a win-win for seniors who tutor kids
Adult tutors say they learn as much as the students they help. ...
How Washington is undermining the Bay State's high education standards.
The Obama administration announced the winners of its Race to the Top contest this week. Even though the competition was supposed to award money to states making strides in K-12 public education, one state that is a recognized leader in educational standards didn't receive a dime...
Teacher bill needs improvements
The Florida House is poised to ram through sweeping changes to employment rules for public school teachers this week without listening to critics or allowing any improvements to the legislation. The bill (SB 6), ...Math lessons in Mandarin? Local schools go global
In a growing number of Seattle-area classrooms, students spend half their school day immersed in a language other than English. One example is Beacon Hill International School in Seattle, where kindergartners can study in Spanish or Mandarin Chinese. ...Report cites questionable charter-school practices
One Philadelphia charter-school operator runs a private parking lot on the side. Another rents out apartments and collects the rent at his school. Yet another rents property to herself, signing her lease as both tenant and landlord. ...Penn neighborhood blooms around a top school
The Yeows, Elizabeth and Emmanuel, both 37 and transplants from Southern California by way of the Washington suburbs, had their hearts set on a Center City lifestyle after Emmanuel, a federal employee, was transferred here last summer....East Providence schools deficit may reach $1 million as costs mushroom
EAST PROVIDENCE — School officials failed to track the expenses of up to 20 out-of-district special-education students, and the mistake created a deficit for the last fiscal year. ...New standard makes whiteboard content more accessible
In what educators and vendors are calling a giant step forward in education technology, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) recently announced that all major interactive whiteboard vendors have agreed to make their educational content available... ...New York schools brace for layoffs
School districts across New York are anticipating larger class sizes, fewer extracurricular activities and electives, and major layoffs. ...Teachers balk, leave state union
Teachers in a Marion County school district have become the first in Iowa to split from the state's largest teachers union. ...Tense time for students
After months of sifting through college catalogs and sweating out essays, the 12 seniors The Enquirer is following through the college admission process are three weeks from locking in on their schools. ...
Judge says threats to confiscate children may be coercion
An Arizona homeschool family's constitutional lawsuit against authorities – including sheriff's deputies, social service workers and even an assistant attorney general – has been advanced by a judge who ruled that a threat to take the family's children into custody could have been perceived as coercion. ...Tutoring benefits seniors' health, students' skills
Experience Corps is a program operating in 22 cities nationwide that trains volunteers over 55 to......
Healthy, and Safe, School Lunches
A Senate bill would set much-needed nutritional standards for the more than 30 million lunches served each school day to children across the country. ...
School districts floating bond, tax rate issues
Construction, raises and technology are key goals for nine jurisdictions....