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College not mandatory under exam program
4.12.10 - Ze'ev Wurman and Sandra Stotsky, in their opinion piece ("Grade 10 Diploma Not a Wise Idea," Insight, April 4) misrepresented our proposals.
Grade schools consider cutting foreign language classes
Students in Madame Maria Wells' fifth-grade class at Cynwyd Elementary School were having great fun Thursday morning - while learning French at the same time. ...Oklahoma school districts face budget shortfalls
While teachers in Tulsa Public Schools are bracing for hundreds of layoffs before next year, Oklahoma City Superintendent Karl Springer said his district could be in "arguably one of the better financial positions in the state of Oklahoma.”...Survey: School budget cuts even worse next year »
Although the economy has begun to rebound, K-12 education leaders say they are still facing serious budget shortfalls for the coming school year that threaten their ability to implement new technologies, raise the quality of instruction in their... ...Cyber school program reaches at-risk teens
Many are watching a year-old online school, based in Westwood Community Schools, because state leaders want to reach students in danger of dropping out. ...DPS's freezes educator hiring
A change to Denver Public Schools' teacher-hiring process has frozen the system and could result in dozens of veteran teachers being paid even though they are without jobs and not working. ...
School's 'Wicked Witch' sweeps out the 'no' foods
As her second-grade students take out their lunches, teacher Leticia Moreno quickly spots two with forbidden food - a burrito and quesadilla made with white flour tortillas...
College Tour '10: Columbia University
Valerie Strauss - At some other schools you got the sense that, ‘Hey, we’re a great school and you probably can’t get in.’ It wasn’t like that at Columbia. ...
Jay Mathews: Should high schoolers read aloud in class?
Recently I visited a history class at a local, low-performing high school where students read in turn from the autobiography of a famous American. The teacher was bright and quick. He interrupted often with...
Fewer Students, More Teachers
New York Governor David Paterson wants to reduce state aid to local school districts next year by 5% to address the state's $9.2 billion budget deficit, and state educators are complaining that the cuts could result in teacher layoffs. ...Minnesota teachers union is being hit from all sides
Republicans love to bash Education Minnesota, claiming the statewide teachers union and its powerful lobbying force essentially control the Democratic Party. ...
Science is gaining momentum in American schools
4.11.10 - It has taken prodding by industry, business, and government leaders - alarms going off, even - but science education is getting an upgrade in many classrooms across the region. ...
For homeless kids, Portland school and its buses are constants in a world of chaos
The Community Transitional School in Northeast Portland sends four buses each morning to pick up kids at shelters and motels, cars and corners. ...
Living hell in HS that won't shut down
A Manhattan judge has voided the city's decision to close 19 schools for poor performance, ruling in favor of the teachers union . The schools will now... ...State schools chief may get more power
The focus of a new proposal aimed at invigorating efforts to improve low performing schools drops any effort to give power over MPS to the mayor of Milwaukee and focuses on giving Tony Evers, the state superintendent of public instruction, an array of new tools for taking on the problems of the schools...
Julia Steiny: Teaching “work-ready” skills to students who are falling between the cracks.
4.11.10 - Some kids aren’t going to college. Blasphemous perhaps, but true. ...Schools say stadiums about more than football
GALVESTON — School districts across the state are opting for pricier, high-end facilities for both sports and entertainment events....Teaching Handwriting: West Hartford Switches Styles
The monkey tail is dead. It sounds morbid and sad, but there is no mourning here in Kristi Burton's first-grade classroom at Duffy School. Teacher and students have moved on....Memphis-area schools use yoga, other tactics to reduce TCAP stress
Students will take a tougher TCAP this week, the first year the test will reflect Tennessee's new, higher academic standard. ...