Big Education Ape: This Week In Education News: Schools Address Teacher-On-Teacher Bullying

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

by Alexander Russo

Education Dept. to give $350M to states that revamp testing USA Today: The U.S. Department of Education is looking to hand out up to $350 million to states willing to revamp how they test students...Schools tackle teacher-on-teacher bullying USA Today: A few states, such as North Carolina, Florida and Utah, include school employees with students in their measures, a USA TODAY review of those policies showed....Report: Foster Kids Face Tough Times After Age 18 NPR: A new report finds that these teens are more likely than their peers to end up in jail, homeless or pregnant...Prom in Mississippi lesbian case is a flop LA Times: Most of Constance McMillen's classmates attend a different event without her...Students learning English at U.S. schools show improvement AP: Schoolchildren who are still learning English made progress on state tests over the last three years, according to a report that may indicate ...