Shaw Middle struggles to move on after death
Many fear strides are in peril with Principal Betts dead in homicide.
Brian Betts, 42, was killed at his home last month. (TWP)Posted at 6:30 AM ET, 05/10/2010
How to get the right college roommate
Graduating high school seniors heading for college will soon get a questionnaire from the school of their choice about housing and roommate preferences. Under no circumstances should they take this form lightly because their freshman year is at stake.
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Child resisting school? Try a sabbatical for kids.
A kiddie sabbatical is a break to recharge batteries and reassess values. It isn’t the same thing as long-term home-schooling. The strain on parents is short-term. In the Internet age it is often possible to work at home for a few months. I have found no data on this, but we could be seeing a trend toward sabbaticals for the young and restless.
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Ed Buzz: The Nation
- Teen insults move from walls to Web(New York Times)
- Duncan vies to expand DOE role as partner (New York Times)
- Alaska opts out of Race to Top(Education Week)
- Arizona targets ethnic studies programs(Education Week)
- Foundations offer $506M for ed. innovation (Education Week)
- Boston-area Catholic schools welcome Haitian refugees (Associated Press)
- Panel finds no preference in teacher-prep paths (Education Week)
- Cyber high re-engages dropouts, at-risk students (Education Week)
- 56,000 images taken by Web cams on Penn. student laptops (USA Today)
- Rule change takes aim at loophole in Title IX (New York Times)
- 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)
- Bilingual ed., immersion work equally well (Education Week)
- Schools tackle teacher-on-teacher bullying (USA Today)
Ed Buzz: The Region
- Cuccinelli backs Patrick Henry funding deal (Richmond Times Dispatch)
- Frederick Community College ups tuition (The Gazette)
- Va. phasing out test for special needs students (Examiner)
- Md. falling behind on ed. reforms(Baltimore Sun)
- Va. gets $59.8 million to overhaul struggling schools (Washington Times)
- Are school lunches a threat to national security? (WUSA)
- MoCo school investigates cyber-bully threats (WUSA)
- P.W. dad wins FOIA fight with school board (Potomac News)