School principals offer advice for parents who want to help kids 9.5.10 - Joe Nathan - Anoka-Hennepin and other school leaders have several suggestions/requests of parents for the coming school year. Some schools in Minnesota have started classes already but most start the day after Labor Day on Tuesday, Sept. 7. ...
Fewer Philly schools deemed dangerous, report says 9.5.10 - The School District of Philadelphia this year had a 20 percent reduction in the number of its schools defined as "persistently dangerous" under federal law, according to a preliminary report obtained by The Inquirer.
Teach for America's value to Dallas ISD classrooms debated 9.5.10 - A contingent of top-flight college graduates began converging on Dallas ISD last year to fill teaching positions. Under a contract with the school district, their expertise was to be used in the neediest schools, as sort of a Peace Corps for ...