Research: Early-Onset Schoolyard Mean-Ness
No one's clear whether there's really any more early elementary school bullying or whether we're all just noticing bullying (aka "social aggressiveness") more. "It could just be heightened awareness among hyper-parents, ever attuned to their children’s most minuscule slight. It could be a side effect of early-onset puberty...Or it may be that an increase has yet to be
AM News: Joint Rhee Departure Announcement
Study challenges mayoral control of schools AP: Mayoral control, advocated by politicians pushing to overhaul underperforming school systems, fails to improve student achievement, according to a two-year study... L.A. school board votes to proceed with plant manager cuts LA Times: Members vote 4 to 3 to keep the budgetary move that will affect hundreds of elementary schools after Supt. Cortines threatened to retire early... Rhee, Washington Schools Chancellor, to Resign NYT: The joint announcement was a compromise resulting from a standoff in which Ms. Rhee refused to step down and Mr. Gray refused to fire her... U.S. House Races to Watch for Edu-ramifications PK12: The folks to watch.. School cafeterias to try psychology in lunch line AP: Hide the chocolate milk behind the plain milk. Get those apples and oranges out of stainless steel bins and into pretty baskets. Cash only for desserts... Lauded Harlem Schools Have Their Own ProblemsNYT: The Harlem Children’s Zone’s costly efforts are breathtaking in scope, but its overall impact is unclear.