A world of possibility for Rhee after D.C.
10.9.10 - The Republican candidate for governor of Iowa thinks she'd be a great head of the state's department of education. Political chatter in New Jersey has her on Gov. Chris Christie's list of candidates for the top job there. Others see her as secretary of education in a second Obama administration, if there is one.
NYC takes aim at teachers' 'tenure for breathing'
10.9.10 - NEW YORK - Do public school teachers get tenure just by breathing? ...
L.A. teachers union aims to prevent layoffs at 'bad' schools
10.9.10 - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles teachers union is promising to challenge a proposed agreement that would change how teachers are laid off in the nation's second-largest school district, while education experts hail it as a landmark that could pave the way for changes in urban districts across the nation. ...
1 Ohio school, 4 bullied teens dead by own hand
10.9.10 - MENTOR, Ohio - Sladjana Vidovic's body lay in an open casket, dressed in the sparkly pink dress she had planned to wear to the prom. Days earlier, she had tied one end of a rope around her neck and the other around a bed post before jumping out her bedroom window. ... |
