Rules for teachers in 1872: No marriage for women or barber shops for men Public school teachers today view rules imposed on them todayas restrictive, but in 1872, some women teachers could be dismissed for getting married, and men who were shaved in a barber shop were seen as engaging in suspect behavior. Teachers had to ...
Will kids blackmail teachers over standardized test scores? -- *This was written by John Merrow, veteran education reporter for PBS, NPR, and dozens of national publications. He is president of Learning Matters, a non-profit media production company, and his latest book is The Influence of Teachers . This ...
School discipline: Too harsh or too lenient? Post reporter Donna St. George wrote a story published today about how some school districts around the country are starting to retreat from zero-tolerance discipline policies that have dominated for nearly two decades. We are interested in hearing ...
