Mayor says ‘most people’ should ‘grow a pair’ to stop bullying
Cameron Hamilton, the mayor of Porterville, California, has stirred up a ruckus by saying at a City Council meeting that the word “bullying” has become a “mantra” for “the ills of the world” and that “all most people just have to grow a pair.” The issue of bullying came up last week during a discussion […]
Portrait of an underfunded school district
What does it really mean to kids when school districts are underfunded? Here is a portrait of one such district, from the Education Law Center in New Jersey, which advocates for equal educational opportunity and education justice in the United States. Profiled is the Freehold Borough School District in Monmouth County, a preschool-8th grade district with a […]
Chicago principal publicly slams Mayor Emanuel and says he is ‘insulting’ educators
A scathing letter (see below) by a Chicago school principal charging Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his administration with ignoring and disrespecting teachers and principals has sparked a discussion in the city about school reform and how it is being implemented. The principal is Troy A. LaRaviere of Blaine Elementary School in Chicago, whose letter published in the […]
5-20-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Florida legislator: Common Core advocates are trying to make ‘your children’ gayWhether you support the Common Core State Standards or don’t, it’s important to recognize when critics are going off the rails in their dissent. Here’s a newly publicized example: A Republican Florida state legislator, Charles Van Zant, told an audience at a conference in Orlando that the organizatio