Two Nigerian girls tell a different story
It isn’t easy for a girl to get an education in Nigeria. The world’s attention has been focused for over a month on the kidnappings of a schoolful of girls in Nigeria by an Islamic extremist group called Boko Haram that doesn’t believe in Western education and or in education for girls. The fate […]
Guess how many memos USDA sent to schools about healthy school lunches?
Federally funded school lunches have been in the news because Republicans in the U.S. House just voted to allow some schools to get a waiver from a law that requires lunches served to students to meet new health standards. Why? Apparently some schools can’t make enough money serving healthy foods because kids don’t want to […]
5-21-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Chicago principal publicly slams Mayor Emanuel and says he is ‘insulting’ educatorsA 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 Bla