Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Klein want to make our teachers more accountable -- but what about them?
Bloomberg is starting a new, get-tough policy for teachers. He threatens them with loss of tenure -- if they fail to show progress with students for two years in a row. Tenure, as defined by the educational
Could Obama's children get as good an education in D.C. public schools as they’re getting at pricey Sidwell Friends? Here's a look at that question through the experience of one family.
Barack and Michelle Obama walk across the snow-covered grounds of the Sidwell Friends school in Bethesda, Maryland, in January 2009, where their daughters attend school.
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When President Obama told NBC’s Matt Lauer Monday that his daughters could not receive the same kind of high-quality education in a D.C. public school that they are getting at their elite private school, that got my attention.
My two kids attended D.C. public schools, from kindergarten through high school graduation – the
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After three years of court dates, appeals and petitions,Public Advocates, a nonprofit group based in San Francisco, scored a major victory yesterday when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that teachers-in-training cannot legally be considered “highly qualified.”
Under 2001’s No Child Left Behind Act, if a student does not have a “highly qualified teacher” in his or her
Editor's note: This item originally appeared on the Dallas ISD blog.
Dallas Superintendent Michael Hinojosa today gave what could be his last State of the District address, peppering it with light-hearted references to being a finalist to lead schools in the Las Vegas area.
Hinojosa is competing against Colorado education commissioner Dwight D. Jones to be superintendent in the Clark County School District in Nevada. Clark County trustees are expected to make a decision on Wednesday.
During his speech at the event, hosted by the Dallas Regional
OAKLAND, N.J. (AP) — The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional School District board overstepped its authority when it passed a round-the-clock code of conduct, the state Education Department has ruled.
The district's rule temporarily banned students from sports and extracurricular activities if they were accused of drinking alcohol, using drugs or breaking other laws, even if the alleged offense was committed off campus, after school and they were not convicted by a court.
However, acting state Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks recently upheld an administrative law judge's decision, declaring that the one-year-old policy was unconstitutional.
