Written by Rebecca Jones on Oct 25th, 2010.
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration's "Stop Bullying Now!" campaign offers extensive resources for parents, schools and students.
The relentless bullying Kevin Jennings endured as a high school freshman nearly brought his academic career to a premature end.
A high school counselor dismissed his complaints as groundless. His mother never learned what was happening until the first day of his sophomore year, when he simply refused to return to school, and he at last revealed his secret torment to her.
Fortunately, Jennings’ mother went to bat for him and didn’t back down. She demanded officials let her son transfer to a different school, which they were reluctant to do. She held him out of classes for a week until school officials relented, and he resumed his education in a new school, where he felt safe and where no more bullying occurred.
Today, Jennings, 47, is the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education and director of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. A career educator, he has dedicated his life to ensuring that
What’s churning:“Fear and lies:” Nearly two weeks after a contentious community meeting in Far Northeast Denver, The Denver Post this morning published a scathing editorial criticizing the critics of a sweeping school overhaul plan and questioning their motives. The Oct. 12 meeting was disrupted by protesters who argued that the “transformation” plan for Montbello High School, Rachel Noel Middle School and several feeder elementary schools would force some student out of neighborhood schools and relied too heavily on charter schools.
The Post editorial calls this a “campaign of fear-mongering and outright lies to scare parents in Montbello and Green Valley Ranch…It is a shameful tactic, made even more disgraceful by the support we’re told it is getting from a few Denver Public School board members who apparently will do anything to undercut DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg.”
The next meeting of the Far Northeast Denver Community Committee is slated for tomorrow evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rachel Noel Middle School. The school board will hold a “special public comment” meeting on the
About a week ago, I characterized “reformy” ideologies in a way that I myself even thought was extreme – so much so, that later on I added caveats to my description to say that this really isn’t what most “reformers” are advocating, but rather “reform” at the extremes.
“They discussed American competitiveness and education, especially reforms such as the President’s Race to the Top initiative.” (USA Today)You didn't have to be a fly on the wall to know what Jobs told the prez. It's likely the same thing he been saying for years about the problem with education:
I believe that what's wrong with our schools in this nation is that they have become unionized..."According to some reports, Jobs is looking for support to keep congressional regulators away from Apple's door. Will Obama oblige? Good bet.
"Penguins and minorities tend to do badly on ACT, SAT, and other standardized tests." (Matt
After nearly a month of debate over the validity of the Fear-Moderation Spectrum (FMS) and the fairness of public listing of individual names attached to their FMS scores, here's a revised and expanded list of who in education reform is going to this weekend's Colbert/Stewart rally on the Mall and which side of the aisle they're slated to be sitting on.
Keep The Fear Alive (Colbert FMS 50%>): Davis Guggenheim, Diane
Get the scoop on schools, teachers and students. Visit our Education pagefor more articles and photos.WEST COVINA - Murky contract language and poor communication with its charter school's management company is costing West Covina Unified tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, according to district documents.
Edison Learning, Inc. manages the operations at San Jose-Edison Academy, the district's charter school. WCUSD oversees those operations to ensure it is in compliance with contract agreements and state law, according to Superintendent Liliam Castillo.
Rather than dealing with problems with a quick phone call, the district and the charter school have been using attorneys for correspondence, officials said.
"I would say that we have had sort of a lack of communication and responsiveness at times and that has caused some issues because when problems arise, they are the management company that is supposed to deal with
