Monday, April 19, 2010

Education - Everything you need to know about the world of education.

Education - Everything you need to know about the world of education.














VALERIE STRAUSS
A School Survival Guide for Parents (And Everyone Else)

Posted at 6:30 AM ET, 04/19/2010

New analysis of violence on campus

Colleges and universities should strategically review their threat assessment capacities because some of the conventional beliefs about these attacks are not accurate, a new report issued by the federal government says. For example, while much attention is given to the “traveling” attacker, such as the student who killed 32 students in a shooting spree at Virginia Tech in 2007, only 3 percent of the attackers acctually move from building to building.
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JAY MATHEWS
What's Right and Wrong With Our Schools


Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 04/18/2010

Principal tells ninth graders to study, or leave

I was surprised when Charlie Thomas, principal of Crossland High School in Prince George’s County, began sending me emails. His school has been one of the worst in a low-performing district for a long time. But Thomas, who arrived in 2004, was trying to improve his school and was willing even to deal with a fault-finding columnist if it would help. Nearly 66 percent of his students were low-income, but he was not going to let that slow him down. I confess he has gotten my attention with some unusual moves.
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