June 29, 2016
By: Sascha Brodsky
Source: theatlantic.com The allegations sound like a parent’s nightmare. Roughly two dozen children at New York City schools were hit, kicked, and bullied by fellow students while administrators stood by, according to a recent class-action lawsuit. “The data we have seen shows a clear and undeniable escalation of violence in New York […]
June 29, 2016
By: Moriah Balingit
Source: washingtonpost.com High school student Gabriel Filippini was in technology teacher Kurt O’Connor’s study hall when he approached the teacher with an unusual question: Could they use the classroom 3-D printer to build his little brother a hand? Lucas was born without a left hand and through kindergarten was able to do […]
June 29, 2016
By: Jamie Martines
Source: hechingerreport.org Toy building blocks aren’t an unusual sight in a preschool classroom. But teachers aren’t typically using them in a physics lesson about force and gravity with their four-year-olds. That’s largely because teachers aren’t comfortable with introducing young children to science, according to a group of educators committed to helping elementary […]
June 29, 2016
By: Cory Turner
Source: npr.org A new report, out today, provides 186 pages of answers to one of the toughest questions in education: What does it take to get preschool right? Parents and politicians alike want to know. States are spending roughly $7 billion this year on early childhood education, despite the fact that there […]
June 28, 2016
By: Emma Brown
Source: washingtonpost.com A Republican senator has inserted language into an appropriations bill that would prohibit the Justice Department from enforcing key provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act at private schools that receive public funds, a measure he said was necessary to protect voucher programs from politically motivated attacks. The bill — the […]
June 28, 2016
By: Sara Morris & Marisa Bier
Source: hechingerreport.org A recent story featured in The Hechinger Report said the residency model may be the best way to train new teachers – and that it may be too expensive. We would argue that we can’t afford not to train teachers this way. The status quo of teacher […]
June 28, 2016
By: Claudio Sanchez
Source: npr.org The major advocacy group for charter schools is meeting this week in Nashville, and there’s lots to celebrate. What began with a single state law in Minnesota has spread to a national movement of nearly 6,800 schools, serving just under 3 million students. But at its annual meeting, the National […]
June 28, 2016
By: Emmanuel Felton
Source: edweek.org While politicians and education policymakers across the country have talked a good game about creating broader access to high-quality computer science classes in public schools, one state appears to be far ahead of the pack. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson campaigned on bringing computer-programming classes to every high school in the […]
June 27, 2016
By: Emily Deruy
Source: theatlantic.com The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold affirmative action surprised legal experts, college presidents, and civil-rights activists. And although the ruling will let some colleges use race as a factor in admissions, that right is by no means guaranteed long term or across the board. As Justice Anthony Kennedy […]
June 27, 2016
By: Jay Mathews
Source: washingtonpost.com Perhaps if I went to church more often, I would have realized it sooner. Next year is the 500th anniversary of when priest Martin Luther nailed 95 anti-papal theses to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany. That simple act from a 33-year-old man transformed Western civilization with the rise of […]