January 27, 2016
By: BOB CHRISTIE
Source: tucsonnewsnow.com PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona House proposal would remove limits on the state’s school voucher program and allow every public school student to use state cash to attend a private school. The expansion proposal in House Bill 2482 is the latest in a series that began after the Republican-controlled Legislature […]
January 27, 2016
By: Nick Anderson
Source: washingtonpost.com Debate continues to boil in Texas over a new law allowing concealed weapons across college campuses. This week a prominent physicist at the flagship University of Texas at Austin said he would seek to bar guns in his classroom even after the law takes effect in August. “I will put it […]
January 27, 2016
By: Emma Brown
Source: washingtonpost.com The nation’s per-pupil spending on K-12 public schools dropped in 2013 for the third year in a row, reversing more than a decade of funding increases, according to federal data released Wednesday. Spending continued to vary widely across the country, from a low of $6,432 per student in Utah to a […]
January 26, 2016
Source: edutopia.org Overview Charles R. Drew Charter School uses Response to Intervention (RTI) to reach their goal of 100 percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards in all subject areas. Their achievements include: – Lowering the number of students in special education classes from 13 to 8 percent – Outperforming the state in reading, English […]
January 25, 2016
By: MICHAEL GODSEY
Source: theatlantic.com Jayson Jones was my favorite person to call when I needed a substitute for my high-school English classes. Jayson was an aspiring teacher who was extremely popular with the students and related especially well with many of the at-risk kids. One day, I walked into the classroom at lunchtime, and he […]
January 25, 2016
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: disabilityscoop.com Four new books for kids and teens are being lauded for focusing on disabilities with a set of awards handed out alongside the famed Caldecott and Newbery Medals. The books will receive the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Book Awards, which are designed to recognize authors or illustrators for portraying storylines […]
January 25, 2016
By: Ellen Wexler
Source: edweek.org At the time Kalie Bennington landed her first interview in September, she hadn’t even started looking for a teaching job. Bennington was starting her final year as an elementary education major at Butler University, in Indianapolis. A week earlier, she had won a prestigious future-teacher award, and Butler had posted a […]
January 22, 2016
By: Ian Whitaker
Source: lasvegassun.com Daysi Lara was just waiting for Monday. She had already spent $550 on uniforms and school supplies for her 10-year-old son Dayson and 9-year-old daughter Dayanara. All that was left to do was watch them walk through the doors of Mountain View Christian School, a private academy that was finally within […]
January 21, 2016
Black students are far less likely to be placed in gifted programs, even if they have the same test scores as their white peers and especially if their teacher is white, according to a new study by researchers at Vanderbilt University. And at least partly to blame may be a teaching force that is mainly […]
January 21, 2016
SANTA FE, N.M. — Rapidly expanding charter schools in New Mexico are spending more per student with similar academic results to traditional public schools, state program analysts told lawmakers on Monday. The evaluation by staff at New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee warned that charter schools are diluting the amount of funds available at all schools, […]