December 30, 2010
Teachers are in charge at the Avalon School in St. Paul. There are no administrators or secretaries or librarians at the charter school. Similarly, students have almost as much power as the teachers. They take charge of their own curriculums and can grade themselves with the help of their peers and families. According to a […]
December 30, 2010
As Chicago prepares to elect a new mayor, a coalition of teachers, community leaders, parents and students on Wednesday said the city’s next leader should not control public education as Mayor Richard Daley has for most of his 21 years in office. The group called for the return of an elected, 13-member school board that […]
December 30, 2010
A group of Amherst-area officials and residents have launched an effort to ask the state to reconsider the manner in which charter schools are funded, in an attempt to limit the money towns lose when student choose to attend those institutions. The organizers of the campaign intend to write a warrant article that would be […]
December 30, 2010
In January, school districts around the state will be dealt another budget blow. In addition to cuts already sustained over the last two years, districts will likely be on their own in paying for a small but expensive group of students who require special needs due to physical and mental disabilities. Technically, the cut – […]
December 30, 2010
Cleveland County Schools has received another grant to help students who are most at risk of dropping out of school. The district will receive $175,000 for various initiatives, which include, improving reading levels of exceptional children, providing tutors for AVID students, co-sponsoring summer computer camps for 75 disadvantaged middle and high school students and serving […]
December 29, 2010
A quarter-century-old law that has held most elementary school classes in Texas to no more than 22 students is on the endangered list as the Legislature looks for solutions to the state’s massive budget deficit. Legislative leaders and Comptroller Susan Combs are moving to ease the requirement, arguing that it will save hundreds of millions […]
December 29, 2010
In Franklin County, the faltering economy has meant longer school days, a shorter calendar, fewer teachers. As the economy continues to falter, many governors are already warning of more budget cuts. The single biggest expense for most states is public school funding, and districts across the country have been making drastic cuts to staff and […]
December 29, 2010
Cordley Elementary School used to have up to a dozen volunteers helping students with reading, writing and math, but now parents do clerical work to help make up for staff cuts. The reductions were one effect of Kansas’ budget problems. With less state aid, Lawrence schools have been forced to cut nearly $8 million in […]
December 29, 2010
Starting with this year’s freshmen, every city school student must take one online course to graduate, a nod to the ubiquity of the Internet, of course, but also its power to shape personal outcomes. Take 17-year-old DeMarcus Oliver at Whitehaven High School. If not for e-learning, he’d be registering for his senior year next year. […]
December 28, 2010
More than one in five of all Teach for America corps members in Philadelphia schools this year – 46 out of 213 – are in special education classrooms. By definition, these teachers are inexperienced and have received minimal training – seven to eight weeks over the summer. Is this good for special education instruction? TFA […]