December 21, 2010
Two civil rights organizations are seeking a federal review of public school education in Texas, accusing state school administrators of violating federal civil rights laws after curriculum changes approved earlier this year by the Texas Board of Education. The request to the U.S. Department of Education made by the Texas NAACP and Texas League of […]
December 21, 2010
Lawmakers soon will evaluate a series of proposals that would radically change the way education is provided in Wyoming. One of the most significant legislative proposals coming before the 61st Wyoming Legislature’s general session, which begins Jan. 11, is a reform package that tells schools to provide results or let the state take over. It […]
December 21, 2010
Maybe it’s not an all-out war against charters. But 13 years after charter schools came to Ohio and five years after the Columbus school district announced that it would dabble in the charter-school business, it isn’t a truce, either. Critics say the Columbus district’s us-versus-them mentality has become even more glaring as other large, urban […]
December 20, 2010
President Obama has signed into law legislation that medical organizations and lawmakers believe will help make significant progress toward ending child hunger and obesity. The measure expands access to federal nutrition programs, improves the nutritional value of meals and limits the sale of junk food in schools. Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on […]
December 20, 2010
A new development in the assessment world could make tests more accessible to students with d isabilities, and more portable, experts in the field said earlier this week. One of the experts that worked on the project likened it to the development of HTML coding, which created a common language for the Web. The news […]
December 20, 2010
Since the school year started Sept. 1, there has not been a single day when all of the 88 teachers at Central Falls High School have shown up for work. On that first day, two teachers called in sick and a third took a personal day. And there have been only five days — all […]
December 20, 2010
It’s no secret that students do better in school if their parents are involved in their education, but getting them interested is a challenge that makes Haydee Escajera roll her eyes and sigh. "It’s very difficult," said Escajera, who recruits parents as volunteers at Manual Arts High School, located in impoverished centra l Los Angeles. […]
December 20, 2010
Scottsdale schools will test a new teacher-evaluation system anonymously this spring, using sets of student-achievement data to measure teacher effectiveness. Starting in 2012, all Arizona public school teachers will be evaluated in a new way – including measurements of how well students have progressed academically under a teacher. Currently, the evaluations include Arizona’s Instrument to […]
December 20, 2010
The number of school districts absorbing deeper-than-required spending cuts jumped for the second year in a row, suggesting a growing attitude change towards spending limits in the midst of financial turmoil. The state of Wisconsin caps how much revenue districts can generate, and educators have routinely criticized the limits for not keeping pace with rising […]
December 20, 2010
Lawmakers approved a bill Friday that would change how money is collected from counties and distributed to school districts. Currently, county treasurers collect and distribute local tax revenue to all school districts within the county. The bill would require county treasurers to send that local tax money to the state for distribution to the school […]