October 22, 2010
Weekends will get longer for 145 students in Palm Beach County, as Riviera Beach Maritime Academy becomes the first public school in Palm Beach County to shift to a four-day school week. The charter high school is scaling back so that students can have extra time to take college classes, intern or work. It also […]
October 22, 2010
Teachers have no First Amendment free-speech protection for curricular decisions they make in the classroom, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. "Only the school board has ultimate responsibility fo r what goes on in the classroom, legitimately giving it a say over what teachers may (or may not) teach in the classroom," the U.S. […]
October 21, 2010
Houston’s public schools are spending $18 million in federal stimulus money to pay the salaries of more than 200 employees the district admits it doesn’t need. That’s because the Houston Independent School District is getting more federal m oney than ever for special education, even though it has nearly one-quarter fewer special ed students than […]
October 21, 2010
The New York City school system announced Wednesday that it will release ratings for nearly 12,000 teachers based on student test scores, potentially giving the public an unprecedented window into the effectiveness of instructors at the nation’s largest school district. The move, which the city’s teachers union said it would fight, is certain to escalate […]
October 21, 2010
Could a charter school help reopen the doors of the elementary school in Fox Lake? Some members of the Waupun Area Board of Education think so. Fox Lake residents began to feel the stirrings of optimism following a public hearing with School Board officials and administrators last week. The meeting was to discuss possible options […]
October 21, 2010
Governor Pat Quinn today announced that 18 Illinois school districts statewide will rece ive a total of more than $270 million from Illinois Jobs Now! to construct new buildings or expand existing ones. This capital funding will provide vital classroom space while creating approximately 3,700 construction jobs. Chicago Public Schools will receive more than $54 […]
October 21, 2010
The Kansas State Board of Education this week adopted Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics that are internationally benchmarked and aligned with college and career readiness expectations. Kansas joins 37 other states that have already adopted the Common Core Standards. The vote clears the way for staff at the Kansas State […]
October 21, 2010
About 50 rain-soaked students and teachers rallied Wednesday outside Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights to call for an end to the tardy and truancy ticketing policy. Organizers said the system costs families hundreds of dollars and keeps students out of school. Schools with large Latino populations, such as Roosevelt, have been unfairly targeted by […]
October 21, 2010
The educational system for the city’s disabled children is in such disarray the state has taken the extraordinary step of withholding federal money from the Detroit Public Schools. The man in charge of fixing the system — Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb — received a letter from the state Department of Education dated Sept. 2, […]
October 20, 2010
Georgia’s largest school system has won the nation’s top prize in public education, which will provide $1 million in college scholarships for needy students in the district. Gwinnett County Public Schools snagged the Broad Prize for Urban Education, an award the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gives annually to urban districts that show the most […]