Illustration By David Biskup. New York Times Once upon a time every state in the Union, unequivocally guaranteed a free public education in its Constitution, but that soon may end. Within the month we will know more. The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to decide what Governors [...]
Photograph; Carmen Farina reacts during a news conference, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 at MS 51 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Farina, a former teacher, principal and longtime advocate of early childhood education, will be the next leader of the nation's largest public school system. (AP [...]
Walter Dyett High School, pictured here, is being phased out by the Chicago Public Schools. Since 2001, the district has closed, phased-out or turned around about 150 schools. The vast majority of the students affected by the school closures have been poor or African American. Introductory Essay [...]
By Robert Mann | Originally Published at Something Like Truth. December 16, 2013 Gov. Bobby Jindal’s troubled private-school voucher program took another hit today. This time, it came in the form of highly critical report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor, who cited numerous accountability deficiencies in the [...]
By Michael Deshotels | Originally Published at The Louisiana Educator. December 16, 2013 This report is based on data provided by the Louisiana Department of Education.
Are we there yet? Where? Are we ready to do more than lament, that yes, maybe, mental health is a problem? We say it is, but we never give up the ghost. With only 42% of the vote, in 1981, former Governor Ronald Reagan moved into the [...]
Photograph; Renee Wyman, a paid signature checker for the state elections office, counts signatures for the charter school Initiative 1240 in July 2012 in the State Elections Office in Olympia. (Anna Marum/Murrow News Service) By Manuel Valdes, Associated Press | Originally Published at The Columbian. December 12, [...]
By Valerie Strauss | Originally Published at The Washington Post. Updated: December 12 at 5:00 am Education reform policy around the country is increasingly being made in secret or without public input — and with a lot of private philanthropic money. A number of recent stories reveal [...]
Teachers across Onondaga County wore blue today as part of a National Day of Action to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education. Van Duyn Elementary students, from left to right, Harmony Allison-Lemon, a kindergartener, Edith Hill, a first grader, Elijah Wright, a second grader, and Janae Robinson, [...]
