By Kari Harden Contributing Writer | Originally Published at Louisiana Weekly. October 28, 2013 Despite being the recipient of an $800,000 federal grant, John McDonogh Senior High School is having serious money problems. In April, Future is Now (FINS), the Charter Management Organization (CMO) running the school, [...]
Cindy Jordan, right, mother of two students at Granada Elementary Community Charter in Granada Hills, joins about 50 parents protesting an L.A. Unified order to reorganize classes according to students' levels of English fluency. The move has sparked a storm of protests across the district. (Al Seib, [...]
Varied student backgrounds get too little weight Originally Published at LoHud. October 15, 2013 The study can be read at Review and Analysis of New York State Growth Model New York’s first attempt to grade teachers on their students’ progress was flawed in several key ways, a [...]
Photograph: James P. Steyer, the chief of Common Sense Media. The pundits, the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue States: red states for Republicans, blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God [...]
Photograph; Students look for their classrooms on the opening day of instruction at the Westchester Secondary Charter school. (Los Angeles Times / September 3, 2013) By Diane Ravitch | Originally Published at The Los Angeles Times October 1, 2013 Los Angeles has more charter schools than any [...]
Read the headline George W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind Abandoned By Texas Might any us wish to write our own ironic statement? The iconic former Governor of Texas, George W. Bush, or perhaps more accurately, his iconic legislation, No Child Left Behind, has been [...]
In the summer of 2013 House Republicans dropped funding for food stamps and other nutritional programs from the Farm Bill. Historically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) comprised about 80 percent of the funds allocated in the Farm Bill. Cost savings were claimed as the reason for [...]
Freshman Kyle Thompson was expelled and faced a criminal charge after a confrontation with his science teacher. (Courtesy photo) By myFOXDetroit.com Staff - email and Alexis Wiley, Fox 2 News - email | Originally Published at Fox 2 News Headlines . September 23, 2013 11:09 PM EDT [...]
Civil Rights Groups Dispute Memo To State Board On New Funding Formula By John Fensterwald Originally Published at EdSource. September 3, 2013 In a sign of a skirmish to come, leaders of 30 civil rights and [...]
