Photograph; Angel Nevins, center, and her friend and classmate Jade Smith, left, wait for their signal to ring their hand bells as children from the Anderson Grove Head Start program in Caledonia, Mississippi, ring their hand bells to accompany several patriotic songs, Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at [...]
Students and community leaders have protested plans to open a new charter school across the street from Prosser High School, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel appears to be pushing ahead. |Lauren Fitzpatrick/Sun-Times Media By Ben Joravsky. | The Chicago Reader. December 31, 2013 Combatants in the great charter [...]
Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEucates. December 24, 2013 'Twas the day after Christmas and all through the [Senate and] House. Not a creature was stirring. Not even a mouse. We knew it was coming. Once again promises of salvation would deliver [...]
Photograph; By Mark Makela for The New York Times | Overcrowding in Classrooms: Across the country, public schools employ about 250,000 fewer people than before the recession. | View the Slide Show By Motoko Rich Originally Published at The New York times. | December 22, 2013 COATESVILLE, [...]
Photograph; Katherine Myers, founder of the Great Lakes Academy Charter School, said community feedback in the South Shore neighborhood showed a strong support for the school. Say that community schools are under-utilized. Close those neighborhood schools. Insist the children walk for miles on unsafe streets or travel [...]
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.
By Teresa Watanabe | Originally Published at The Los Angeles Times. December 9, 2013 District officials say having to annually verify students' family income to qualify for extra state dollars costs time and money. Major California school districts fear they will be shortchanged millions of dollars [...]
Spending is an interesting subject. More often than not talk of the topic causes great strife. Marriages end over money. Friendships fracture too. Political parties part ways when the dollars are debated. At the same time, Conservatives, Liberals, and Independents agree; Education is our nation's priority. We [...]
