School Actions for Emergencies
Duncan: Hard to teach kids scared of being killed
Too many students worry more about being killed by a gun than learning in the classroom, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said on Jan. 17, as he cautioned that…
Obama to unveil gun violence, school security measures
President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence and boost school security will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, as well as…
Could janitors be one school’s line of defense?
A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non-teaching employees with handguns this year—perhaps even janitors.…
Judge: School can move girl in ID-tracking case
A Texas school district can transfer a student who is citing religious reasons for her refusal to wear a so-called “smart ID” card that is part of an…
Parents hesitant about NRA’s proposal for more guns in schools
The nation's largest gun-rights lobby on Dec. 21 called for the placement of an armed police officer in every school, but parents and educators question how safe such…
Changes in law aim to protect kids’ internet privacy
Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Dec. 19 imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young…
D.C. charter school would teach all but math and English online
A controversial computer-based learning model is competing with eight other proposals to be one of the next charter schools approved for the District, the Washington Examiner reports. …
Sensors are everywhere, and a new project wants to bring them to the classroom for cheap
One interesting element of Google I/O this year were the sensors laid out everywhere around Moscone tracking environmental data throughout the event, TechCrunch reports.…
Medical schooling for children?
We shudder at the thought of half of young Americans not being able to place New York on a map, Forbes reports. …
Free school offering ‘cross-subject’ learning approved by Michael Gove
The Guardian reports that an unorthodox secondary school offering "cross-subject projects" rather than traditional classroom lessons, is among the latest tranche of free schools to be approved.…
All Virginia students to use computers for standardized tests
All Virginia students will have to log on to a computer to take this year’s Standards of Learning tests, making Virginia one of the only states to wholly…
Massive tornado rips through Moore, Okla.
A devastating, mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, killing dozens of people—including children—decimating homes, businesses and a pair of elementary schools in the suburb of…