Opinion: Are students hurt by low-paid teachers?
Teacher salaries have recently been a major source of contention for both public employees and the public at large. Though not a groundbreaking revelation, the New York Times…
Month: December 2011
NYC ban on after-school worship services stands
The Supreme Court rejected on Monday a plea from a tiny evangelical church in the Bronx to overturn New York City's ban on religious worship services at public…
How the food industry controls student meals
An increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals is making students—a captive market—fat and sick while pulling in hundreds of…
Teen ‘sexting’: Less common than parents, educators might fear
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Mom says her film is sparking education reform nationwide
With her groundbreaking documentary "Race to Nowhere," Vicki Abeles has become the catalyst for a reform movement focused on reducing stress in students' lives and making education meaningful,…
Opinion: AP classes: Absolutely preposterous weapons of mass instruction
Weapons of Mass Instruction have been discovered in schools nationwide. Standardization of education is a plague that comes in many forms but none as detrimental as the AP…
Students win $100,000 scholarships by tossing footballs
There are a lot of college scholarships available that can be classified as unusual, even eccentric, says Valerie Strauss, columnist for the Washington Post.
College admissions strategy for some seniors: Don’t identify as Asian
"I didn't want to put `Asian' down," Olmstead says, "because my mom told me there's discrimination against Asians in the application process," the Associated Press reports.
Student graduation threatened in school course credit scandal
A Bronx school in New York is under investigation for allegations of credit irregularities that could threaten some students' abilities to graduate this year, the Huffington Post reports.
Initiative aims for 100,000 new STEM teachers
A new national movement aims to increase the supply of math and science teachers and retain excellent teachers currently in U.S. classrooms by preparing 100,000 new math and…
An appliance approach to data backup
What are we hearing in the educational arena regarding IT today? Use resources as efficiently as possible. Get more out of what we have. Leverage a well-working IT…
eSchool News 2011 Year in Review
•;How “Bring Your Own Device” spells salvation to budget-punished schools •Why new web-search formulas could have a profound effect on students and society •How teachers are turning learning…
In heart of Silicon Valley, school succeeds with no-tech education
The Waldorf School of the Peninsula sits in the midst of Silicon Valley, home to the nation's leading tech companies and startups. It educates the children of tech…
HIV positive boy denied admission sues Hershey school
The family of an HIV-positive boy sued a boarding school in Hershey, Pennsylvania after it denied admission to the 13-year-old citing safety concerns, a school official said on…
Should schools alone be held accountable for student achievement?
What if schools didn't have to work alone to improve student achievement? That was the question we asked in a recent article about the miserable state of public…
Opinion: Why gifted students can be so challenging
What do Woody Allen and Steve Jobs have in common? Among other things (including brilliant, creative minds), they both hated school and were discipline problems, says Mark Phillips,…
Student brutally beaten in school bathroom in ’30 seconds’ game
The family of a Detroit 8th-grader who was filmed being brutally beaten in a school bathroom says they are outraged by the way the school handled the situation,…
Are the SAT and ACT overrated?
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States make strides in collecting education data
Although states have made strong progress increasing their capacity to build and use longitudinal data systems, they aren’t yet helping educators, parents, and other stakeholders use the data…
Poor schools don’t get “fair share”: Education Department
Many poor public schools do not pay teachers and educators as much as wealthier schools just a few miles away, according to a survey of 13,000 school districts…
Diocese letter pushed principals to promote vouchers
Just how involved did the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh get in the effort to promote vouchers? Very, the Washington Post reports.
Google exec: Online piracy bills in Congress wrong
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday that it would be a mistake for Congress to approve Hollywood-backed legislation meant to combat online piracy because it would be…
When computers become classrooms
As school districts nationwide cut back on essentials, three quarters of them plan to expand their digital offerings over the next three years, according to a new survey…
Watch: Scientists optimize 3D printer to create new bones
We won't be surprised if the time comes when we can print just about anything, says Yahoo! News.
Georgia’s largest district launches all-digital learning platform
Georgia’s Gwinnett County Public Schools has taken a huge step forward in its move to an all-digital education for its students: The district has partnered with Houghton Mifflin…