Opinion: Why blame the teachers?
With states and cities going through hard times, teachers, their pensions and their unions have become big targets for budget cutters, says the New York Times.
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Taking photos of breakfast and giving meals to children
Breakfast eaters around the country are photographing their bowls of cereal, plates of eggs and assorted pastries, not out of a personal obsession with food but for a…
Wisconsin labor battle heats up on YouTube
National newspapers, television, and radio stations aren't the only places where the Wisconsin labor conflict is playing out; now, both sides have taken to YouTube with ad campaigns…
Teachers wonder, why the scorn?
The jabs Erin Parker has heard about her job have stunned her. Oh you pathetic teachers, read the online comments and placards of counterdemonstrators. You are glorified baby…
Obama, Jeb Bush to visit Miami high school
When President Barack Obama and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stand side by side at a Miami high school, it will be an opportunity for the Democrat to…
Readers weigh in on treating education as a business
While many readers argue that schools could learn a lot from business, a majority agree with the premise that businesses and schools have fundamentally different missions and therefore…
Labor protest draws tens of thousands in Wisconsin
A crowd estimated at more than 70,000 people on Saturday waved American flags, sang the national anthem, and called for the defeat of a Wisconsin plan to curb…
Leader of teachers’ union urges dismissal overhaul
Responding to criticism that tenure gives even poor teachers a job for life, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, announced a plan Thursday to…
Schools boost efforts to ID fake student addresses
Kelley Williams-Bolar, alarmed after her home was broken into, yanked her two daughters out of their urban Akron, Ohio, schools and enrolled them in her father's suburban school…
Detroit schools closing: Michigan officials order Robert Bobb to shut half the city’s schools
State education officials have ordered the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools to immediately implement a plan that balances the district's books by closing half its schools,…
Arizona university founds civility institute
A university in Tucson is seeking to turn the shooting rampage that severely wounded U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords last month into a teachable moment with a new institute…
Racial flaps dog ‘Bama despite progress
Months after the University of Alabama dedicated a plaza and clock tower to its earliest black students, the school has been swamped with unwelcome attention over the past…
A nationwide day for honoring Charles Darwin, but handled with caution
There was trepidation on both sides when a squadron of biologists set out to celebrate Darwin Day in rural America during the weekend, the New York Times reports.
Hispanic students make strides on AP exams, College Board reports
Hispanic high school students in the US now make up a greater share of those achieving a passing score on an Advanced Placement (AP) exam than at any…
Counting by race can throw off some numbers
The chameleon-like quality of some people's racial and ethnic identification might seem trivial except that statistics on ethnicity and race are used for many important purposes, reports the…
Laura Bush to announce 2nd education initiative
The George W. Bush Institute is planning to introduce its second big education initiative Wednesday, a program that seeks to improve graduation rates by focusing on middle schools,…
Principal shot, killed at Calif. elementary school
A school janitor was arrested Wednesday in the killing of a Northern California elementary school principal who was hailed as a role model for other educators.
Schools to compete for Obama commencement address
The White House is offering public high schools across the country a chance to win a commencement address by President Barack Obama, reports the Associated Press.
No junk food for you! Parents and principals not pleased about coming school lunch guidelines
Many school lunch items could be gone now that the federal government has issued new restrictions on fat and sodium offered during the school day, reports Time.
NY city councilmen among 24 arrested in school protest
According to Reuters, twenty-four people, including two members of the New York City Council, were arrested on Monday at a protest over plans to close two dozen city…
Duncan, Lee urge more black men to become teachers
Filmmaker Spike Lee joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan in issuing a call Monday for more black men to become teachers, making their plea at the country's only all-male…
Readers sound off on value-added model, district efficiency
In recent eSchool News stories, we asked readers if teachers should be evaluated using the value-added model, and whether school districts should be judged based on their efficiency.…
Holocaust historical data goes digital
The world's largest collection of Holocaust documents is going digital, the Associated Press reports.
LA schools step up security after student shooting
Security officers wielding metal detecting wands meticulously searched students Wednesday as they waited in a long line outside a Los Angeles high school where two 15-year-olds were shot…
Pew study says internet users more social, civically engaged
That old stereotype that internet users are isolated and anti-social is getting harder and harder to justify, ReadWriteWeb reports. In ... Read more
Solution to crowded schools? How about birth control?
The solution to school overcrowding? According to New York City Schools Chancellor Cathleen P. Black, it might just be birth control, reports the New York Times.
Michelle Obama sees lessons after Arizona shooting
First lady Michelle Obama urged parents across the United States on Thursday to talk to their children about the Arizona shootings and use the event to teach them…
Republican school board in N.C. backed by tea party abolishes integration policy
The sprawling Wake County School District has long been a rarity. Some of its best, most diverse schools are in the poorest sections of this capital city. And…
NY archdiocese to close 27 schools, saving $10M
The Archdiocese of New York says 27 Catholic schools that received heavy subsidies due to declining enrollment will close at the end of the current academic year, the…
‘Whitewashing’ of literary classics paints controversy
The internet is abuzz with reaction to a publisher’s controversial decision to replace the N-word with "slave" in Mark Twain's classic novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in an…
University mistake sends disqualification letters
Officials at California State University, Los Angeles, have apologized to about 500 students who mistakenly received letters saying they'd been academically disqualified from returning for the winter quarter,…
Chicago Public Schools investigated: Misspending, use of clout discovered
An investigation has led to the discovery of lavish spending by two former presidents of the Chicago Board of Education, all while schools faced a serious budget crisis,…
Publisher tinkers with Twain
A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is missing something, reports the New York Times.
School district probed in Walsh suicide
Federal education officials have launched a probe into the Central California school district where Seth Walsh, who was 13 years old, took his own life after suffering antigay…
Immigration vote leaves Obama’s policy in disarray
The vote by the Senate on Saturday to block a bill to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant students was a painful setback to…
To attract the next Google, the city seeks a new college
Worried that New York City is not spawning enough technology-based start-up companies with the potential to become big employers like Google, city officials are inviting universities around the…
Jackson Browne: Singer, L.A. charter school board member
Jackson Browne is a commercially successful and critically acclaimed musician. He is also a longtime activist on causes ranging from Tibetan independence to opposing nuclear power. And now…
Los Angeles schools to seek sponsors
The football field at a public school here, in the second largest school district in the country, soon may be brought to students by Nike, reports the New…
Former Prime Minister of Britain embarks on a global opportunity at N.Y.U.
Gordon Brown was at New York University, where he talked about his new book, led a discussion with selected students and eased into the Greenwich Village institution that…
Time names Mark Zuckerberg 2010 Person of the Year
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of The Facebook social networking site that has more than half a billion users, was named Time magazine's 2010 Person of the…