Insights from educators: Priorities for 2023-2024
Education news is full of trends and predictions for the new school year, but hearing from the folks doing the work is a more direct path to understanding…
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The worst eighth-grade math teacher in New York City
For 10 months, Carolyn Abbott waited for the other shoe to drop. In April 2011, Abbott, who teaches mathematics to seventh- and eighth-graders at the Anderson School, a…
Senator introduces legislation to limit class size
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Facilitating Outstanding Classrooms Using Size Reduction (FOCUS) Act of 2011 [bill summary, PDF], which the Senator says would provide states with…
Fight among N.J. public schools over Facebook money
Last fall Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million to improve local schools, but some are worried the money will be funneled to the wrong places, Education News…