huffington post Archives

Education reform leaves teachers torn across demographics, new study reports

August 3, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A new study conducted by the National Center for Education Information has uncovered both startling similarities and arresting differences between teachers based upon age, background and political inclination,…

District Management

Frank Borzellieri, Bronx principal, fired for racially divisive writings

August 3, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Frank Borzellieri has been fired from his position as principal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for his racially divisive writing following an inquiry from the Archdiocese of…

District Management

Tea Party candidate compares public schools to Nazi regime

August 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Wisconsin tea party organizer and children's book author Kim Simac has admitted to comparing American public schools to the Nazi regime, the Huffington Post reports.

Teaching & Learning

Chicago charters ask public schools for more money; debate takes shape

August 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

There's a debate smoldering, just out of the media spotlight, behind the scenes of Chicago public policy, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

Arne Duncan boosts merit pay at teaching conference

August 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Teachers should have salaries starting at $60,000 and the opportunity to make up to $150,000 based on performance, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told educators at the…

District Management

Teen’s vengeful Facebook bullying turns into sentence for ‘child pornography’

July 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A 17-year-old boy in Perth, Australia has been sentenced to 12 months in juvenile detention for pressuring underage girls to perform sexual acts on a webcam and then…

District Management

School district won’t allow black valedictorian, lawsuit alleges

July 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

After four years of nearly straight-As, Honors and Advanced Placement classes, 18-year-old Kymberly Wimberly achieved the highest GPA at McGehee Secondary School southeast of Little Rock, Ark., according…

District Management

Groupon, Chicago Public Schools partner to give school supplies to low-income students

July 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

One of Chicago's most exciting new start-ups is partnering with its home town to help out low-income public school students, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

Los Angeles school district suspends homework limit policy

July 22, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A new policy that caps homework as a percentage of a student's overall grade has been suspended, the Huffington Post reports.

Curriculum

Texas to revisit evolution education debate under new conservative chairwoman

July 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The Texas State Board of Education meets this week for the first time under its conservative new chairwoman appointed by Gov. Rick Perry and is expected to rekindle…

Teaching & Learning

Compton High School basketball player gives his $40,000 scholarship to teammates

July 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Allan Guei may have just shattered every negative stereotype of high school athletes, reports the Huffington Post.

District Management

Murdoch education affiliate’s $2.7 million consulting contract approved by NYC

July 18, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The New York City Comptroller’s office has approved a $2.7 million consulting contract with Wireless Generation--an education technology company purchased by Rupert Murdoch last November--the Huffington Post has…

District Management

School-based health care programs receive $95 million from affordable care act

July 15, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Obamacare is going to school, says the Huffington Post. In a collaboration between the U.S. Departments of Education and Health & Human Services, the U.S. government is awarding…

District Management

How school districts facing cheating allegations are moving forward

July 14, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

According to the Huffington Post, three year-round elementary schools opened for classes in Atlanta today without problems, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

District Management

Environmentalists, school board oppose plans to mine under high school

July 13, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A subsidiary of the second-largest coal company in the United States is seeking permission to mine directly underneath a high school in West Virginia, reports the Huffington Post.

District Management

Early childhood testing emerges in US and UK

July 11, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Testing early development has a new meaning: 2-year olds in England will be given mandatory "progress checks" under a new government initiative to determine early-age underdevelopment, the Huffington…

District Management

Arne Duncan’s authority over No Child Left Behind questioned by CRS memo

July 7, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Does U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have the legal authority to move forward with a proposal that allows states to bypass school performance requirements set out by…

District Management

History at a crossroads as England reviews national curriculum

July 6, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

When asked about his role in overhauling England's national history curriculum, famed historian Simon Schama understates his contributions.

Curriculum

Summer reading list 2011 for kids (Slideshow)

July 6, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Summer is when students spend the most time out of school in any one sitting, and it's also when children and teenagers most easily lose reading proficiency, the…

IT Management

Calculating student success with credit score tools

November 5, 2013July 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The same predictive analytics used to create credit scores and insurance premiums are now guiding public education, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

Rhode Island’s ban on Facebook in schools too dumb to be a joke

June 30, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

On Thursday, the Rhode Island legislature passed HB 5941, an "anti-bullying" measure that, among its other provisions, imposes a blanket ban on the use of "social networking sites"…

Research

Amount of time teens spend online can improve digital literacy

June 30, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Don't disconnect your kids: teenagers who spend time on the web are more digitally literate during a time when technological proficiency is increasingly important, a recent report suggests,…

District Management

Wisconsin teachers react to Gov. Scott Walker’s newly signed budget

June 30, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

This weekend, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) signed into law a budget that scrapped $800 million in education funding following an earlier law that reduced collective bargaining rights to…

District Management

Walton Family Foundation gives $157 million toward education reform

June 29, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The numbers are in: the Walton Family Foundation invested $157 million in grants for K-12 education reform in 2010, a $23 million increase over its 2009 total of…

District Management

Colorado holds lotto to help underprivileged children pay for private schools

June 29, 2011June 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Douglas County School District officials say their controversial pilot scholarship is going to move forward until a court orders it to stop, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

Brizard, Emanuel suggest CPS teachers make home visits

June 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

In a press conference coordinated with the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO)'s announcement that their organization, which oversees a network of charter schools, is adding instructional days to their…

District Management

Parents enact trigger laws nationwide

June 23, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

It's been seven months since the brave parents at McKinley Elementary School approached Compton Unified and handed in the petitions that sounded off a revolution that has the…

District Management

Florida’s teachers union sues state over pension reform, plans further action

June 22, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Florida's largest teachers union filed suit on Monday to stop the enactment of new pension reform laws, the first lawsuit of potentially many that seek to halt the…

Research

Bipolar diagnoses up 40 times from decade ago

June 22, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A recent study shows that the number of American children diagnosed with bipolar disorder increased 40 times in the last 10 years, the Star Tribune reported.

Teaching & Learning

United Way launches effort to recruit 1 million literacy volunteers

June 22, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

United Way Worldwide officially launched a three-year initiative to recruit 1 million volunteers to promote literacy among children on Tuesday, as part of its annual Day of Action…

STEM & STEAM

Navy plans to invest over $100 million in STEM education

June 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A United States Navy official recently announced a plan to improve its focus on America's science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM) over the five years, the Huffington…

District Management

Education laws in Ohio, Idaho subject of repeal campaigns

June 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Two states are pushing back against new education reforms by putting recently passed laws up for popular vote, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

The NEA and WWE’s new anti-bullying campaign

June 17, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

What if I told you that World Wrestling Entertainment had partnered with the National Education Association to do an anti-bullying campaign? Would you think it was a bad…

District Management

Mom files complaint after daughters given oral sex survey in middle school

June 17, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A Massachusetts mother of two middle school students was alarmed to discover her children had been forced to take a survey about sex in the classroom, the Huffington…

District Management

Mennonite College no longer plays national anthem

June 17, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Goshen College will no longer play The Star-Spangled Banner at sporting events, school leaders announced, reversing last year's decision to allow the use of the national anthem for…

District Management

Alabama’s immigration law: The new Jim Crow

June 16, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Alabama's new law -- with provisions against hiring, harboring or transporting undocumented immigrants -- is bad enough for adults. But it is potentially disastrous for kids? Asks the…

District Management

New Orleans schools would answer to three boards under new proposal

June 16, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

With 75% of New Orleans students slated to attend charter schools next year, some stakeholders say a management split between the far-away state capitol and a local school…

District Management

Communities stand behind librarians facing layoffs

June 14, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

As reports of librarian layoffs continue to surface, librarians have put away their inside voices to fight--with the support from unions, parents, and students--to prove their jobs are…

District Management

Tea Party gears up for 2012 in contentious school voucher fight

June 14, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The fight over school vouchers in Pennsylvania is a test of whether the Tea Party can transition from a protest movement into sustained political activism, reports the Huffington…

District Management

Punish the parents for failing students?

June 9, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Some time ago I wrote a blog post in which I argued, contrary to the current political wisdom (is that an oxymoron?) and education policy that the problem…

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