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Milwaukee’s voucher program discriminates based on disabilities, ACLU says

June 8, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Milwaukee's voucher system, which allows low-income students to attend private schools using tax dollars, discriminates based on disability, according to a complaint filed Tuesday by the American Civil…

District Management

Study: Community job loss leads to decline in student achievement

June 8, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Studies have long indicated that children whose parents lose jobs will falter academically. But new evidence shows that widespread job loss doesn't only affect the children of the…

District Management

Denver Schools: Major overhaul is similar to others across the country

June 7, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

Northeast Denver's public schools will look unfamiliar when the area's 10,000 students return in August, reports the Huffington Post.

District Management

As school turnarounds strike out, try, try again

June 6, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

In hundreds of poor schools, millions of dollars of School Improvement Grants (SIG) are being announced, reports the Huffington Post.

Curriculum

Students automatically enrolled in AP classes

June 3, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

One Washington school district has taken a giant leap this year in pushing students to take college preparatory courses, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

Are magnet schools perpetuating segregation?

June 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The debate over segregation continues at one of the nation's top schools after the principal received the following message: integrate or lose funding, reports the Huffington Post.

District Management

Education laws in Ohio subject of repeal campaign, budget skirmish

June 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Ohio senators have axed wording that strips public employees of most collective-bargaining rights and mandates merit pay for teachers from the state's upcoming spending plans in a move…

District Management

The global search for education: More focus on Finland

June 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The Finns had a crisis," life-long educator, best-selling author, and Harvard professor Tony Wagner explains as we discuss his new film, The Finland Phenomenon, made with acclaimed documentary…

Teaching & Learning

Missouri tornado: Schools statewide get creative in helping Joplin

May 31, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Schools throughout Missouri are going beyond traditional fundraisers to help victims of the E-F5 tornado in Joplin that took the lives of 125 at last count, reports the…

District Management

Alabama House passes bill that maintains teacher tenure but dilutes its protections

May 27, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

On Wednesday evening, Alabama became the latest state to pass a law that makes it easier to fire teachers, reports the Huffington Post.

District Management

Wisconsin teachers outed after February sick-out to support labor protest

May 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A recent spate of Wisconsin public information requests forced school districts to determine whether citizens deserve to know if teachers who took sick days on Feb. 16 were…

District Management

Los Angeles teachers union seeks to halt new evaluation pilot

May 24, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

As different districts and states re-imagine the way teachers should be graded, the country's second largest school system has hit a roadblock, reports the Huffington Post.

District Management

White teachers told they’re unfit to teach black students

May 18, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Four white Philadelphia teachers filed federal race-bias lawsuits that accuse a black principal of creating a hostile work environment and suggesting they were unfit to teach black children,…

Curriculum

7 quirky ways students learn Shakespeare

May 18, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Springtime may bring April showers and May flowers, but the spring weather also brings students out to parks to perform Shakespeare. Outdoor public performances are one of the…

District Management

Tennessee’s state-controlled school district puts reform to the test

May 16, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

By accepting a job as superintendent of a new Tennessee school district, Chris Barbic has positioned himself as the face of an up-and-coming governance model for reforming failing…

District Management

Immigration issues pose growing difficulty for American schools

May 11, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Pressure is mounting across the country against illegal immigrants in American schools, reports the Huffington Post.

Research

Nearly half of Detroit’s adults are functionally illiterate, report finds

May 9, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

According to the Huffington Post, Detroit's population fell by 25 percent in the last decade. And of those that stuck around, nearly half of them are functionally illiterate,…

District Management

Carole Hankin, Syosset Superintendent, takes home $500,000 in pay and perks

March 9, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

As the debate over education budget cuts escalates across the country, one New York Superintendent, Carole Hankin, has garnered attention for the amount of zeros on her paycheck,…

District Management

Detroit schools closing: Michigan officials order Robert Bobb to shut half the city’s schools

February 22, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

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,…

IT Management

Worst products of CES 2011

November 5, 2013January 11, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show was full of game-changing technology--think Verizon's 4G LTE network and Motorola's Atrix smartphone--but there were more than a few tech flops as well,…

District Management

Chicago Public Schools investigated: Misspending, use of clout discovered

January 5, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

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,…

District Management

Editorial: Why Cathie Black?

November 11, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Joel Klein, New York City's schools chancellor, is quitting to go to work for Rupert Murdoch - to help him put the News Corp. empire "in the education…

District Management

Bill Gates is wrong: College campuses will not fade away

November 5, 2013August 25, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

Earlier this month, billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates predicted that place-based colleges soon will be significantly less important as online learning continues to grow. Writing for the Huffington…

IT Management

How video will likely create, rather than kill, the classroom “star”

November 5, 2013July 7, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

First it was music. Then it was theater. Now it's ... education? Technology has enabled inexpensive reproduction of a wide variety of media, which has in turn radically…

District Management

How to find the best party school in America? Read between the texts

April 14, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

If you're a college student and you've recently sent a drunk text, your message could end up on the internet.

Teaching & Learning

The 3×5 Learning Revolution

April 14, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Twenty years after technology began transforming every other sector, there is finally enough movement on enough fronts --15 to be precise -- that, despite resilience, everything will change,…

Milwaukee’s voucher program discriminates based on disabilities, ACLU says

Study: Community job loss leads to decline in student achievement

Denver Schools: Major overhaul is similar to others across the country

As school turnarounds strike out, try, try again

Students automatically enrolled in AP classes

Are magnet schools perpetuating segregation?

Education laws in Ohio subject of repeal campaign, budget skirmish

The global search for education: More focus on Finland

Missouri tornado: Schools statewide get creative in helping Joplin

Alabama House passes bill that maintains teacher tenure but dilutes its protections

Wisconsin teachers outed after February sick-out to support labor protest

Los Angeles teachers union seeks to halt new evaluation pilot

White teachers told they’re unfit to teach black students

7 quirky ways students learn Shakespeare

Tennessee’s state-controlled school district puts reform to the test

Immigration issues pose growing difficulty for American schools

Nearly half of Detroit’s adults are functionally illiterate, report finds

Carole Hankin, Syosset Superintendent, takes home $500,000 in pay and perks

Detroit schools closing: Michigan officials order Robert Bobb to shut half the city’s schools

Worst products of CES 2011

Chicago Public Schools investigated: Misspending, use of clout discovered

Editorial: Why Cathie Black?

Bill Gates is wrong: College campuses will not fade away

How video will likely create, rather than kill, the classroom “star”

How to find the best party school in America? Read between the texts

The 3×5 Learning Revolution

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

ClassMate by World Book Recognized with Prestigious ISTE Seal

School Specialty Honors Top Educators with 12th Annual Crystal Apple Awards

Follett Content Accelerates Public Library Strategy

Celebrating Teachers: Nominate Outstanding Educators for Crystal Apple Awards

School Specialty Expands Learning Beyond the Screen with New Outdoor Furniture Line

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