What a 4-day school week might mean for your district
West of the Mississippi, a new approach to seat time is catching on. Roughly 1,000 different schools have transitioned to a four-day school week, which amounts to a…
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Opening up, students transform a vicious circle
There is little down time in Eric Butler’s classroom, The New York Times reports.
Watch: Boy kicked out of school for his genetic makeup
Colman Chadam, an 11-year-old California boy, has been ordered to transfer from his current school to another one miles away because of his genetic makeup. Now, his parents…
Readers: These 10 education policies need to go
We recently asked readers: “If there was one policy/rule that you'd like to have waived for your school/district/state, what would it be and why?” Here are our readers'…
They dropped out of Princeton-for education reform
For the past three years, Princeton University has been home to Catharine Bellinger and Alexis Morin, and their non-profit organization Students for Education Reform, USA Today reports.