Dallas ISD athletic director, coaches fired in recruiting scandal
In a sweeping crackdown, the Dallas school district fired its athletic director, two top basketball coaches and 12 others Friday in a sports recruiting scandal.
How to keep the next Zuckerberg from dropping out
What do Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Coco Chanel, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have in common? As any aspiring entrepreneur will quickly answer, none of these highly successful (and highly wealthy) business moguls graduated from college.
Technology offers special help in special ed
Eleven-year-old Matthew Votto sits at an iPad, his teacher at his elbow. She holds up a small laminated picture of a $20 bill.
Portland Public Schools wants to reduce suspensions and expulsions, following years of disciplining African-Americans at higher rates than whites
Portland Public Schools officials want to reduce suspensions and expulsions by half in certain schools, prodded by yet another year of a wide disparities in discipline between certain racial groups.
North Carolina Senate votes out Common Core
Gov. Pat McCrory said he doesn’t like it, but the legislature moved closer Thursday to replacing Common Core learning standards in math and language arts.
Parents at Phila. school reject takeover by charter
After a bitterly fought battle, parents at Luis Muñoz Marín Elementary have voted to keep their school a part of the Philadelphia public school system, rejecting a charter organization's takeover proposal. Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140606_Parents_at_Phila__school_reject_takeover_by_charter.html#QlpjgyFzMx08meL5.99
Educators, parents gauge pluses, minuses of new math curriculum
Walk into a math lesson in a Greenwich elementary school this year, and you will hear a lot of students chattering. But no one gets in trouble -- in these lessons at least, talking in class is not only tolerated,…
California ahead of most states in abolishing harsh disciplinary policies
A report released this week by The Council of State Governments Justice Center calls on school districts across the nation to hold themselves accountable for a positive school climate as well as test scores.
High School Music, NCLB Mainly Exist in Harmony, Study Finds
It's a popular refrain: High-stakes testing brought on by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has squeezed out the arts as schools focus on the core academic subjects that are assessed by standardized exams. But a new study…
Fallin signs bill repealing Oklahoma Common Core standards
Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill Thursday that repeals the adoption of the standards and directs the Oklahoma Board of Education to create new, more rigorous standards by August 2016.
10 Michigan districts, charter schools shed deficits; several others deeper in red
The financial picture is looking a bit rosier for 10 school districts and charter schools in Michigan that began the school year with a deficit but are expected to be in the black by the end of this month.
ACT college admission test to report new scores in 2015
Starting next year, students who take the ACT college admission test will face a more complex task if they choose to write an essay and will receive new scores for English language arts and the combined fields of science and…
City is losing millions in federal aid for schools because of failure to fill out paperwork for Medicaid claims
The Department of Education is failing to collect Medicaid reimbursements for special-needs students who take part in programs such as speech and occupational therapy, said city Controller Scott Stringer. As a result, the city is losing hundreds of millions of…
Familiar judge to hear school-finance recusal case
A San Antonio judge will decide whether state District Judge John Dietz remains on the school-finance case. District Judge David Peeples of San Antonio was assigned Wednesday to hear Attorney General Greg Abbott’s request to remove Dietz from the long-running…
Baltimore County teachers resigning in greater numbers this year
After 22 years of teaching in Baltimore County, JoAnne Field says she will be leaving her third-grade classroom this year. She loves the children, has a principal she believes is "wonderful and supportive" and is committed to public education. But because…
Behind the school lunch fight
First lady Michelle Obama and school lunch ladies used to be on the same team, but now they’re locked in a political war against each other. For the first three years of Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, the School Nutrition Association,…
