Hollywood Insiders Battle Over Charter Schools
When LAUSD board member and charter school advocate Ref Rodriguez pleaded guilty in July 2018 to a felony count of conspiracy, it seemed that Los Angeles' charter school movement had hit a critical low.
As they ask for more money, two Indiana virtual schools say they are all but closed
As two scandal-plagued virtual charter schools face losing their charters, their attorney appeared before an authorizing board Monday night and described the schools as effectively closed: Students have been told to wrap up their work this week. Teachers haven’t been…
Vaping Moves From the Bathroom to the Classroom
Kids used to duck into the school bathroom to sneak a drag on a cigarette. But with the electronic kind, they are becoming increasingly daring, often vaping right under their teachers’ noses. I spoke to more than two dozen teachers,…
Two El Paso teachers asked for notes to comfort their students. They received thousands
wo El Paso teachers put out a requested to bring comfort to their students after the mass shooting in a Walmart rocked their community. It was answered by the thousands. Teresa Garrett, a fourth grade teacher at Tom Lea Elementary…
Low-Achieving and High-Achieving Students Receive Different Instruction, Report Finds
In reading, math, and science, teachers whose students scored low on a national test reported being less likely to ask their classes to engage in higher-order thinking or offer them advanced work than teachers whose students scored high, a report…
Minnesota students to build solar suitcases to light up classrooms in Kenya’s refugee camp
For hundreds of thousands of students living on the outskirts of Kenya’s refugee camp, learning stops at sunset. After-school programs, parent-teacher conferences, evening and night classes don’t exist. But soon that will change, thanks to Wells Fargo and We Care…
Schools aim to include LGBT and disability rights in history curriculum
The Maryland State Department of Education claimed to be already...in the process of developing curriculum standards incorporating the history of LGBT and disabililty rights in response to a letter from dozens of state lawmakers...calling on Maryland school officials to craft…
White House Sought Ways to Block Undocumented Immigrant Children From Attending Public Schools
Some top aides to President Donald Trump sought for months for a way to give states the power to block undocumented immigrant children from enrolling in public schools — all part of the administration’s efforts to stem illegal crossings at…
This 34-year-old paid off $81,000 in student debt, but not before it took a toll on her mental health
Melanie Lockert, now 34, graduated from California State University of Long Beach in 2006 with an undergraduate degree in theatre. She had borrowed $23,000 while in school and took an administrative job at an arts nonprofit soon after. “I was…
Changes to Food Stamps Projected to Hurt Nebraska Children
Children's advocates are hoping Nebraskans will weigh in on a proposal by the Trump administration that could kick more than 3 million people, including children, out of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). If implemented, an estimated 265,000 children nationwide…
Amid ‘Epidemic’ of School Vaping, a Search for Solutions
One of the toughest challenges for those fighting the problem of vaping in schools may be getting people to realize how big the problem is in the first place. Many teachers and parents don't know that the number of teens…
Ruling backing Gavin Grimm ‘hugely significant’ for transgender students, lawyer says
A recent federal district court ruling in favor of a transgender former student carries major weight, according to advocates. The decision also comes as multiple other cases affecting transgender kids in schools make their way through the courts.
Push for Ethnic Studies in Schools Faces a Dilemma: Whose Stories to Tell
California’s newly proposed model ethnic studies curriculum has led to bitter debate in recent weeks. Discuss a recent instance of police brutality in your community. Read op-eds arguing for and against legal status for unauthorized immigrants. Compare and contrast border…
How Do We Teach With Primary Sources When So Many Voices Are Missing?
In a quiet room at the historic Library Company of Philadelphia here, a group of middle and high school teachers were studying a massacre. The teachers, participants in a summer course offered through the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History,…
Chisholm Public Schools district receives $25,000 STEM grant
Chisholm Public Schools recently was awarded a $25,000 grant to invest in its science, technology, engineering and math curriculum, by America's Farmers Grow Rural Education, a release from the program said. Funded by Bayer pharmaceuticals, the program provided more than…
