Text alerts spur parental engagement
Parents who get text messages about their kids' missing school work or cut classes are more likely to follow up with the school or the kid.
Students react in print to a few Trump issues
Many Jewish cemeteries have been vandalized; some students remain optimistic despite bigotry Trump's campaign may have encouraged.
Because of casting, “13” at Atholton is “lit”
The success of a musical depends on many things, but especially on the people who make it happen. Students and teachers. In memory of Robbie Babbitt.
In Oklahoma, a voucher bill dies like poor Jud
Another voucher bill goes down in the state legislature, this time in Oklahoma. Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay! Yeeow!
A few reasons for and against vouchers
Vouchers, which send public money to private schools, are in for a battle, and some news commentators say a battle line has been drawn.
A new idea for lunch: make it your way
Students at a Md. high school will have tastier lunches to choose from, thanks to efforts by the school district's food service workers.
Algebra 1 PARCC: system of inequalities
Creating 2 equations in 2 unknowns to describe a set of conditions is a skill algebra 1 students need if they'll be taking the PARCC test this spring.
The question: Boost or boot vouchers in Maryland?
Should Maryland increase the funding for vouchers that help public school students attend private schools or throw the program out?
Comments posted on civil rights data collection
Comments for the Civil Rights Data Collection at the US Dept of Education are now closed. Let's see what the dept does with the massive data collection effort.
Trump addresses Congress for the 1st time
Donald Trump delivered a speech before a joint session of Congress last night, denouncing bigotry, calling for school choice, and pleading for harmony.