IL school snapshots in a quick minute: Mar. 14
The general primary election arrives in Illinois on March 15. 4 Republicans are still in the presidential race. Plus other school news.
(John) King of the (Capitol) Hill
The Senate confirmed the nomination of John B King Jr as US Education Secretary Monday afternoon.
Supreme Court won’t review rap-song suspension
A student who posted a rap video was suspended because what he said was threatening, but the US Supreme Court refused to review that suspension.
Algebra 1 PARCC question: compare job offers
The point at which something more expensive to buy becomes less expensive because operating costs aren't as high can be modeled with a system of linear equations.
High school starts too early in Bloomington-Normal
Normal, Illinois-based Unit 5 schools are expected to vote on a measure to change school start times from the current 7:15 AM for high school.
Concerns over lead in Newark school water
Fears of lead in drinking water at schools have spiked after the Flint water crisis and a realization that lots of schools have old pipes.
Algebra 1 PARCC question: graph Ay + Bx = C
We have lots of equivalent ways of writing equations for lines, or linear functions, including slope-intercept, point-slope, and Ax+By=C.
The road to the Illinois primary turns violent
Violence has erupted on the campaign trail, mainly surrounding the campaign stops of Republican candidate Donald J Trump.
Algebra 1 PARCC question: predict from data
You can find the average of a set of data and use it to model the behavior of a system that is under investigation in the real world.
Women learn self-defense at a Lutheran school
A small Lutheran school in Carroll Co., Md., brought in a self-defense expert to train women and girls how to survive an assault.