Hungry students want to change food truck law
A variety of food choices at lunch is what kids say they want; the USDA stands behind nutrition standards in the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act....
Mass. students create powerful artwork on testing
A teacher in Mass. gave her art students an assignment: Show how you feel about standardized tests. Powerful, expressive, haunting stuff here. [...]Read More... from...
Madison board bans shirts with Indian teams
A Wis. school district has banned, say, team jerseys that have Native American mascots. We're neutral on the morals but think banning T-shirts was a...
Suicide at the socioeconomic extremes
2014-15 saw an increase in media reports of teen suicide, both among those with missing parents & those with helicopter parents. [...]Read More... from Suicide...
Hard to learn in the heat of Baltimore Co.
The suffocating heat in classrooms in 1 Baltimore County school (and others) makes even the simplest tasks difficult. [...]Read More... from Hard to learn in...
PARCC tests disrupt school schedules in Ohio
Now that the PARCC tests have finished, we're starting to hear rumblings that the tests disrupted schedules and impaired instruction in our schools. [...]Read More......
Who runs schools: board, legislature, governor?
We wonder sometimes who runs public schools anymore, now that politicians are fighting with educators over how our students should be taught. [...]Read More... from...
Pope seeks action on climate change
An encyclical has been issued from the Holy See in Rome, saying we should take action to stop causing climate change. Finally! [...]Read More... from...
Ohio charter faked student enrollment numbers
A now-closed charter school fraudulently padded its enrollment numbers so it would receive more than $1 million more than it deserved. [...]Read More... from Ohio...
Court rules for Ariz. in English learner case
A federal appeals court finds schools weren't breaking any laws when they were asked to separate Spanish-speaking students for 4 hours a day to teach...