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 mistake.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 them English.
Books thrown out as Balto. high school closes
Some books, maybe more than 1,000, were thrown into the trash or recycled as Baltimore City closed one of its high schools. Pitiful.
Nepal quake changed Mt Everest's movement
Mt Everest normally moves to the northeast, but the earthquake in Nepal made it change direction to the southwest. By about an inch.