Bosnia experiences worst flooding in at least 120 years
A weather disaster has flooded parts of Serbia and Bosnia, leaving at least 43 dead and thousands homeless or without power.
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Paul Katula
Paul Katula is the executive editor of the Voxitatis Research Foundation, which publishes this blog. For more information, see the About page.
Stories by Paul Katula
California Chrome, Ky. Derby & Preakness champ
By Paul Katula
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We congratulate California Chrome, winner of Baltimore's most famous horse race, the 139th Preakness Stakes.
High school start times in Md. may be changing
By Paul Katula
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High school students in Md. could soon be starting high school a little later and getting a little more time for sleep.
Should calculators be allowed during student testing?
By Paul Katula
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As the UK is set to ban calculator use on math tests in certain grade levels, we take a fresh look at their use on tests in the US.
School board politics heat up in Charles County
By Paul Katula
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Some accusations and emails are flying around in one Md. county, as candidates for the school board jockey for votes this fall.
Don’t use student test scores to evaluate teachers
By Paul Katula
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Statisticians are warning against using value-added models and student test data to evaluate teachers. Here's another published report.
Ore. 1st graders grow lettuce, feed classmates
By Paul Katula
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Students learned about math, the plant life cycle, and nutrition as they grew lettuce for use in their school cafeteria.
Suburbs vs poorer districts in IL school funding debate
By Paul Katula
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A bill in the IL Gen Assembly could change all there is to change about the way the state funds schools. Not likely in an election year.
33 IL supt's want to eliminate a charter commission
By Paul Katula
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A bill that would eliminate a charter school commission in Illinois that impedes local control is stalled. School leaders want it back on the calendar.
Schools can't exclude undocumented immigrants
By Paul Katula
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The US Depts of Justice and Education, hearing that schools discourage undocumented immigrants from applying, have issued guidelines once again.