3 dead in a shooting at a popular teen hangout
Malls are popular hangouts for teens on weekends, and Saturday, the Mall in Columbia, Md., turned into the scene of the latest mass shooting in...
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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.
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Student composers take center stage in Illinois
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Composers from Illinois high schools presented their award-winning works Thursday at the Illinois Music Education Conference in Peoria. [...]Read More... from Student composers take center...
Chicago board approves 7 of 17 charters
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Chicago will get 7 new charter schools next year, which will open on the heels last year of the closure of about 50 neighborhood public...
A retired teacher wonders about ed doublespeak
By Paul Katula
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We respond to a letter in the Baltimore Sun asking why educators say kids should prepare for harder tests and skip the easier ones because...
1st Grammy Music Educator Award: Kent Knappenberger
By Paul Katula
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The winner of the first-ever Music Educator Award from the GRAMMY Foundation has been announced: a music teacher and choir director from a rural school...
Chicago-area girls lose interest in basketball
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There's a trend in Illinois and across the nation for fewer girls to participate in high school basketball and more in volleyball. Why is that?...
New Jersey: State of the State re: education
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Gov Chris Christie gets behind a superintendent in Newark who recently suspended 4 principals, basically, for disagreeing with her educational philosophy. [...]Read More... from New...
Home page backdrop: Mars rover zaps its 100,000th
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Our backdrop this week honors the scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab for the Mars rover Curiosity, which fired its 100,000th laser late last year....
Poorly written, a 4th-grade snowflake problem is a waste
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Looking at a homework assignment given to a Maryland 4th grader, we see a need to give districts and teachers more time to prepare lessons...
Md.'s new need for tech has schools asking for $100 mil
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The technology shortage "problem" in the schools, which may not prevent students from learning, will need to be solved nonetheless for the sake of standardized...