Now the PTA calls on Md. to cancel a test
A movement is afoot in several Maryland counties to cancel the administration of the state's standardized test in reading and math this year. [...]Read More......
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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
Weather delays Lake Zurich band members in Madrid
By Paul Katula
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When the weather is this cold, it makes its way into almost every story. One marching band from Chicago's north suburbs was delayed returning home...
Teach for America is like a lone bassoon in Beethoven
By Paul Katula
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Teach for America has produced some excellent young teachers in some of the country's lowest-performing schools. However, a reliance on math test scores misses the...
Polar vortex, #chiberia, whatever—It’s COLD!
By Paul Katula
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The weather forecast is: It's COLD. Dangerous wind chills, near 50 below, threaten Chicago and other regions Tuesday. Many schools are just shut down until...
Bighorn sheep & woodpeckers provide concussion insight
By Paul Katula
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We continue to look for research about concussions and high school football. One study in Cincinnati looks at the fluid pressure that acts as a...
Printed news summary begins Volume 2
By Paul Katula
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Our weekly news summary has begun its second published volume, and we hope you subscribe to this summary, either through the US postal mail or...
What a student wants in a school CEO
By Paul Katula
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We respond to an op-ed in today's Baltimore Sun, in which a student describes the qualities he would like to see in the next CEO...
Digital arts might help Cleveland students learn
By Paul Katula
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A proposed high school in Cleveland might tap students' creativity in the digital arts of movie making, music, and video games not only to learn...
Assailing the Md. state superintendent of schools
By Paul Katula
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A blogger has accused the Maryland state superintendent with unethical practices in promoting the state's role as fiscal agent for a testing consortium with the...
Winter storm closes schools in Md., Northeast
By Paul Katula
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A winter storm has dumped a foot of snow north of Chicago and nearly two feet in some areas in the northeast. If you were...