The goal: Get good teachers into poor schools
Some thoughts on the ground in real schools facing a high proportion of students living in poverty are presented. Can any of them be used to drive US education policy?
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Paul Katula
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Stories by Paul Katula
Wash. district drops lunch line palm scanner experiment
By Paul Katula
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The school board in Payallup, Wash., said it would stop testing palm scanners in the cafeterias that link student biometric data with a database that holds their pre-paid lunch money accounts.
U of I student laureate praises prep @ Hinsdale South
By Paul Katula
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A special education major was named the student laureate at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and she says her time at Hinsdale South High School in Darien really set her on a good path.
Kansas school bans student prayer meeting posters
By Paul Katula
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Should students be allowed to distribute fliers promoting a religious event that takes place before school but on school grounds?
Nelson Mandela has died
By Paul Katula
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South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, died Thursday. His insistence on forgiveness over vengeance made him the moral center of the nation after apartheid.
IL basketball refs calling more fouls this year
By Paul Katula
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High school basketball in Illinois is likely to see quite a few more fouls called this year as a result of direction from the IHSA to clean up the game.
Tollway's 55-mph limit threatens safety for new drivers
By Paul Katula
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A speed limit of 55 mph on the Illinois tollway may actually make the road more dangerous, especially for new drivers, a k a teenagers fresh out of driver's ed.
Lincoln-Way North student wins IL tollway art contest
By Paul Katula
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Crystal Thorns, a senior at Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort, won the grand prize in the 2014 Illinois Tollway map cover art contest.
IL pension reform cuts retiree benefits
By Paul Katula
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The Illinois General Assembly passed a law yesterday, which Gov Quinn is expected to sign, that cuts retiree benefits in the state's pension system and makes other changes.
Dreadlocks now OK at Baltimore private school
By Paul Katula
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What's with all the fuss over African-American hairstyles, especially in Christian schools? Some girls with dreadlocks have even been threatened with expulsion.