Common Core protests heat up in 1 La. parish
Protests over the Common Core are being shut down across America. The latest report comes from Louisiana, where the top school officer closes every door...
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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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Howard Co. wants you to report bullying, cyberbullying
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A new system has been launched by county and school officials in Howard Co., Md., a system that allows officials to field reports of bullying...
NY school cancels standardized test in preschool
By Paul Katula
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New York has moved to reduce standardized testing, based mainly on protests that are now being heard in state departments of education across America over...
ISBE warns school funding may drop from 89% to 85%
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State aid to schools, which is already lower than it would be in an ideal world in Illinois, may get even lower, at least if...
At homecoming dances, twerking is generally banned
By Paul Katula
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Whether you agree or not, school officials continue to ban dirty dancing moves at homecoming and other school-sponsored dances, just as generations of adults have...
Math teacher slain; student charged with murder
By Paul Katula
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Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Colleen Ritzer, 24, who was murdered in Danvers, Mass., and thrown in the woods behind the...
Poverty, the brain, depression, and test scores
By Paul Katula
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A look at poverty among US students reveals a spike in the number of states where more than half of the students are living in...
Teacher who used the N-word in class still has a case
By Paul Katula
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A Chicago middle-school teacher was suspended for using the N-word in class to teach a lesson about the negative power of certain language. He's suing...
Md. to host 2 more Q&A sessions on Common Core
By Paul Katula
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The Md. State Dept of Ed has added two informational sessions to disseminate info about the Common Core: one in western and one in southern...
A teacher hero & student gunman are dead in Reno
By Paul Katula
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A teacher who tried to get a gun away from a middle school student in Nevada was shot by that student before he turned the...