Common Core: This, too, shall pass?
Protests are getting smart about the Common Core, and school officials and national teacher union organizations are closing off channels of communication. Makes me wonder.
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Draft photos: Baltimore County Marching Band Showcase
By Paul Katula
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The Office of Music at Baltimore County Public Schools brought nine marching bands to its annual showcase Sunday at Towson University.
30 teams end the regular season in IL undefeated
By Paul Katula
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Congratulations to 30 teams that finished the regular football season in Illinois with a 9-0 record. There are only two asterisks on the list this year.
Common Core protests heat up in 1 La. parish
By Paul Katula
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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 to discussion.
Howard Co. wants you to report bullying, cyberbullying
By Paul Katula
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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 and cyberbullying.
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 the Common Core.
ISBE warns school funding may drop from 89% to 85%
By Paul Katula
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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 the picture painted by the state board becomes reality.
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 done before them.
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 school Tuesday.
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 poverty. What does it mean?