Music selections at graduation ceremony questioned
Some people considered the selection of music at Rich East HS in Park Forest, Ill., inappropriate for the graduation ceremony, but the band has been under stress recently.
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Stories by Paul Katula
3 NCLB reauthorization bills are now in play
By Paul Katula
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The US Congress now has three bills to consider that reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and tweak some of the changes introduced by No Child Left Behind.
School districts risk lawsuits by ignoring bullies
By Paul Katula
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Almost every state has enacted laws designed to prevent bullying, and more lawsuits have been filed, charging school districts with negligence in protecting students under those laws.
Physics, frisbee, & friends: 'Over the Hills & Far Away'
By Paul Katula
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The GRAMMY Foundation gave Neuqua Valley High School its top honor for a school last month. One trumpeter provides a clue about how the Music Department achieves at such a high level.
Giant puppet dreads declaration signed by NYC students
By Paul Katula
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2 NY teachers taught a lesson about the Declaration of Independence using a large scroll modeled after the document in that it was intended to tell a government about the wrongs being inflicted on its subjects.
New version of NCLB introduced in Senate
By Paul Katula
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A bill introduced in the Senate Education Committee today would try to rewrite No Child Left Behind, but the bill faces a challenge in both chambers, as it has very little, if any, Republican support.
To end the year, another toy gun-suspension story
By Paul Katula
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A 5-year-old in Calvert County, Md., was suspended for bringing a toy cap gun onto a school bus last week, following a lengthy questioning without his parents present.
Vox ætatis: A symphony of friends & dedicated teachers
By Paul Katula
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A student from one of the nation's best high school music programs, at least if the GRAMMY Foundation has anything to say about it, says her teachers make music come alive.
IL teacher reprimanded for reminding students of rights
By Paul Katula
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A history teacher in Batavia, Ill., was reprimanded for telling his students about their Fifth Amendment rights, but he may have been mistaken on a technicality.
Md. students create self-destructing crab traps
By Paul Katula
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In the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere, abandoned crab traps continue to ensnare crabs, but some students in Maryland have invented a solution to the problem.