Kids are sweltering, unengaged without air conditioning
We should try to find ways to reduce the effects of high heat on kids in classrooms, where their bodies' cooling efficiency isn't very good.
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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
IL imposes 1-year moratorium on virtual charter schools
By Paul Katula
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A 1-year virtual charter school moratorium has been imposed in Illinois. The new law also seeks more information about the effects of virtual charter schools.
#askPARCC for info on Common Core-aligned tests
By Paul Katula
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A series of town hall meetings about the 22-state assessment consortium known as PARCC will be held on Twitter, beginning with an introduction to PARCC tests on June 5.
A doomsday budget is approved for Philadelphia schools
By Paul Katula
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Not too many words we can say about this one—just prayers. Support staff, resource staff, art and music teachers, and many nurses will be gone if the approved budget doesn't get reversed.
Is Obama playing politics with student loan rates?
By Paul Katula
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Two slightly different plans for how to deal with student loan rates are up for consideration in Washington: the rate is likely to be tied to market factors rather than being set directly by Congress.
Scripps National Spelling Bee: Arvind Mahankali
By Paul Katula
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By spelling "tokonoma" and "knaidel," Arvind Mahankali won this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. At his fourth appearance in the finals, he conquered "the German curse."
Vox ætatis: High school choir and a GRAMMY
By Paul Katula
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We continue our Vox ætatis series with an interview of a member of the vocal music programs at Naperville's prestigious Neuqua Valley High School.
Montgomery Co., Md., report cards questioned
By Paul Katula
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A new report card format, which reports student progress not against a percent-correct scale of A-E but against the performance standards in the new Common Core, has confused parents.
Chicagoland High School Film Festival semifinalists
By Paul Katula
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We know about one film that won an award on May 17 at the Chicagoland High School Film Festival: Ruin, by three students at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights.
Teaching in teams, if done right, can be effective
By Paul Katula
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If team teaching is used to reduce the student:teacher ratio to a very low number, say 6:1, one nonprofit startup has a promising approach, as President Obama observed earlier this month.