Lawsuits aim to stop or delay Chicago school closings
Lawsuits filed by parents and the Chicago Teachers Union aim to delay or stop the closure of 54 public schools in Chicago at the end of this school year.
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Paul Katula
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Stories by Paul Katula
Kepler spacecraft in jeopardy, NASA says
By Paul Katula
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A malfunction in one of the reaction wheels on NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which is searching for Earth-like planets orbiting stars besides the sun, may jeopardize the planet-search mission.
Fine arts festivals at all Indian Prairie SD 204 HSs
By Paul Katula
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The high schools in Indian Prairie School District 204 will host fine arts festivals Saturday, May 18. The all-day affairs should be some of the best prepared school entertainment this year.
Middle school is not usually important in peoples’ eyes
By Paul Katula
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A foundation in Wisconsin has given us an idea for helping the teen suicide rate find its way back down in the US: write letters to middle schoolers and let them know they're there in our eyes.
Hearing officers oppose a few Chicago school closings
By Paul Katula
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There have been many attacks on the school closures in Chicago, but none of them seem to have struck a vein at the headquarters of the country's third-largest school district.
Transcription: April 30 student protest in Providence, RI
By Paul Katula
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A student-led protest in Rhode Island, mainly against standardized, high-stakes testing, has convinced a few people that students know what they're talking about.
Study repeats known info on making graphs pretty
By Paul Katula
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We already know everything this new study from Ohio State tells us, and moreover, we knew it more than 20 years ago.
Bible verses on cheerleading banner OK: Texas court
By Paul Katula
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A ruling has been handed down in favor of Texas high school cheerleaders who cheered the school's football team on last fall with sayings taken from the Bible.
Louisiana voucher law ruled unconstitutional
By Paul Katula
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It is unconstitutional (at least in Louisiana) to divert tax dollars away from public schools and give those funds to private schools or other for-profit education providers.
Brand names placed in NY's Common Core tests
By Paul Katula
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Responding to an article written by a New York eighth grader about the inclusion of brand names in reading passages on the state's Common Core-aligned standardized test...