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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

U-46 bilingual education: exemplary or limited?

By Paul Katula •
In a lawsuit alleging Illinois's second-largest school district unfairly denied access to quality programs by blacks and Hispanics, the court heard from two experts in bilingual education with different views on the quality of U-46's program.

Is sleep-learning via sensory input possible?

By Paul Katula •
Sleep-learning studies are difficult for a variety of reasons, but a group in Israel thinks they have shown that sleep-learning is possible—not through speaking to people while they're sleeping, but through getting them to tie the sense of smell to the sense of hearing.

High school student hit by car outside Baltimore school

By Paul Katula •
A student hit by a car near his high school in Baltimore County, on the first day of school, reminds us all that new traffic on the roads, especially school buses and student pedestrians, should make us pay closer attention. Includes some advice from police in Champaign, Ill.

PDK Poll: What people think about education

By Paul Katula •
We take a look at the 44th annual Phi Delta Kappa-Gallup poll that surveyed Americans' opinions about education. A few findings are interesting, but most are what we would expect based on bombardment of media messages to the American public.

College readiness fair at Neuqua Valley HS

By Paul Katula •
The DuPage County NAACP Youth Works Program sponsored its second annual college readiness fair Saturday at Neuqua Valley High School. The overall message to students was to get organized early for college, dream big, and do what you have to do in order to keep those dreams alive.

New teacher evaluation system in Illinois, Maryland

By Paul Katula •
Teacher evaluations are, by law, to be tied to student performance data, as much as that can be measured. Not the whole evaluation, but about half of it. Oh, and this is a national trend that I totally cannot understand.

Arne Duncan calls for higher teacher pay

By Paul Katula •
The US education secretary visited a high school in Baltimore County last week, saying he supports finding money to increase teachers' salaries. He also addressed the idea of career and technical education, which are high on Maryland's education agenda.

Havana (Ill.) High switches to flipped classrooms

By Paul Katula •
Havana High School will be "flipping" all classrooms during the 2012-13 academic year. Some advice follows from those with some considerable experience in flipping or inverting classrooms.