2 students shot while riding Fla. school bus
While riding a school bus home in Jacksonville, 2 students were brutally shot by a coward from outside the bus. The gunman is still at large.
News & Issues
Bullying declines, national stats show
National data about bullying in school shows that it's occurring less frequently in schools. But it's still a serious problem.
Ohio & Md. move to limit testing
Ohio and Md. lawmakers have taken different paths to a solution, but both have the same goal: reduce testing that only serves to satisfy federal law.
R.I. groups want PARCC-graduation delay
R.I. groups, incl. the ACLU, NCAAP, & Providence Student Union, want to prevent schools from making PARCC tests a graduation requirement until 2020.
US News issues national high school rankings
Maryland can claim to be No. 1 on a list that we feel has very little value in terms of school improvement. Yet it serves as a gold standard.
IL Supreme Court strikes down pension reform
The IL state constitution prohibits a reduction of retirement benefits (pensions) that the state promised retirees when they were first hired.
Durbin warns educators about for-profit colleges
Sen Dick Durbin of IL wants to make certain students avoid for-profit colleges that give students nothing but worthless degrees and high indebtedness.
Teacher Appreciation Week ideas
Teacher Appreciation Week ends Friday, and we have some ideas that might be better than delivering home-baked cookies to the teachers' lounge.
Arson & a stolen violin, etc., in Maine Twp.
A former music student allegedly steals a violin; someone sets a fire in a women's restroom; all 3 high schools make a list published by the <em>Washington Post</em>.
141 students named US Presidential Scholars
141 students, including 2 from IL and 3 from Md., were named US Presidential Scholars Monday, based on their academic performance or excellence in the arts.