News & Issues

People who oppose the use of standardized tests say "poverty" is the biggest problem facing schools. I'm not truly sure poverty can be classified as a "problem," but I know it's getting worse in the US.

An interesting radio program aired on WBEZ last week about Hales Franciscan, a Catholic high school on Chicago's south side which opened its doors to girls for the 1st time this year.

A student protest in R.I., led by the Providence Student Union, is over high-stakes testing. The tests, required under federal law, are a waste of valuable time, for the most part.

A rare winter storm hit the South Tuesday and left many people stranded on roads for so long that it tested their stamina. Some of them, including 2 busloads of kids, had to be rescued.

We comment on a few remarks made by President Barack Obama in his fifth State of the Union address. We find his rhetoric inspiring but his sense of reality disconnected.

A report released today by the Annie E Casey Foundation shows that in almost every state, the gap in early reading achievement has widened over the last 10 years between poor and affluent kids.

Revisions to the code of student discipline were adopted by the Md. State Board of Education today, as zero tolerance finds itself on the way out in our schools.

Several schools in Illinois have preemptively canceled Monday, anticipating dangerous wind chills near 45 below, which could freeze exposed skin in minutes.