Popcorn kernels & the Common Core expand in Montana
Creativity abounds in at least one school that is implementing the Common Core, but objections that the standards limit creativity on the part of teachers are understandable.
News & Issues
Data show a cyberbullying decrease, but it still happens
Cyberbullying is down nationwide, mainly due to more awareness and kids who are reaching out, but 2 girls in FL were charged with felonies and 11 MD students were punished for cyberbullying.
Drug myths dispelled for Baltimore high schoolers
Some high school students from Baltimore City heard a sincere and inspiring message to stay off drugs from the mother of a U Md. basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose.
School staffer suspected of selling weed-laced cookies
A man who is suspected of selling cookies laced with marijuana at a Baltimore school was arrested because he had a .38-caliber revolver in his home.
Common Core: This, too, shall pass?
Protests are getting smart about the Common Core, and school officials and national teacher union organizations are closing off channels of communication. Makes me wonder.
Common Core protests heat up in 1 La. parish
Protests over the Common Core are being shut down across America. The latest report comes from Louisiana, where the top school officer closes every door to discussion.
Howard Co. wants you to report bullying, cyberbullying
A new system has been launched by county and school officials in Howard Co., Md., a system that allows officials to field reports of bullying and cyberbullying.
NY school cancels standardized test in preschool
New York has moved to reduce standardized testing, based mainly on protests that are now being heard in state departments of education across America over the Common Core.
ISBE warns school funding may drop from 89% to 85%
State aid to schools, which is already lower than it would be in an ideal world in Illinois, may get even lower, at least if the picture painted by the state board becomes reality.
At homecoming dances, twerking is generally banned
Whether you agree or not, school officials continue to ban dirty dancing moves at homecoming and other school-sponsored dances, just as generations of adults have done before them.