Richard Gordon, national principal of the year
This year's national high school principal of the year is Richard Gordon, who works at a small West Philly school housed in an old garage....
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Chicago students petition for e-learning changes
Studies about e-learning's poor quality of "learning" are on the books. Now students are starting to make their voices heard. [...]Read More... from Chicago students...
School absences correlated with bad air quality
Even a little reduction in the quality of the air seems to be correlated with an increase in school absences in Salt Lake City. [...]Read...
Student news roundup, Illinois, Oct. 12
Nobel Prize in physics, BLM and racial injustice, hearing voices, challenges of e-learning & solutions, election. [...]Read More... from Student news roundup, Illinois, Oct. 12
Close call on Question 2 in Md.
A ballot question in Md. asks voters to legalize sports betting in the state, with the projected revenues promised for education. [...]Read More... from Close...
Proposition 208 picks up steam in Ariz.
A ballot initiative would tell the state's lawmakers how to tax high earners and send the extra money to the schools. What happens next? [...]Read...
Aspen’s Center for Assessment offers testing advice
What is the happy medium between no testing and all-out testing as if we weren't in the middle of a global pandemic? Is there a...
Md. announces Teacher of the Year
The 2020-21 Maryland Teacher of the Year is Wyatt Oroke, an English teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools. [...]Read More... from Md. announces Teacher of...
Student news roundup, Illinois, Oct. 5
Presidential debate chaos, to wear or not wear a mask, to Zoom or do learning in person, latest mag issue, fine arts and museums. [...]Read...
IL Supreme Court to hear school funding appeal
22 under-resourced districts in IL filed a lawsuit to challenge the way schools are funded; ruling could impact equity and education quality. [...]Read More... from...