PARCC & homecoming anomalies at a top Md. H.S.
The Homecoming Court at Walt Whitman H.S. in Bethesda will dispense with gender designations like king and queen. Strange anomalies detected in PARCC data.
News & Issues
Student says teacher made him recite pledge
A protest in Chicago's south suburbs ends with a student withdrawing from a school that, he says, refused to let him avoid reciting the pledge.
Teen birth rate drops for 7th straight year
The teen birth rate hit a new low in 2015, according to the CDC. It's still high among certain ethnic groups, higher than some European countries.
Boy drew lynching, has to take mental health exam
Creativity takes a blow, and teachers who expect students to be artistic should be better trained or more qualified to evaluate that artistic output.
Woman says teachers locked her son in a closet
A mom in Southern IL sues the school & teachers who, she claims, confined her son in a small room when other action would've been more appropriate.
Racist remarks chanted on a Md. school bus
Middle school students in an affluent Washington suburb were caught chanting racial slurs on a school bus and should be disciplined.
Baltimore City expands access to breakfast
A nonprofit will provide funding for food service equipment and make it easier for students in Baltimore City to grab some breakfast before classes.
Game theory says we overuse common resources
Scores have been released, and we're churning over the data right now. But be careful how you use test scores in school operations.
U.S. announces 329 National Blue Ribbon schools
The US Education Department announced 329 winners of the National Blue Ribbon Wednesday. 21 schools in IL, 10 in Md.
Sociologists look at why NCLB reauth failed
Can it help us going forward to study some of the reasons we failed in the past? Sure, and some Ind. U. scientists are trying to do just that.