PARCC attacks critics with copyright claims
Can test questions be copyrighted, and can the maker of a test block reproduction of test questions in the digital age?
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Kan. Supreme Court orders equity in school funding
Kansas funded its schools equitably, but there is still a need in the state to challenge the notion that tax cuts lead to prosperity.
Annual appeal: get your vaccinations up to date
Vaccinations against measles and other diseases are important for all parents before they send their kids off to school. Everywhere in the world.
Prince George’s Co. loses a big Head Start grant
A Head Start program in Md. will lose a big grant. We wonder if that's a bad thing, given the failures of Head Start.
Young people can resolve conflict without violence
Education Week published an op-ed written by directors of the U. of Chicago Crime Lab. What if we taught teens, in health class, to resist violence?
Supt. fired at a Catholic school in Woodstock
A superintendent of a far northwest-suburban Catholic school was fired for inappropriate conduct. No further details, but he's gone.
Chrisitan school worker pleads guilty; stole $293K
Divert school funds to your personal PayPal account, and you'll have to pay it back. And you might go to jail or prison. Not this time, but maybe.
Milwaukee riot follows a police-involved shooting
Riots broke out in Milwaukee Saturday following a police-involved shooting of an armed black man who was fleeing police. Frustration reigns.
Baltimore Co. adopts new heat closure policy
A/C in the summer heat, or the lack thereof, in schools is a problem, and the school board says it will close schools if the temps get too hot.
Md. school funding commission leader named
A new educational funding commission in Md. will be chaired by a man with a legacy of expanding spending in the name of "innovation."