Absenteeism may contribute to dropout rate
Reasons why kids miss school are complex and highly variable; let's address the problem and stop promoting misinformation with simple-minded ads.
Policy & Politics
US releases new teacher training rules
New rules from the US Dept of Ed seek to improve the quality of teacher training in the US. We wish them good luck.
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.
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?
Howard Co. school mold belies ‘transparency’
Communication between school officials and community members, in the name of "transparency," often suffers from formality.
A look at data on bullying policy in 25 states
A new study finds that schools following guidelines from the US Dept. of Ed. regarding bullying have lower levels of bullying.
Hunger strike ends; #FightForDyett lives on
A hunger strike in Chicago ends on Day 34, but the fight for equity in public education, esp. in large urban districts, continues.
Americans want professionalism, not tenure
A national poll finds most Americans, more Republicans than Democrats and more Whites than Blacks, opposed teacher tenure.
School ‘policy’ vs. a teacher’s opinion
We read that school officials sometimes claim how they're running their classrooms is "policy" when it's actually nothing more than an opinion.
Privacy policy for Voxitatis websites
Our privacy policy has been updated for the 2013-14 school year. Not too much has changed, but since we are publishing new resources this year, we've added them.