Md.'s Parent Involvement Matters Awardees
The role parents play in school is shown nowhere in the country better than in Maryland, where representatives from every district were honored.
School News
High school start times in Md. may be changing
High school students in Md. could soon be starting high school a little later and getting a little more time for sleep.
School board politics heat up in Charles County
Some accusations and emails are flying around in one Md. county, as candidates for the school board jockey for votes this fall.
Suburbs vs poorer districts in IL school funding debate
A bill in the IL Gen Assembly could change all there is to change about the way the state funds schools. Not likely in an election year.
33 IL supt's want to eliminate a charter commission
A bill that would eliminate a charter school commission in Illinois that impedes local control is stalled. School leaders want it back on the calendar.
Schools can't exclude undocumented immigrants
The US Depts of Justice and Education, hearing that schools discourage undocumented immigrants from applying, have issued guidelines once again.
Why we can't talk seriously about the Common Core
A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center says right-wingers are clouding the debate over the Common Core with misinformation.
Philly teachers charged in cheating scandal
A grand jury has indicted 4 teachers and a principal from Philadelphia on charges that they altered students' answers on a statewide test.
CTU says ditch CCSS
The Chicago Teachers Union voted to oppose the Common Core State Standards. We agree in part and disagree in part.
IL charters get slammed in a new report
A report released earlier this month by two organizations that oppose charter schools says charters in IL & elsewhere have used school revenue illegally.