School News

Drug myths dispelled for Baltimore high schoolers

By Paul Katula •
Some high school students from Baltimore City heard a sincere and inspiring message to stay off drugs from the mother of a U Md. basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose.

Common Core: This, too, shall pass?

By Paul Katula •
Protests are getting smart about the Common Core, and school officials and national teacher union organizations are closing off channels of communication. Makes me wonder.

Common Core protests heat up in 1 La. parish

By Paul Katula •
Protests over the Common Core are being shut down across America. The latest report comes from Louisiana, where the top school officer closes every door to discussion.

NY school cancels standardized test in preschool

By Paul Katula •
New York has moved to reduce standardized testing, based mainly on protests that are now being heard in state departments of education across America over the Common Core.

ISBE warns school funding may drop from 89% to 85%

By Paul Katula •
State aid to schools, which is already lower than it would be in an ideal world in Illinois, may get even lower, at least if the picture painted by the state board becomes reality.

At homecoming dances, twerking is generally banned

By Paul Katula •
Whether you agree or not, school officials continue to ban dirty dancing moves at homecoming and other school-sponsored dances, just as generations of adults have done before them.