School News

If the 54 schools on the final list of proposed closures in the Chicago Public Schools system are actually shut down, it will be the largest one-time, one-district mass closure in recent history.

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is wondering why schools of education are granting more degrees to white and male teachers than they are to men or minority teachers.

The county executive in one big school district near Washington wants to take over management of the district's budget and make the schools superintendent a member of his cabinet. Will it work?

A parent-trigger bill was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly last month and is now in the Elementary & Secondary Education Committee. Beware big money!

18 Iowa students discussed key education issues for members of the state's education department, who convened the panel to give students a voice in making schools more relevant, engaging, and effective.

Students in Colorado plan to protest statewide standardized testing Thursday by simply "opting out" of the TCAP tests and marching on the state Capitol. Brave, brave students!!

District 203 in Naperville will hold a hearing Monday, March 18, to consider a proposal from a for-profit education company for an online charter school in the Fox Valley area.

A federal education directorship for African-American educational excellence was created by executive order. US Education Secretary Arne Duncan has announced David Johns will fill the post.

A new law in S. Dakota will allow school boards to give teachers permission to carry guns in school. Debate continues in Texas on several similar bills this week.