Hard to learn in the heat of Baltimore Co.
The suffocating heat in classrooms in 1 Baltimore County school (and others) makes even the simplest tasks difficult.
School News
PARCC tests disrupt school schedules in Ohio
Now that the PARCC tests have finished, we're starting to hear rumblings that the tests disrupted schedules and impaired instruction in our schools.
Who runs schools: board, legislature, governor?
We wonder sometimes who runs public schools anymore, now that politicians are fighting with educators over how our students should be taught.
Ohio charter faked student enrollment numbers
A now-closed charter school fraudulently padded its enrollment numbers so it would receive more than $1 million more than it deserved.
Books thrown out as Balto. high school closes
Some books, maybe more than 1,000, were thrown into the trash or recycled as Baltimore City closed one of its high schools. Pitiful.
Lunch lady fired for giving a free lunch
A (former) lunch lady in Colorado, who says she was fired because she gave a student a free lunch, calls on taxpayers to provide free meals for all students.
Possible tyranny of the majority in East Ramapo
A school board in N.Y. has asserted its majority to, we believe, deprive minority children of the right to a free and adequate public education.
Coming to our senses about 'free range' kids
Md. authorities won't interfere or detain (imprison) free range kids anymore, thanks to new guidelines from the Dept of Human Resources.
Hold your applause at graduation or go to jail
Millions of high school students are joyfully graduating. Sometimes, requests to hold applause until the end of the ceremony are taken too seriously.
How does poverty affect teachers in classrooms?
Here's why we are spending money for schools, especially those in poor neighborhoods, in all the wrong places.