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L.A. Schools Offer Programs To Keep Students Sharp
Children, especially from low-income families, can lose reading and math skills during vacation so schools are offering summer camp-style programs. In North Hills, CA, at a place called Camp Akela,… Read more
Reformers call for more teaching and less research
Lazy professor, beware. Your time delivering droning lectures and writing overwrought articles for obscure journals draws nigh. A posse of free-market thinkers led by a conservative Austin think tank wants… Read more
Survey reveals need for tech skills in college, workforce
A new survey reinforces the concern that while students must have technology skills to succeed as they enter college and the workforce, their schools are not meeting this important need…. Read more
Texas teacher healthcare fund heading toward deficit
Former Denton High School head baseball coach F.D. Nix, 77, and his wife have relied for decades on a trust fund that provides healthcare to retired teachers. The $1 billion… Read more
Strange bedfellows: Minneapolis Public Schools pay critic to do PR
When the awarded a no-bid, $15,000 contract to Don Allen, a vitriolic and frequent critic of the Minneapolis Public Schools, lots of people were shocked. While this investigation… Read more
The Truth About Graduates Today
Jennifer Openshaw – Are you among those who invested a good part of your retirement savings into your child’s college education? Factors in today’s job market in the U.S. will… Read more
Commentary: Are the Friendly Skies Friendly Anymore?
Michael F. Shaughnessy – I am going to let my good friend Ray Stevens comment on what appears to be the ” Unfriendly Skies”
Charter School Sends Message – Thrive or Transfer
In 2008, when Katherine Sprowal’s son, Matthew, was selected in a lottery to attend the Harlem Success Academy 3 charter school, she was thrilled. “I felt like we were getting… Read more
Innovation schools catch on throughout state
A growing number of school districts from Boston to Western Massachusetts are embracing a new kind of school to pursue educational innovations and compete more aggressively with charter schools. About… Read more
Did Obama Administration Pressure Teachers Into Cheating?
M. Catharine Evans and Ann Kane – What we’re saying here is, if you can’t decide to change these practices, we’re not going to use precious dollars that we want to see creating better results
