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Thousands of pupils persistently truant, figures show
More than 450,000 pupils in England (7%) persistently missed school in the autumn term of 2010 and the spring term of 2011, government data shows. In an attempt… Read more
Fired LAUSD Teacher: ‘Anyone Who Speaks Against the Jews Are Called Racist Nowadays’
Substitute teacher Patricia McAllister was fired for saying the “Zionist Jews” who are running our banks “need to be run out of this country.” In defending herself, McAllister reiterated her… Read more
The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education
Armed conflict is robbing 28 million children of an education by exposing them to widespread sexual violence, targeted attacks on schools and other abuses, the 2011 Education for All Global… Read more
Keep government out of college classrooms
Some of my colleagues at the University of Florida believe the right-wing attack on higher education and the humanities is another strategy, like gerrymandering voter districts, to weaken… Read more
An Indiana School System Goes Digital
Laura Norman used to ask her seventh-grade scientists to take out their textbooks and flip to Page Such-and-Such. Now, she tells them to take out their laptops. The day all… Read more
Florida releases salaries of university professors
Gov. Rick Scott has posted the salaries of employees at all of Florida’s 11 public universities — a move some faculty leaders say is pointed at professors and meant to… Read more
Minnesota’s school-finance inequities have multiple causes
When voters head to the polls next month in the 113 communities [PDF] where school referenda are on the ballot, the number most will have on their minds… Read more
Regents pushes for DREAM Act to allow resident status to immigrants going to college or the military
State education officials have thrown their support behind a federal bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented minors. The Board of Regents Tuesday endorsed the… Read more
The EduJobs III Bailout
Michelle Malkin – If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. One of my son’s Suzuki violin teachers had a wise twist on an old saying: “If… Read more
Class sizes grow amid state budget cuts
Thousands of Texas public schoolchildren are in more crowded classes this year as districts claim financial hardship following state budget cuts. The number of elementary school classrooms exceeding the state’s… Read more
