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Teacher training could be the key to reading achievement in Wisconsin schools
Alan J. Borsuk – In 1998, Massachusetts debuted a set of tests it created for people who wanted teaching licenses. People nationwide were shocked when 59% of those in the… Read more
Driven to help others enjoy books
When two Oaks Christian School students last year became determined to turn their love of reading into a book drive to benefit less fortunate students, they were bowled over by… Read more
How the Gates Foundation Spins its Research
Jay Greene – The Gates Foundation has released the next installment of reports in their Measuring Effective Teachers Project. When the last report was released, I found myself in a… Read more
Literacy program in Denver Public Schools helps whole family
In a basement classroom at Denver’s Fairview Elementary School, tucked within the impoverished Sun Valley neighborhood, 15 parents sit in a circle listening to an instructor read a children’s book… Read more
Number of homeless students surges, putting strain on schools
At 15, Jarvis Nelson should be in high school and even thinking about college. Yet Jarvis is in seventh grade, and doesn’t know where he’ll go to high school —… Read more
Salaries for Federal Workers Highest in Years
Remember when the Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore wrote that we have “become a nation of takers” as opposed to a “nation of makers”? What did he mean by that?… Read more
Print media display political agenda and poor skills in attacking Spokane teacher
By Laurie H. Rogers Member of the executive committee for Where’s the Math? Author of “Betrayed: How the Education Establishment Has Betrayed America and What You Can Do about it”… Read more
Diane Ravitch Has Questions for the Cuomo Commission
By Diane Ravitch Governor Cuomo’s commission on education has an opportunity to change the direction of school reform. Right now, the state’s school system is in trouble. Federal tests show… Read more
Boy, 10, arrested after attack on two female teachers leaves one with broken leg and dislocated kneecap
A 10-year-old boy has been arrested over an alleged attack on two women teachers. The incident, involving two teachers in their fifties, was at a school in Oprington, south-east London… Read more
