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Sussex academy pays £100,000 to use ‘patented’ US school curriculum
Aurora Academies Trust is challenged over use of patented ‘Paragon curriculum’ that has been criticised by Ofsted An academy running four schools is paying its US parent company £100,000 a… Read more
Brooklyn principal wins $92,000 in bonuses under revamped merit-pay program
Good grades earned him more than just a spot on the fridge. PS 172 Principal Jack Spatola has raked in $92,000 in bonus pay from the city since 2008 for… Read more
An Educational Tool Designed to Ensure the Children and Youth of America Succeed
To: Principals, Faculty, Local School Councils, or others responsible for staffing your school. We, as participants in American education, all know that the success of any public school is dependent… Read more
Research shows that approximately 231 acts of union violence occur each year
By Kyle Olson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Unbiased educators would seek to teach about the good, the bad and the ugly of union history. While that’s likely not being done… Read more
Union ‘social justice’ posture goes out the window when power is threatened
LANSING, Mich. – It’s often said that a person’s true colors show through in times of adversity. That’s obviously true for groups, as well. Such was the case last December,… Read more
AP courses vs. dual credit: what’s best for high school students?
By Jessica Bock – Add up the credits for Advanced Placement and other college-level courses that Jaime Staengel took in high school, and the Rockwood Summit senior has quite a… Read more
Teacher-student bullying reviewed
The county’s 19-member civil grand jury released a report on Thursday calling on the San Diego Unified School District to create policies to better investigate and address adult-to-child bullying, harassment… Read more
An Interview with Joy Pullmann: What to say to the Pennsylvania Senate?
Michael F. Shaughnessy – 1) Joy, I understand that you are about to testify before the State of Pennsylvania Senate. How did this come about ? Some local Pennsylvania organizations… Read more
Pennsylvania education standards running into resistance
A new set of educational standards based on Common Core has run into late-in-the-game opposition along unusual political lines HARRISBURG — After years of development, a new set of educational… Read more
When teachers are cheating, everyone is cheated
Deborah Simmons – Here’s another feather for the cap of advocates who want to establish solid lines that link actual teaching to actual learning. Mere test scores are insufficient. Indeed,… Read more »