Archives for May 2, 2012

Is your broadband provider overcharging your public school? Use this investigative piece to help you understand why many schools are not getting the low-cost broadband service the law is supposed to enable them to receive, and ask if the provider is in…

Williamsburg public schools draw heightened contrast between their approach & privately managed charters opening in the district. More experienced teachers, no mandatory retention policy, literature in the classroom, parent involvement in budget an…

Princeton Review cheated twice: robbed struggling students in NYC of knowledge they needed to succeed, stole taxpayer money funding mandated tutoring between 2002-2010. Feds: Princeton Review Cheated for Cashwww.nbcnewyork.comThe federal government say…

Not good. We need to see the full diversity of people in the classroom as teachers, including African American men.African-American Male Teacher A Vanishing Phenomenon, Experts Saywww.wdsu.comNEW ORLEANS — According to the U.S. Department of Education…

IMPORTANT: Bruce Baker, professor & expert on school finance, breaks down case law & the patchwork of state ed code that determines where and how a charter school is public or private. General takeaway: charter school funding is subsidized by t…

Kids have much more to say than a multiple choice test will allow them. These high school students sound off on standardized tests.NJ Spotlight | Spotlight Q&A: High School Students Talk Testingwww.njspotlight.comThey are arguably the 1 percent of …

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards no longer funds #ALEC or belongs to the membership organization.Education group abandons American Legislative Exchange Council | The Raw Storywww.rawstory.comThe National Board for Professional Teachin…

"Teach the controversy" is how climate change denialists & creationists approach the teaching of their doctrines in public schools. Which is to say, "the earth is flat," and "I don't understand the First Amendment.&quo…