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…
Archives for May 2, 2012
Williamsburg public schools draw heightened contrast between their approach & pr…
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 t…
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 teache…
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 l…
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 hi…
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 belo…
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…
"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…