Alabama House Passes Bill That Would Have Schools Grade Parents
A new Mississippi bill is seeking to increase parental involvement in schools by requiring teachers to evaluate parents and give them each a grade. House Bill 4, also known as the Parent Involvement and Accountability Act, would put a parent section on each child’s report card. Parents would receive grades in a number of areas, including responsiveness […]
At Last! A Review of Research on Restorative Justice In Schools
By Julia Steiny Local Restorative Practices/Restorative Justice (RP/RJ) initiatives have been starving for research on America’s efforts to implement programs. The large body of evidence showing the ineffectiveness of punishment doesn’t seem to make an adequately compelling argument for supporting Restoration. And international research, while positive, has limited utility because each country’s educational system is […]
Newark Schools The Latest to Find Elevated Lead Levels
Officials in the largest school district in New Jersey were forced to shut off the water taps 30 buildings after elevated levels of lead and discoloration were found. City officials are ensuring that the problem stems from the lead piping in the buildings, and that Newark’s water supply overall has not been affected. Meanwhile, the school district is […]
New Jersey, Christie Administration Send Mixed Messages on Charter Schools
New Jersey has turned down a controversial charter school extension plan that has parents taking sides in a Monmouth County community. Gov. Chris Christie’s administration denied a proposal this week that would have doubled the student enrollment at Red Bank Charter School, a 200 student K-8 school. The charter plan was opposed by community members who noted […]
Colorado Turnaround Schools See Little Improvement from Federal Money
After $ 50 million dollars and five years, some failing schools in Colorado still have as few as 15% of students passing standardized math exams. The experiment that funneled money to the nation’s lowest-achieving 5% of schools seems not to have been successful, writes Jennifer Brown of The Denver Post. In an analysis by The […]
MI5 ‘signing up’ teachers at Muslim schools to STOP young Britons being groomed by ISIS
MI5 SPIES are ‘signing up’ teachers in Muslim schools to stop young Britons being groomed by Islamic State sympathisers in the classroom. Daily Express :: News Feed
Cameron urged to STOP arming Saudi after Brit weapons ‘used to bomb schools and hospitals’
DAVID Cameron has been ordered to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia amid fears British weapons may have been used to target children and hospitals. Daily Express :: News Feed
GCSE Scores Show 330 UK Schools Falling Short
Newly-published figures from the British Ministry of Education have shown yearly exam results for England’s secondary schools, and 329 schools did not meet minimum government standards in 2015. Compared to the previous year, this figure is not very different, but it is twice the number in 2013 when only 154 institutions fell short. More than a quarter […]
Colorado P-TECH Schools to Launch Next Year, Award Associate Degrees
Students attending Colorado TECH schools will soon have the opportunity to earn an associate degree after an extended, six-year long high school education. St. Vrain Valley and the Falcon School District 49 are the first two districts approved for launching P-TECH in the next school year. The program was passed into law in 2015, and it aims […]
Judge: Lawsuit Over Law School’s Alleged Fraud Will Proceed
A long-running class-action lawsuit which suggests that one of the lowest-performing law schools in the country is guilty of fraud has been officially cleared to go to trial, which could generate serious problems for schools with high tuition rates for low-quality degrees. A California judge has ruled that false-advertising claims made against the Thomas Jefferson School […]