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Education reform coming to the suburbs
Baltimore Sun As the school year finally gets under way, public school students across the state will be writing more often and learning to think differently in math class, as the state begins major education reforms that will change … |
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Schools face transformation
Las Vegas Review – Journal The College of Southern Nevada has 44000 of the state's 114000 college students. In recent years, the crowded school has had to turn away thousands of students. » Buy this photo Michael Buenavista, left, waits in line last week at the College of … |
 Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) |
Uneducated guesses: Reforming education by committee rather than evidence
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Statistician Howard Wainer doubts the salvation of public education will come from blue-ribbon commissions, a popular strategy in Georgia in which dense reports on how to fix schools stack higher than the Gold Dome. (As we discussed recently, … |
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Cumberland schools teaching positions remain unfilled
Fayetteville Observer The Cumberland County school system is still having a hard time filling certain teaching positions, despite having to eliminate more than 130 teaching positions this year because of budget cuts. Schools need one math teacher, … |
 Houston Chronicle (blog) |
Perry Gets a D on Education Policy
The Emory Wheel Rick Perry may not have been the best student around, but all the education he received came from deep in the heart of Texas. It was in the Lone Star State that Perry received a public elementary and high school … African-Americans Wary Of Rick Perry Texas Blacks advise looking at the real Rick Perry |
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Board of Education Report Card: Improve Achievement and New Super
Patch.com The issue of establishing specific goals for the Greenwich Board of Education was the subject of discussion at both the inaugural meeting of the Board, held on August 25, as well as the September 1 Work Session last week. While the subject was brought … |
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Susan Nee: Kline should show passion for education reform
Post-Bulletin Last month, the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce hosted an event called “The Case for Being Bold: A New Agenda for Business in Improving STEM Education.” (STEM —Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). … |
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District 1 candidate: Dustin Weiland
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog) I believe that universal preschool for all 4-year-olds in Iowa is a wise investment in our future. I'ma working dad and a taxpayer. Some citizens are better off than me and some have less. Unless Iowa makes a commitment to provide universal preschool … |
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Area to get new face on state school board
Houma Courier BATON ROUGE — Glenny Lee Buquet of Houma's departure means southeast Louisiana will have a new member representing it on the state school board for the first time in 19 years. Independent journalist John Maginnis reported in early August that Buquet, … Education system has been hijacked |
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2nd federal agency looking at Ohio school system
Houston Chronicle TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A second federal agency is investigating one of Ohio's largest school systems for possible civil rights violations. The US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio … Federal probe |
