When it comes to judging the academic preparedness of Vermont’s students, how effective are the results of the latest multi-grade test instrument of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium?
It comes in many forms. First, there is the scandal of public education, which does not educate African American children.
Two teachers are running for seats on the five-person South Burlington School Board, but a former board chair says there will be a serious conflict of interest if they win their races.
Understand that I have sat through years of shocking meetings. My day job is monitoring and lobbying the United Nations. But I have never seen or heard anything like this. This meeting was a horror show. And a Soviet one at that.
Universities that offer less faculty compensation, perform less research and have lower tuition rates are more likely to have engaged and effective professors.
A parent was kicked out of a high school sex education class after a Planned Parenthood representative decided that allowing a parent to be privy to the class goings-on would not be acceptable.
The House Education Committee is hearing what’s working and what’s not with the state’s pre-K education law, which enables families to seek state payment for 10 hours of pre-K funding for 35 weeks in a year.
By Rob Shimshock High school students in Boston, Mass., are attending porn literacy classes where they learn about the portrayal of gender, race, sexuality, etc. in pornography. Peer leadership initiative Start Strong teaches the class of around two dozen Boston high school students each year, reported The New York Times. Start Strong is funded by…
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello has announced a plan to introduce private school choice options to parents in his territory. This proposal includes charter schools that will be managed by nonprofit organizations, and vouchers so that parents can decide where their children will be educated.
School boards from Pennsylvania to Washington state have endorsed “Black Lives Matter at School” week, according to The Washington Post, though it’s unclear just how many schools participated.
What started as a conversation last week on how independent schools can pay for special education services turned to a discussion of a broader question: Why are so many kids designated for special education in the first place?
Widespread use of an accounting trick at public universities may be artificially driving up the reported cost of an undergraduate education.