September 8, 2016
By Kavitha Cardoza
Source: npr.org Patricia Tolson has some visitors. Two 5-year-old girls, best friends, hold hands in her office at Van Ness Elementary School in Washington, D.C., one complaining she doesn’t feel well. Tolson, the school nurse, asks, “How long has your stomach been hurting?” It just started, but this little one says her […]
September 2, 2016
By: Emma Brown
Source: washingtonpost.com The Obama administration released draft rules Wednesday that would govern how school districts allocate billions of Title I dollars meant to educate poor children, one of Capitol Hill’s most hotly contested education issues since Congress passed a new federal education law late last year. The debate has pitted the Education Department and its allies in the […]
August 26, 2016
By:Jack Slotkin
Source: npr.org In the blink of a few thousand likes and shares, Texas teacher Brandy Young’s homework policy gained the viral notoriety normally reserved for tip-shaming. Earlier this month, Young informed parents of her Godley Elementary second-graders of her policy for the year: no homework. “After much research this summer, I am trying […]
August 26, 2016
By: Sarah D. Sparks and Alex Harwin
Source: edweek.org Punishment rates for blacks nearly double those for whites Corporal punishment has declined so rapidly in the United States in the last 15 years that many people think it’s practically nonexistent in modern American public schools. To the contrary, more than 109,000 students were paddled, swatted, […]
August 26, 2016
By: Nadra Kareem Nittle
Source: theatlantic.com In 2013, California passed a law that was widely anticipated to better distribute resources to children in need. Now, critics say it’s only making things worse. In 2013, California passed an unusual law that aimed to revolutionize how school districts receive state funding. The Local Control Funding Formula, or […]
August 26, 2016
By: Kenneth Baum and David Krulwich
Source: chalkbeat.org One of the most common laments we hear from school leaders is that that there are so few great teachers available to hire. We agree. That’s why we don’t try to find them. In our experience looking for teachers to join us at the Urban Assembly School for […]
August 26, 2016
By: Michelle Davis
Source: edweek.org Special education teachers are more likely to use mobile apps with their students than general education teachers, but are not receiving enough formal training on the use of mobile technology for instructional purposes, according to a report released today as part of a new initiative examining the role of mobile […]
August 26, 2016
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: npr.org Garrison Institute looks a little like Hogwarts. The retreat center is housed in a former monastery amid tranquil green hills overlooking the Hudson River, 60 miles north and a world away from New York City. Inside the airy chapel on a recent summer afternoon, about 35 educators from the U.S. […]
August 26, 2016
By: Michelle Diament
Source: disabilityscoop.com The U.S. Department of Education is shelling out millions in funding to help recruit and train teachers and administrators serving children with disabilities. The federal agency said this week that it’s sending $7 million to seven states to enhance preparation and professional development focused on early intervention, special education and […]
August 26, 2016
By: Jacquie Lee
Source: npr.org On a Saturday morning, a group of adults gather in a circle in an elementary school classroom on the campus of Gallaudet University. Each wears a name tag — and on that name tag is a common sexual term: “Ejaculation.” “Orgasm.” “Condom.” One by one they introduce themselves by the […]