President Obama sat down this week for lunch at the White House with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and four teachers to talk about education, teaching and school reform. What the […]
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We’ve all heard the saying “change is constant.” As the president and CEO of Barium Springs, I’m often asked, “Why isn’t Barium Springs an orphanage any longer?” I then ask
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For supporters of education reform, a recent decision by California Judge Rolf Treu, ruling teacher tenure unconstitutional, was transformational. Now schools can freely fire bad teachers and put the U.S.
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Sara Stevenson is the librarian at O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas, who is sick and tired of assaults on the very notion of public education. Here are her reflections
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Sitting in class as a student, one of the last things you think about is where all of the classroom supplies came from. The school fairy, maybe? But realistically, at
Why Being A Teacher Costs A Lot More Than The Price Of A Teaching Degree Read More »
As the appetite for educational data on students has grown across the K-12 sector, so has the stated desire among many state lawmakers to try to protect the privacy and
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The concept of assistive technology to help special education students achieve more in K-12 classrooms is nothing new, but the portability of many of the devices is a relatively new
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Several schools have sparked public outrage recently for how they’ve handled children who seemed to veer from gender expectations – including a short-haired Virginia girl who seemed too boyish to people at
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A program that places recent college graduates in teaching positions across the country after just weeks of training says it will beef up its focus on special education. Teach for America
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From New Jersey: In a groundbreaking case that puts school bullies and their parents on notice, a Superior Court judge has ruled that two Hunterdon County school districts may file
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