Teachers hurled insults like “bastard,” ”tard,” ”damn dumb” and “a hippo in a ballerina suit.” A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, “Shut up, you little dog.”
Continue Reading →When Wellesley College announced in March that MSNBC host and Tulane University professor Melissa Harris-Perry would be the 2012 commencement speaker, students seemed pleased. Wellesley students have a strong voice in deciding who speaks at graduation,…
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The attempt by Gov. Bill Clinton to improve academic standards in Arkansas by giving a basic-skills test to certified teachers typifies most of the myths the public associates with teaching. The passage and implementation of the Gove…
Continue Reading →LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas education officials are looking at a state Supreme Court ruling on sexual contact between teachers and students to see if it will affect their ability to revoke educators’ licenses.
The high court on Thursday part…
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Problems sometimes can turn into opportunities.
That’s certainly the truth for the Rural Community Alliance, a nonprofit that grew out of a 2003 statewide proposal to eliminate ever…
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The high court on Thursday part…
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A new project to turn around a rural West Virginia school district is revving up, and groups from across the country ar…
Continue Reading →LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel asked a federal judge on Monday to end a desegregation settlement agreement with three Little Rock-area school districts that has required the state to pay the schools more than $1…
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Graduate school requires a big investment of time and money, so students looking for the strongest education programs may be interested in the latest rankings from U.S. News …
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Published in Print: March 7, 2012, as 26 States, D.C., Join Quest for NCLB Waivers
Some still sitting out as round-two bids filed with Ed. Dept.
Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia are seeking flexibili…
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