With black unemployment reaching historic levels, banks laying off tens of thousands and law school graduates waiting tables, why aren’t more African-Americans looking toward science, technology, engineering and math – the still-hiring careers known as STEM? The answer turns out to be a complex equation of self-doubt, stereotypes, discouragement and economics – and sometimes just [...]
In 2007, Hinsdale Central High School eliminated class rankings. Now, the affluent suburban Chicago high school, which has been consistently named one of the best schools in the state, decided to eliminate valedictorians as well. The Doings reports that the school’s principal said it was only natural to eliminate a position based on class rankings [...]
JEFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation Friday repealing a contentious law that had limited online chats between teachers and students and caused a judge to warn that it infringed on free-speech rights. Nixon’s action eliminates a law enacted earlier this year that barred teachers from using websites that allow “exclusive access” [...]
LOS ANGELES — A history teacher amends his lessons on the civil rights movement to include the push for gay equality. A high school removes Internet filters blocking gay advocacy websites. Six gay students sue their district, saying officials failed to protect them from bullies. After anti-gay bullying led to a spate of teen suicides [...]
Even though contract negotiations between the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) haven’t even been scheduled yet, Superintendent John Deasy’s supporters are gearing up for a long fight. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education sent out an email action alert urging supporters to call and [...]
A crash between a school bus filled with 11 girls from Libertyville and a pick up truck sent all the teens to local hospitals with minor injuries. Members of the Libertyville High School volleyball team were headed to Woodstock for a tournament when their bus crashed into a pick up truck on Route 83 in [...]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — No one knows where good ideas come from. In some cases, the answer may simply be to throw a bunch of brains together in a room and see what happens. That was the approach favored by the Jefferson Innovation Summit, a conference hosted by the University of Virginia this Tuesday and Wednesday. [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement heckled News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum Friday, accusing the media mogul of trying to profit from public education. Activists repeatedly interrupted Murdoch as he gave a keynote speech at a downtown San Francisco hotel about how technology could [...]
A Massachusetts elementary school principal has lashed out against traditional American holidays, banning costumes in school for Halloween and telling teachers to “be careful” about celebrating Thanksgiving, the Boston Herald reports. In an email to teachers on holidays, John F. Kennedy Elementary School Principal Anne Foley also notes that teachers can no longer “claim ignorance [...]
A suburban Chicago school district sued by the U.S. Justice Department over their previous refusal to allow a Muslim teacher to take a pilgrimage to Mecca has entered into a consent decree resolving the matter. According to an AP report, Berkeley School District 87 will pay $75,000 to former middle school teacher Safoorah Khan, covering [...]
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