NEW YORK — Big Bird’s problems getting into “The Good Birds Club” are at the center of an anti-bullying effort being launched by “Sesame Street.” The venerable PBS show will air a special episode Monday that aims to teach preschoolers how to recognize and combat bullying. The show said Thursday that studies say bullying behavior [...]
LOS ANGELES — A 19-month civil rights investigation of the Los Angeles Unified School District found that the district failed to provide an equal education to English-learners and black students, resulting in wide academic disparities, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The district, the nation’s second-largest, agreed to remedy the disparities through a variety [...]
AUSTIN, Texas — A coalition of more than 150 Texas school districts said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against the state over a school funding system it says is unfair, inefficient and unconstitutional. The coalition represents more than one in 10 Texas districts. It accuses lawmakers of turning a blind eye to the state’s [...]
Every week, tutor Stephanie Williams rings the doorbell of a house in Brentwood, Essex, to be greeted by two girls, nine-year-old Riya Mohan and her sister Maya, four. Stephanie sits down with Riya and starts asking her questions. ‘What is an oxymoron — give me an example? What is another word for guttural?’ When their [...]
Most states have cut state funding for schools this year, and a majority of states are funding K-12 education at levels lower than before the recession, after adjusting for inflation. A survey published Thursday by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities examined 46 states — where 95 percent of the country’s elementary and secondary [...]
Michigan’s state Senate narrowly passed a bill Thursday that allows the expansion of charter schools in the state. The bill now goes to the state House after the 20-18 Thursday vote resulting from some Republicans joining Democrats opposing the legislation. It’s part of a seven-bill package titled the Parent Empowerment Education Reform Package that aims [...]
In a time of educational debate and shuffling nationwide, a college dropout, businessman and paragon of technological innovation emerged as an inadvertent, but forceful, momentum for an educational revolution around the world. Steve Jobs wasn’t the best student in the traditional sense, as he dropped out of college within six months of enrolling. But in [...]
After Steve Jobs stepped down from his post as Apple’s CEO, his innovative career was enthusiastically celebrated by the media and public alike. Starting with his founding of Apple Computer when he was in his early twenties, Jobs has left his mark on the personal computer, the laptop, the mobile phone, the tablet computer, recorded [...]
Black and Latino students are disproportionately more likely to experience harsher punishments by schools for infractions and misbehaviors, according to a new report by the National Education Policy Center. At times, the punishments are unrelated to student safety. While past research has suggested that zero-tolerance discipline that removes troublemakers can improve the learning environment for [...]
Detroit Public Schools is in compliance with state and federal mandates for its Special Education evaluation system for the first time since 2007, DPS officials announced Thursday. As a result, the district will receive $4.8 million in funding that was withheld during the 2010-2011 academic year. That figure accounts for 20 percent of the total [...]
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