(Mark Gail / THE WASHINGTON POST)
Tina Hone’s Coalition of The Silence is a group dedicated to organizing and amplifying the voices of black kids, Latino kids, poor kids and kids with disabilities.
(Ted S. Warren / AP)
Thousands of elementary students were suspended from public schools last year in Washington and its suburbs, many of them so young that they were learning about out-of-school discipline before they mastered spelling or arithmetic.
(Darrin Phegley / AP)
Virginia lawmakers are debating whether to eliminate seniority-based job protections for public school teachers, making the commonwealth another front in a national fight over tenure laws that critics say protect ineffective educators from dismissal.
(Sarah L. Voisin)
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A commission wants schools to receive more money for serving larger numbers of students who are both from low-income households and far behind academically.
National Education
A Wisconsin teacher writes: “In Governor Scott Walker’s Wisconsin, teaching has been relegated from professional status to political fodder.”
With the Supreme Court agreeing to consider the role of affirmative action in college admissions, the executive director of admissions at CalTech discusses the role diversity plays in admissions.
Rick Santorum, who has said he would homeschool his children in the White House if he becomes president, sent five of his kids for a time to a cyber charter school.
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D.C. school officials aim for selectivity by requiring prospective teachers to give tryout lessons.
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The program offers a substance abuse session for teens caught using marijuana or alcohol.
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