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Kindergartners in Maine to Receive iPad [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsEvery kindergarten student in Auburn, Maine, will receive an iPad 2 in an effort to make children more digitally literate. ...
Opinion: Scandal Debunks Education Miracles
By Walt Gardner - AOL NewsA scandal now unfolding in New York City, home of the nation's largest school district, is calling into question whether miracles in education are really mirages. From 2006 to 2010, the number of students who passed statewide math tests in Grades 3 through 8 soared from 58 to 82 percent. During the same period, the graduation rate leapt from 49 to 63 percent. Not surprisingly, the data were used by reformers to "prove" that miracles are possible when schools are held accountable. In fact, when Joel Klein announced his resignation to take a top executive position with News Corp., The New York ...
11-Year-Old Boy Arrested Over Stick Figure Drawing [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsAn 11-year-old boy from Arvada, Colo., was handcuffed and arrested after drawing stick figures in school of himself drawing a gun at other figures, with the words "teachers must die." KDVR-TV is reporting on its website that the boy is being treated for attention deficit disorder, and was told to draw such pictures by his therapist. His parents and the therapist say that the drawing was not a threat and that the boy would never hurt anyone. ...
Cops: Mom Showed Breasts in School in Cleavage Fight
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsThis kind of show-and-tell isn't allowed in schools. Police in Florida arrested a mother who allegedly exposed her breasts inside her child's school during an argument with another woman who she believed was showing too much cleavage. Law enforcement officials in Manatee County say Laura Campanello was visiting Bayshore High School at around 11:20 a.m. Monday when she noticed something amiss. And that something was another mother's chest, according to the Bradenton Herald. ...
Teach for America Answers Obama's Education Call
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsPresident Barack Obama's recent State of the Union address called for more young people to join the effort to close the vast achievement gap that exists in the United States. It turns out that Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach for America, had been ready for the president's call for 20 years. For two decades, Teach for America has been recruiting elite college graduates to work as teachers in low-income communities that face educational challenges. Stephen Lovekin, Getty Images Teach for America CEO Wendy Kopp, seen here in 2008, says, "We need transformational change" in ...
New York Budget: The 5 Most Painful Cuts
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsNew Yorkers, prepare for a fresh round of belt-tightening. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo derided the state's budget system as "a sham," saying that a tangle of loopholes and arcane regulations prevented meaningful reductions in spending. He added that the secretive budget process and influence of special interests reminded him of the corrupt Wall Street practices he once fought as New York state's attorney general. "This all must end," he said. Today Cuomo issues his first budget, which is designed to close the state's $10 billion deficit. Although several of his "cuts" are actually ...
Atlanta Public Schools Put on Probation: Twitter Sounds Off
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsThe Atlanta Public Schools system has nine months to get its act together. That's because the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed APS on probation today, giving the school district until Sept. 30 to address a series of recommendations suggested by the agency's latest report. Mark Elgart, president and chief executive of AdvancED, which oversees the SACS, emphasized the need for improved leadership among APS members. "The reason for probation is the issues are serious," Elgart said at a news conference. "They not only affect the effective governance of the board, but they ...
Opinion: We Need Good Teaching, Not Censorship
By not in system - AOL NewsMany people are outraged over the news that a publisher is producing an expurgated edition of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" for use in schools. As someone who defends free speech for a living, I share the view that this is a very bad idea. But it is important to recognize that the publisher is not trying to corrupt America's greatest novel. It is trying to make it easier to teach. Amazon.com "Huckleberry Finn" is one of the most frequently challenged books in the country. The problem is, how do you use a book like "Huckleberry Finn" in schools? The "N-word" appears more ...
Poll: Most Want Easier Way to Fire Bad Teachers
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA (Dec. 14) -- An overwhelming majority of Americans are frustrated that it's too difficult to get rid of bad teachers, while most also believe that teachers aren't paid enough, a new poll shows. The Associated Press-Stanford University poll found that 78 percent think it should be easier for school administrators to fire poorly performing teachers. Yet overall, the public wants to reward teachers - 57 percent say they are paid too little, with just 7 percent believing they are overpaid and most of the rest saying they're paid about right. Carmen Williams, 53, an office manager from ...
Zero-Tolerance Laws Eased, But Schools Still Tough
By Karen Schwartz - AOL News
(Oct. 16) -- Concerned that students have been expelled for using Listerine or playing cops and robbers at recess, a handful of states have backed away from the zero-tolerance laws that required such harsh discipline. But the new laws -- which in most instances require school districts to consider disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis -- may not be having much of an effect, some observers say. Consider the case of Samuel Burgos, who brought a clear plastic toy gun to Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School West in Miramar, Fla., last year when he was a 7-year-old second grader. When ...
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