Chicago: Safe Passage program expands to 14 more schools
FOX32: SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE – Students from 14 more Chicago Public Schools will now benefit from the Safe Passage program designed to keep kids safe on their way to and [Read More]
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85 languages spoken in Buffalo schools as ‘New Americans’ enter classrooms
This can’t be good for anybody. Buffalo News- The City of Buffalo has taken in thousands of immigrants and refugees in recent years, and it’s reflected in many of its schools. [Read More]
PA school board votes to station armed officers at all schools
EAG: MONROEVILLE, Pa. – The Gateway School Board takes student safety seriously, so they’re putting armed police officers in all schools to ensure they’re protected. The board voted 7-2 Tuesday [Read More]
Parents revolt as Chicagoland school district drops letter grades
EAG: CHICAGO – Some public schools are shifting from traditional letter grades to “progress guides” with more ambiguous measurements of student achievement, and Chicago area parents think the new “standards-based” [Read More]
D.C. schools to teach bike-riding in 2nd grade
Despite low reading proficiency rates. EAG: WASHINGTON, D.C. – District of Columbia Public Schools officials are embarking on a bold new education initiative: teaching all second-graders how to ride a [Read More]
Home-packed lunches are banned as ‘moldy’ Obamalunches are served
EAG: JESUP, Ga. – Eat like Michelle Obama or go hungry — that’s the attitude of a Georgia preschool. A parent of a child at Wayne County Head Start says [Read More]
California “Greening” A Taxpayer Swindle
The AP has a report on California’s 2012 Green Energy Jobs Act that found the law seriously underperformed on its promises. The legislation was chocked full of ill-defined focus group [Read More]
Student’s writing assignment on ‘snow’ sponsored by Double Stuf Oreos
EAG: AUGUSTA, Maine – Corporate branding in schools is drawing criticism in Maine, and Gov. Paul LePage recently vetoed a measure to ban brands promoting food and beverages prohibited by [Read More]
Schools still struggling after last year’s surge of illegal minors
EAG News- HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The massive wave of undocumented minors who flooded across the U.S.-Mexico border last year have put in motion “a real cascading set of effects” that [Read More]