From KUSI News
Parents, students and teachers in the Grossmont Union High School District tried to save their schools Thursday night.
Category Archives: School
Does It Pay To Pay Teachers $100,000?
From NPR News
We’re brought up to believe our teachers are modern-day saints.
Just look at how we portray them in the movies and on TV. From Dead Poets Society‘s iconic Mr. Keating to resourceful LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds, we reinforce time and again that teaching is a noble calling.
Hey, New Teacher, Don’t Quit. It Will Get Better
From NPR News
Starting a new job is always tough — no matter the profession. But the first year for a new teacher can be brutal.
Did You Know You Can Lower Your Student Loan Payments? I Didn’t
From NPR News
Here’s what I remember about the beginning of the night: I’d planned to stay up late, for work. Later than usual, to watch President Obama’s State of the Union address.
It was cold outside, January in D.C. A snowstorm was coming, and the digital antenna for my TV wasn’t behaving. I was getting up often to adjust it.
The Incubator School: E Is For Experimental & Entrepreneur
From NPR News
Fourteen-year-old Yasemine Dursun is an aspiring entrepreneur. Her invention is called the Slapwrap, a braceletlike device for storing earbuds.
In a cacophonous hallway crowded with her classmates, she launches into her pitch:
Want To Make A School Better? Get Kids To Show Up
From NPR News
At 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, you’ll find Mark Gaither standing on Gough Street in southeast Baltimore. He’s outside Wolfe Street Academy, the neighborhood elementary school where he’s the principal.
From ‘Book Strap’ To ‘Burrito’: A History Of The School Backpack
From NPR News
My editor, Steve Drummond, isn’t that old of a guy. He’s from Michigan — Wayne Memorial High School, class of ’79.
But when he starts talking about backpacks, he dips into a “back in my day” tone that makes you think of a creaky rocking chair and suspenders: “You know, Lee, when I was in school, no one had a backpack!
Most school districts withhold salary data from California state controller
From The Sacramento Bee
When the State Controller’s Office asked school districts to hand over salary data, about 70 percent of the public school systems across the state – and a slightly higher share in Sacramento County – did not provide the requested information.
What If Every High School Had A ‘Justice Program’ Instead Of A Cop?
From NPR News
This week’s viral videos of a Columbia, S.C., deputy’s push-the-chair-over-and-drag-the-student arrest of a 16-year-old high school girl in her classroom has refocused attention on the expanding role of police in schools, “zero tolerance” discipline policies and the disproportionate punishment of minorities. The student in the case was African-American and the deputy, Ben Fields, is white.
Test Scores Are Falling. Is The Sky?
From NPR News
For the first time in 25 years, America’s fourth- and eighth-graders are doing worse in math, at least according to The National Assessment of Educational Progress.
