Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Baptist activists: Pull kids out of school
Resolution urges members to reject government education
By Ron Strom
Resolution urges members to reject government education
By Ron Strom
The positive effects of exit exams
Indiana, like 23 other states, requires students to pass a state test before they can receive their high school diplomas.
Our View: Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters
Indiana, like 23 other states, requires students to pass a state test before they can receive their high school diplomas.
Our View: Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters
Negotiations Set on School Charters
Conversion panel on fast track toward establishing a Lake Wales district.
By Bill Bair
Conversion panel on fast track toward establishing a Lake Wales district.
By Bill Bair
Parents face tough call
Held back. Retained. Flunked.
They are words no parent or child wants to hear, and yet nearly one-fifth of students hear them each year
By Lindsey Collom
Held back. Retained. Flunked.
They are words no parent or child wants to hear, and yet nearly one-fifth of students hear them each year
By Lindsey Collom
Charter School Transfer Plans Draw Protest
City Councilwoman Eva S. Moskowitz and parents of children at the John A. Reisenbach Charter School in Harlem, which is closing at the end of this academic year, complained yesterday that the City Department of Education had not done enough to help place Reisenbach students in new schools.
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
City Councilwoman Eva S. Moskowitz and parents of children at the John A. Reisenbach Charter School in Harlem, which is closing at the end of this academic year, complained yesterday that the City Department of Education had not done enough to help place Reisenbach students in new schools.
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Cinco de Mayo provides a broader lesson
Students `left out' by language barrier learn to think big
By ANDREW GUY Jr.
Students `left out' by language barrier learn to think big
By ANDREW GUY Jr.
Some kids just aren't ready
Paul Schommer says kids actually should be held back before kindergarten
Paul Schommer says kids actually should be held back before kindergarten
School desegregation hailed
Teens visit Little Rock and D.C. to trace the roots of the landmark Supreme Court decision.
By Jocelyn Wiener
Teens visit Little Rock and D.C. to trace the roots of the landmark Supreme Court decision.
By Jocelyn Wiener
Trend puts more students into same-sex classes
Some like not having to worry about looks.
By Denise-Marie Balona
Some like not having to worry about looks.
By Denise-Marie Balona
HS SPORTS GET JUICED
The city said yesterday it will create 120 new high-school sports teams this fall, as well as a tutoring program to keep basketball players from flunking off the team - using $2 million from its controversial sponsorship deal with Snapple.
By CARL CAMPANILE
The city said yesterday it will create 120 new high-school sports teams this fall, as well as a tutoring program to keep basketball players from flunking off the team - using $2 million from its controversial sponsorship deal with Snapple.
By CARL CAMPANILE
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
So much for plan to fund Texas schools
from gambling and payroll tax
Even before House debate began, Speaker Tom Craddick announced today that he was throwing in the towel on two key provisions of a school finance plan aimed at cutting local property taxes.
By JANET ELLIOTT and CLAY ROBISON
from gambling and payroll tax
Even before House debate began, Speaker Tom Craddick announced today that he was throwing in the towel on two key provisions of a school finance plan aimed at cutting local property taxes.
By JANET ELLIOTT and CLAY ROBISON
Poll: Parent, teacher contact limited
Moms, dads involved in kids' schools less as students get older
When Marilyn Schulte’s two kids were little, she spent hours in their classrooms, decorating bulletin boards, supervising reading groups and helping out any way she could.
By Karen Bouffard
Moms, dads involved in kids' schools less as students get older
When Marilyn Schulte’s two kids were little, she spent hours in their classrooms, decorating bulletin boards, supervising reading groups and helping out any way she could.
By Karen Bouffard
Parents' turn to give grades
The Arizona State Board of Education is conducting its annual parent survey, allowing moms and dads across the state to grade their child's school
by Pat Kossan
The Arizona State Board of Education is conducting its annual parent survey, allowing moms and dads across the state to grade their child's school
by Pat Kossan
Iraqi school boys: Now we hate the US
When it comes to defending the US military, 15-year- old Khldoon Abdullah Mahmood is a lone voice in the boisterous hallways of his Al Jadreeya Intermediate School.
By Christina Asquith
When it comes to defending the US military, 15-year- old Khldoon Abdullah Mahmood is a lone voice in the boisterous hallways of his Al Jadreeya Intermediate School.
By Christina Asquith
MATH-TEST SCANDAL
A Brooklyn elementary school violated testing rules by stockpiling numerous copies of prior years' exams - and then giving the materials to teachers and students to prepare for new exams, a whistleblowing teacher charges.
By CARL CAMPANILE
A Brooklyn elementary school violated testing rules by stockpiling numerous copies of prior years' exams - and then giving the materials to teachers and students to prepare for new exams, a whistleblowing teacher charges.
By CARL CAMPANILE
Teen jobs to dry up this summer
Teenagers are facing the worst summer job market in decades despite signs more companies are starting to hire.
By Stephanie Armour
Teenagers are facing the worst summer job market in decades despite signs more companies are starting to hire.
By Stephanie Armour
Reading, writing and . . . refinement?
Rocky Howell munched meals with a gaping mouth. Amy Crouch planted her elbows on the dinner table. And Marissa Gieseking sliced and diced her food with a fork.
By Theodore Kim
Rocky Howell munched meals with a gaping mouth. Amy Crouch planted her elbows on the dinner table. And Marissa Gieseking sliced and diced her food with a fork.
By Theodore Kim
Video earns attention for local charter school
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige kicked off National Charter School Week Monday by nationally broadcasting a video made by students at the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts.
By Matt Frazier
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige kicked off National Charter School Week Monday by nationally broadcasting a video made by students at the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts.
By Matt Frazier
Education, business leaders push ed tech as campaign issue
As another election season heats up, a longstanding consortium of educational technology advocates has unveiled a new initiative meant to spark a national conversation about the importance of computers in schools.
By Corey Murray
As another election season heats up, a longstanding consortium of educational technology advocates has unveiled a new initiative meant to spark a national conversation about the importance of computers in schools.
By Corey Murray
Budget crunch hits classroom
Jefferson County schools next year will enter a new era of budget cuts - ones that will be felt in the district's classrooms and seen in its aging schools.
By Alicia Caldwell
Jefferson County schools next year will enter a new era of budget cuts - ones that will be felt in the district's classrooms and seen in its aging schools.
By Alicia Caldwell
