CPS adding 'financial literacy' to curriculum :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: City Hall

Passing algebra, geometry and calculus is one thing. Mastering the skills needed to pay bills, balance a checkbook, make car and mortgage payments is quite another

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Stay in Detroit Schools

Robert Bobb, Emergency Financial Manager for DPS, strongly believes DPS has the professional staff in place to ensure that students are placed in the optimal educational environment, where safety and security are at the forefront on campus and in the community, where building con …

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High schools rife with hazing, Maine study finds on Yahoo! News

As in college, high school hazing pervaded groups from sports teams to the yearbook staff and performing arts, according to professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden of the University of Maine's College of Education and Human Development.

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Santa Clara County sees high juvenile misdemeanor arrest rate - San Jose Mercury News

The most recent figures from the California Attorney General's Office show the county ranks third-highest in the arrest rate for such low-level offenses as bringing booze to school, spray-painting graffiti and getting into fistfights.

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Are Teachers Jumping the Charter School Ship?

In the charter schools, nearly a quarter of the teachers ended up leaving by the end of the school year, 14 percent of them leaving the field altogether and 11 percent transferring to another school.

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Bobb: DPS challenges are the greatest of his career | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Robert Bobb, speaking on NPR's "Tell Me More" show, talked about his plan to close 23 schools by the fall to help erase the system's massive deficit and address the district's plummeting enrollment.

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Post-Columbine programs help prevent rampages

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Should MDE Change Teacher Certification Requirements

Education leaders in Michigan are considering making the state's 100,000 teachers prove they're good at what they do to get and maintain a license.

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Do Charters Really Outperform Traditional Public Schools in Michigan?

The annual report from the MDE compares test scores in all charter schools to the average score of 20 districts -- many low-performing -- that are home to about 75% of the state's charter schools. By that measure, charter schools do better.

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Education Week: Obama Echoes Bush on Education Ideas

Mr. Obama is sounding themes of accountability based on standards and assessments. He's delivering tough talk on teacher quality, including a call for performance-based pay. And he's promoting an expanded charter school sector.

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Heroes Work in Detroit Public Schools

School Social Worker in a Detroit public school risks life to save students from a possibly violent occurence.

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Texas school district will let teachers carry guns

A tiny district will let teachers and staff members carry concealed firearms in school to deter and protect against shootings when classes begin this month, provided the gun-toting employees follow certain requirements.

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Black Males Still Lag in Graduation, Report Says

The Schott Foundation for Public Education, which tracks the educational progress of black boys, plans to step up its efforts to see that graduation-rate gaps are closed.

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Michigan Worst for Graduating Black Males

A national report says Michigan is the worst in the nation when it comes to graduating black male students from high school.

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Urban Districts Found to Be Narrowing the Teacher Gap

Teachers at disadvantaged schools in two of the nation's largest urban districts are getting more qualified, which is helping to improve student test scores.

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To NAACP, Obama Stresses Parental Theme

Parents and the federal government each have an important role to play in boosting student achievement, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois told the nation's oldest civil rights organization on Monday.

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Are American Public Schools Inherently Biased?

In the 40 years since integration, the African-American achievement gap in education stubbornly persists, even though other racial groups have arrived as immigrants, been assimilated, and demonstrated more educational progress.

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Choice and Teacher Quality Top McCain's Education Agenda

Sen. John McCain of Arizona pledged today to expand school choice programs and direct federal resources to alternative teacher-certification programs.

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New Programs for Training Charter Leaders Scrutinized

The study by the National Charter School Research Project, based at the University of Washington in Seattle, examined 13 training programs for charter leaders, including full-time, part-time, and summer enrichment programs.

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Six States to Design Own Plans for Fixing Schools

Ohio and five other states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law.

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Bad Tenured Teachers Hard to Fire

Tenured teachers are the most difficult and expensive to terminate. The article shares some implications.

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Fewer students divided by more teachers = very costly math

As student enrollment declines in NYC schools, teacher recruitment has increased. The district continues to hire teachers despite a decline in student enrollment.

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House Panel Would Kill 'Reading First' Funding

The federal government is looking to halt spending on the federal "Reading First" program. The proposal comes after a major investigation found several conflicts of interest.

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