Urging parents to “set a high bar” for their children, President Obama revealed his daughter Malia, a sixth-grader at Sidwell Friends School, had come home with a 73 on her science test. Her mother had told her earlier that she should earn “90 percent and up.’’
Malia vowed to study [...]
Teachers’ unions strongly backed the Democrats in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races, notes Edspresso. The unions strongly opposed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent. But union power proved to be a “paper tiger.” The union-backed candidates lost.
[...]EduCarnival v. 2 is up at I’m a Dreamer.
The Informed Parent is hosting the 201st Carnival of Homeschooling.
[...]Teachers who telephone, e-mail or text their students can get in trouble in Louisiana and in some districts, reports Education Week. In an attempt to prevent sexual exploitation, districts are making it harder for school employees to contact students one on one.
By Nov. 15, Louisiana teachers are supposed to [...]
Outside of its elite private institutions, Chicago is the The City Where Diploma Dreams Go to Die, writes Kevin Carey of Education Sector. Chicago State is at risk of losing accreditation because so few students earn a degree: The six-year graduation rate is 13 percent; after eight years, that [...]
