AltWeeklies Wire
What Is ‘Common Core’ All About?new
The Common Core, a set of math and English language arts standards that spells out what skills students are expected to master in kindergarten through 12th grade, will be rolled out in every Mississippi school this year.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader and The Hechinger Report |
08-01-2014 |
Education
Sponsor Appealnew
The drama over the termination of a University of Arizona assistant professor and the future of marijuana research continues.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
07-29-2014 |
Education
Professor says CSU fired him for appearing on a beer cannew
Charleston Southern University associate professor Paul Roof says the school fired him Friday after his bearded visage appeared on cans of Holy City Brewing’s Chucktown Follicle Brown.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
06-02-2014 |
Education
Buriednew
Student loans rob the future to pay today with wide-ranging consequences.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Griffin Swartzell |
05-08-2014 |
Education
State Takeovers: A Fix for Failing School Districts?new
When the state took control of the Hazlehurst City school district in 2008, the small rural district was in chaos and suffering from abysmal academic performance.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader and The Hechinger Report |
03-28-2014 |
Education
We're Constantly in Fear: The Life of a Part-Time Professornew
Interviews with adjunct professors who realize that the colleges and universities that employ them never intend to give them tenure. Most teachers who make a living out of it have to hold down more than one job.
San Diego Reader |
Elizabeth Salaam |
12-18-2013 |
Education
Houston Has a Reading Problemnew
Houston Independent School District students may be able to pass the tests needed to graduate, but that doesn't mean they know how to read.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
12-12-2013 |
Education
A Prep to Protectnew
The Air Force Academy’s committed to its academic booster program. But at what cost?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
11-13-2013 |
Education
Why Black Students Are Avoiding UC Berkeleynew
In the post-Prop 209 era, nearly 60 percent of African-American students accepted at Cal are choosing to attend other colleges — often, because they feel unwelcome.
East Bay Express |
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor |
11-07-2013 |
Education
Everyone Says They Want the Best for North Forest Students, As Long As They Stand to Benefit.new
HISD didn't just absorb North Forest out of the goodness of its heart. There's some real benefits in the acquisition to the mega district and its superintendent. Hopefully for the kids as well.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
10-02-2013 |
Education
Privatizing UC Instructionnew
A controversial bill proposes that California public universities partner with private technology companies to provide general education classes online.
East Bay Express |
Whitney Phaneuf |
06-07-2013 |
Education
Quashing the home-school stereotypenew
Varied social interaction, one-on-one instruction and unusual courses are a few perks of home-schooling
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
05-09-2013 |
Education
Sterling High School: Keeping It All Togethernew
As Sterling High School's year comes to an end, merger talk has the community upset, critics say they can't trust HISD, and its latest principal is pulling out all the stops to try to get kids to graduation.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
05-09-2013 |
Education
Tags: Houston schools
HB 1081, the sex-ed bill, awaits Hickenlooper's signaturenew
A bill to change the state standard for comprehensive human sexuality education is awaiting Gov. John Hickenlooper's signature. House Bill 1081 adjusts the state's definition of comprehensive sex ed to be more inclusive, and creates a grant program for schools that want to offer curriculum meeting the new standard (see "Bananarama," News, Feb. 27)...
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
05-09-2013 |
Education
Feed-good bill for public schoolsnew
District 11 stands among those worried about how to fulfill legislative promise
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-18-2013 |
Education
