Education News

Wisconsin Becomes Only the Third in the Nation to Collaborate with the Partnership for 21st Century Skills

The board’s action, while essential, is far from the final step in the process.

Carolyn Kelley uses ‘the new three-Rs approach’ to education: rigor, relevance, and relationship.

California is a harbinger of the magnified problems that public schools around the country will face as the last phase of the reform timeline outlined by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) kicks in this year.

Should the US be rethinking the college and university system? Two academics offer their perspectives.

The state of Montana already concedes to parents the right to home-school their children, rather than entrust education to the government. That is as it should be. But to deny that children have a right to education, to leave education at the sole discretion of those parents who may not have the best interests of their children at heart, is foolish and reprehensible.

Last week, Fines attended a career fair in Washington, D.C., where recruiters were scrambling for new hires. But most of those places were too far for him to be comfortable relocating.

“They’re starting at $40,000 to $45,000 for some of those school districts,” Fines said. “They’re just desperate for teachers.”

If he stays in Montana, he’s looking at a starting salary between $19,000 and $30,000. Many jobs on the lower end of that scale offer no or limited health insurance. Virtually none of them are in communities with more than 1,000 people.

While Massachusetts is leading in putting in place the longer-day model, lawmakers in Minnesota, New Mexico, New York and Washington, D.C., also have debated whether to lengthen the school day or year.

Changes in technology — and many parents’ obsessive search for the perfect school — are enabling families to move further afield to access quality education.

What if there were a proven method for reducing violence, drug abuse and drop out rates for kids? A method tested by two decades worth of real world practice?