Policy & Regulation: Page 164
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Deep Dive
5 education issues in the 2012 U.S. presidential election
See where Obama and Romney part ways on issues affecting K-12 education and higher ed, as well as where they agree.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012 -
Not Your Grandparents' Vocational School
Not Your Grandparents' Vocational School Monday, October 8, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, m...
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012 -
Healthy Steps Forward
Monday, October 8, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 distri...
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012 -
Virginia College Deploys Anonymous Incident Reporting Tool
A Virginia community college has implemented a new Web-based incident reporting platform through which students, faculty, and visitors can anonymously report concerns such as bullying, hazing, and cheating. Rappahannock Community College in Saluda has selected TIPS, a platform developed by Awa...
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012 -
ALAS Summit on Hispanic Education, October 10-13, Miami, Fla.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 From global competition and school funding to accountability and leadership, the waves of change impacting education are affecting us all. We can either be drowned by those waves or we can learn to surf; and what better place to start than here and now in Miami, at ALA...
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012 -
Officials have strong words as Pennsylvania charter school fight gets ugly
York Mayor Kim Bracey accused the school district of trying to "bludgeon" students back in.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 4, 2012 -
Complaints put Florida district's new grade system on ice until next August
The district may have jumped the gun on introducing the new system, says District Advisory Committee chairwoman.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 4, 2012 -
Hackers hit university servers to make political statement about higher ed
Dive Summary: Hackers calling themselves "Team Ghostshell" targeted servers at leading higher ed institutions, including the University of Michigan, Princeton, Harvard and Cambridge, among others. The group released a statement, explaining that they wanted to raise...
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 3, 2012 -
States push back against cyber-schools
Advocates of online schools admit that accountability is an issue and that some for-profit programs running the schools are more concerned with their financial standing than with the education of the students.
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 3, 2012 -
Chicago Board of Education's credit rating downgraded by Fitch
Fitch's A+-to-A decision follows last month's teachers strike in the Windy City.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 2, 2012 -
Duncan calls for end to paper textbooks
Duncan's remarks were made before the National Press Club, where he also lashed out against Republicans.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 2, 2012 -
Romney decries campaign funding from teachers unions
Speaking on education issues Tuesday, Romney said the issue needs to be addressed.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 25, 2012 -
Obama vs. Romney: Education policies broken down
NBC News looks at the education issues that define Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's positions.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 25, 2012 -
D.C.'s performance-based teacher firings set bar in national reform movement
Similar evaluation policies, which are a central part of the national school reform movement and were recently part of the Chicago teachers' strike, are business as usual in D.C.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 24, 2012 -
Solutions Products and Short Throw Projectors make learning faster and teaching easier
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 di...
By Davide Savenije • Sept. 24, 2012 -
Non-food Ways to Reward Student Achievement
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 di...
By Davide Savenije • Sept. 24, 2012 -
Republican candidates seeing increased support from teachers unions
Democrats still receive far more money from teachers unions, but Republicans have seen gains recently.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 24, 2012 -
Two Oregon districts join others nationwide in middle school drug testing
At least eight other states perform random drug tests as early as middle school.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 23, 2012 -
Michigan reform district allows students to learn at their own pace
Michigan's reform district, the Education Achievement Authority, plans to improve the state's lowest-performing schools by allowing students to learn at their own pace.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 21, 2012 -
N.C. law targets student cyberbullying against teachers
Cyberbullying worries apply to faculty, as well as to students, and a new law could provide a means to punish offenders.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 19, 2012 -
Classes resume for Chicago public school students
Some 350,000 Chicago public school students return to school Wednesday after the teachers' union votes to end their strike.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 19, 2012 -
Chicago teachers strike could hurt U.S. jobs report
26,000 strikers may translate to to 26,000 jobs not being counted on the month's national jobs report.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 18, 2012 -
Chicago Teachers Union delegates to decide whether to end strike Tuesday
Union delegates will vote on a tentative agreement in a Tuesday meeting.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 18, 2012 -
Judge won't order immediate end to Chicago teachers strike
A hearing could happen on Wednesday, but a potential union vote on Tuesday would render legal issues moot.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 17, 2012 -
Chicago mayor seeking court order to end teachers strike
The union's decision to continue the strike means at least two more days without classes in Chicago.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 17, 2012
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