LA Teachers, Union Leaders Rally Amid Stalled Talks
Dressed in red and raising signs into the air, thousands of teachers filled a downtown Los Angeles park on Thursday in demand of higher wages and smaller class sizes amid…
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Making history: Battles brew over alleged bias in Advanced Placement standards
And in partisanship. The College Board, which creates standards for what knowledge students in AP classes must demonstrate to get college credit for taking the course, introduced a new 95-page…
Making history: Battles brew over alleged bias in Advanced Placement standards
And in partisanship. The College Board, which creates standards for what knowledge students in AP classes must demonstrate to get college credit for taking the course, introduced a new 95-page…
Huge DC snowball fight after weather-related shutdown
Federal staffers, college students, teachers and non-profit workers clad in snow gear and costumes—one man dressed as Captain America—clashed in a fog of white powder. Area schools were closed and…
Amid Measles Outbreak, Few Rules On Teacher Vaccinations
While much of the attention in the ongoing measles outbreak has focused on student vaccination requirements and exemptions, less attention has been paid to another group in the nation’s classrooms:…
Turkish Students And Teacher Protest Increase Of Religion In Schools
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of students and teachers across Turkey have boycotted school to protest the government’s moves to increase Islamic teachings in education. – Some students in the…
Schools Are Using Classroom Coaches To Keep Up With The Common Core
This piece comes to us courtesy of EdSource, where it was originally published. To break down the isolation that many teachers experience in their classrooms, California schools are using instructional…
Charlie Hebdo Attack Puts Schools Under Scrutiny
SAINT-OUEN-L’AUMÔNE, France — On a recent morning at the Lycée Edmond Rostand in this largely middle-class suburb of Paris, Céline Cauvin, a history and geography teacher, was leading high school…
School District Wants To Close Achievement Gap By Recruiting More Black Teachers
The achievement gap between students of different races has been well-documented, and the San Francisco Unified School District is trying something it hopes will address the disparities early on: Hiring…
Protest Held After San Francisco Archbishop Tells Teachers To Follow Church Teachings
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — About 100 people attended a vigil outside the Roman Catholic cathedral in San Francisco on Friday to protest the local archbishop’s move to require teachers at…
The Incredible Way One School Helped A Dying Teen See His Prom Dream Through
When Jak Trueman received news that his cancer had spread, he vowed to keep his promise of taking his girlfriend to prom — and his fellow classmates came together to…
Pakistani Teachers Arming Selves In Wake Of School Massacre
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — When Pakistani Taliban militants stormed a Peshawar school and massacred 150 children and teachers, nobody could fight back. Shabnam Tabinda and some of her fellow teachers…
700 Northern Kenya Teachers Protest Work Over Terror Attacks
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of teachers in northern Kenya bordering Somalia have refused to return to work, fearing attacks by Islamic extremists, a union official and teachers said Tuesday….
Training Teachers to Take Aim Against Taliban
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunfire rang out as Fatima Bibi squeezed off three shots, hitting her target every time. Then she lowered her Glock pistol, turned to her fellow academics and…
Protest In Mexico Marks Four Months Since Disappearance Of Students
Protesters in Mexico City are marking four months since the disappearance of 43 rural teachers’ college students in southern Mexico. – Student Omar Garcia says “there is no proof that…
5 reasons schools hate snow days
On Monday, schools across the Northeast shut down or planned to close early to prepare for a blizzard. New York City Public Schools planned to be open Monday but canceled…
Diversity In The Classroom: How To Solve The Black Male Teacher Shortage
America’s K-12 students have never been more diverse, with students of color now outnumbering white students. But that diversity ends at the front of the classroom. As a group, U.S….
Paris Attacks Lead French to Reinforce Secular Values in Schools
PARIS — Officials in France announced new measures on Thursday aimed at reinforcing secular values at French schools, after the terrorist attacks in Paris exposed serious cultural rifts with children…
Here’s What High School Students Say About Obama’s State Of The Union Address
These public high school students are not yet old enough to vote, but they had a lot to say about President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Students at…
2 California Teachers Accused Of Having Sex With Students On Beach
A pair of high school teachers in California have been arrested on suspicion of having sex with students during an alcohol-fueled party at the beach. Melody Lippert, 38, and Michelle…
A school’s experiment: Cutting out the classroom
This, their teachers said, is the kind of learning that happens only when schools cut out the classroom and take learning on the road. In late February, students from the…
AMC debuts trailer for ‘Better Call Saul’
To get fans primed, the network unveiled a two-minute trailer, the most extensive look yet at the anticipated spinoff starring Bob Odenkirk. The trailer shows Saul fighting for his clients…