I am honored this week with the pleasure and responsibility of hosting the Carnival of Open Records
The Freedom of Information Act should really be named the Freedom From Information Act. If you don’t believe me read the stories below of journalist, lawyers, and regular citizens who attempt to access open records.
Andrew Spencer’s gives his [...]
The School Board in Big Hollow School District 38 still has not gotten the message that they need to control spending instead of using threats to harm the education of the district’s children or using the taxpayers as their open wallet. They will once again put a tax increase on the ballot in February.
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I read the following statement over at The Tempered Radical:
As a society that claims to be interested in leaving no child behind, significant efforts should be directed at closing the socioeconomic gaps that exist between the rich and the poor in our country. Until we drive meaningful changes in high-needs communities—providing universal health care, child [...]
Reading is a gateway to open the imagination of the mind for children to explore other worlds, travel into the future and the past, learn our history, and learn lessons of life. During the summer teachers across the country hand out reading assignments to encourage students minds to expand, explore and learn. The [...]
While reviewing articles for the 132nd Carnival of Education, I found the DeHavilland Blog asking “Can you think of anything that would do more to ensure the viability and vibrancy of public education in the future?”. Brett asked this question at the end of his argument the upside of less education funding. Here [...]
There are many ways to upset a teacher. But one way is to suggest that they or their spouses cannot vote or negotiate contracts if elected to a school board. The quote that riled Mr. Ferriter is the following (See comments in my original post):
In my opinion, the teachers [...]
The Committee on Education and Labor has released its’ discussion draft on the Title I changes for NCLB (Elementary and Secondary Education Act). You can view the summary if you don’t want to read the full draft.
A couple of quick items I noticed in the summary were the following [Emphasis mine]:
Multiple Indicators/Assessments [...]
