Former superintendent received a severance package including paid leave and benefits through April of 2007. Cost of Campbell's 'voluntary' departure: $98,000,...
Public schools performed as well or better in some test than private schools; conservative Christian schools lagged on 8th-grade math. Public Schools Close to...
Mort Geivett accepts principal job in Willows; Sherianne Cotterell is new Superintendent of the Rio School District in Oxnard. WUSD: principal and number-two...
The WJUSD boundary extends out into northern sections of West Sacramento. Redrawing the district lines may be a solution. West Sacramento students filling...
The report thrust the Education Department into the center of the heated national debate over school choice. Study of test scores finds charter schools...
Academic stress is rare as only about 10 percent of high school students seek Ivy League status. Too few overachievers in high schools. Aug. 22 (Washington...
Evolutionary biology vanishes from list of fields of study for recipients of a federal education grant for low-income college students. Oops, evolution major...
L.A. teacher says that his principal smeared him and encouraged parental complaints after class discussion on the war in Iraq. Retaliation alleged for teaching...
Congress needs to grasp the obvious: the quality of the teacher corps is more crucial to school reform than anything else. Exploding the Charter School Myth. ...
Classes were a little less crowded at Morton HS on the first day of school: 128 students were sent home for wearing the wrong clothes. 128 Students Suspended...
Refusal to go to school is not an uncommon problem. Up to one- quarter of children experience it at some point. Help for the Child Who Says No to School By...
Officials of the College Board dismissed the suggestion that students were getting tired out by the new three-part test. SAT Reading and Math Scores Show a...
Dear teachers and students, dear principals and counselors, as the new school year begins, let us reflect. On Education: Upon Further Reflection, a Few Random...
NEA needs your continued help to put pressure on lawmakers to repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). Urge...
College Board says it was partly due to some students taking the newly lengthened test only once instead of twice. Drop in SAT Scores Biggest in 31 Years. ...
Enough already on how many millions chief executives earn. Let's shift gears to a group of workers who earn pennies in comparison. A teacher's year = a CEO's...
It seems to be the new writing section of the SAT that has made the number of perfect scores plummet. Perfect's new profile, warts and all. Sept. 3 NEW YORK...
The Home School Legal Defense Association objects to online auction giant eBay's ban on the sale of teacher's guides. Home school group to sell textbook...
How conservative ideology is pricing college out of the reach of most working families. The GOP's School Daze by Robert L. Borosage Sept. 6, (TomPaine.com)...
WTA Update Newsletter September 18, 2006 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/index.html> In this edition: 1. Message from WTA President Reggie Jarrott-Briggs 2. WTA...
Members: Information of interest to all members has been posted to WTA's website at http://www.wtateachers.org. In this update, you can read about: 1. The new...
Members: On Wednesday November 8, WTA members received a document titled "Facts About Cost Containment Plans" from the district administration. While this...
From a member: "Vicky Dali just gave Tami Vitto the direction to go forth on the existing medical plan and coverage and start deducting the money out of our...
We now know the direction the board gave to district administration and the negotiations team: screw the employees and play hardball. I hope that the people...
I've put twenty years into this district. During my tenure in this district I have received WUSD pens, mousepads, pencils, plaques, and a series of colorful...
