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Restorative Justice stops fights, keeps kids in school

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Padres Unidos has staged rallies and protests to push Denver Public Schools to change its discipline policy over the years away from "zero tolerance."

Southern Schools Mark Two Majorities

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The South has become the first region in the country where more than half of public school students are poor and more than half are members of minorities, according to a new report.

Teachers face mass layoffs as stimulus runs out

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Using federal stimulus money to avoid layoffs at schools is going to create a shortfall even more difficult for states and schools to contend with when that money runs out, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Monday.

School Grades Reflect Persistent Disparity

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Over the last three years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.

Charter schools not making the grade, Ed. Dept. study finds

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

An Education Department report shows that charter schools have done worse than traditional public schools according to the department's own measurements.

Unions Criticize Obama's School Proposals as 'Bush III'

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

To the surprise of many educators who campaigned last year for change in the White House, the Obama administration's first recipe for school reform relies heavily on Bush-era ingredients and adds others that make unions gag.

Mayor Bloomberg's boast on graduation rates is misleading, according to study

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Bloomberg's claim that graduation rates are up at small schools he created after shuttering large dysfunctional ones is misleading, a new study asserts.

Among new small high schools, enrollment patterns vary

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The students who enroll at new small schools are not always just like those who enrolled at the large high schools they replaced, a new study has found.

Muslims Press for School Holidays in New York City

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Muslims groups here are pressing city officials to close public schools on two of the faith's holiest days, just as schools do for major Jewish and Christian holidays. But the groups have yet to persuade the man in charge of New York City schools, Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Annual California school evaluations released show some improvement

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The state Department of Education released school ratings this morning that paint an incrementally improving portrait of California's kindergarten-12th grade public education system.