So, you’ve gotten into college (congrats!), filled out your FAFSA (great!) and are now staring at a financial aid award letter, wondering what to do next (uh-oh). As the May 1 deadline to accept financial aid offers approaches, TIME Moneyland spoke to …
Continue Reading →Crutcho Elementary School sits on a flood plain near Oklahoma City. One could say its location is a metaphor for the school’s challenges. Just as the school is at risk of flooding, its students are susceptible to the generational poverty that surroun…
Continue Reading →“This administration believes that career and technical education is central to rebuilding our economy and securing a brighter future for our nation,” said Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, at last week’…
Continue Reading →Since the first day of class this school year, Bev Campbell has been teaching her students how to say their names.
Continue Reading →HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As the legislative session heads into its final weeks, Connecticut lawmakers and officials are working behind closed doors to sculpt Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed education overhaul package into a compromise bill they bel…
Continue Reading →HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As the legislative session heads into its final weeks, Connecticut lawmakers and officials are working behind closed doors to sculpt Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed education overhaul package into a compromise bill they bel…
Continue Reading →Published Online: April 16, 2012
Published in Print: April 18, 2012, as School and District Collaboration
Commentary
By Trent E. Kaufman, Emily Dolci Grimm, & Allison Miller
Public education in the United States is at a critical juncture. De…
Continue Reading →Pressures may rise once grants run out
By Andrew Brownstein
For the casual visitor, it’s easy to miss that Southeast High School in rural Kansas—once among the lowest academic performers in the state—is in the midst of a profound transformation.
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By Linda Conner Lambeck, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport (MCT)
Jose Lopez, a Central High School sophomore, uses one word to describe the changes described in a plan to expand and improve the city’s high schools: “amazing.”
While others remain skeptical…
By Linda Conner Lambeck, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport (MCT)
Jose Lopez, a Central High School sophomore, uses one word to describe the changes described in a plan to expand and improve the city’s high schools: “amazing.”
While others remain skeptical…