I will graduate high school knowing how to take the derivative of complicated logarithmic equations. I will not graduate high school knowing how to
Tag: public schools
My kids’ school doesn’t ban books. I checked. And yours?
Students in Missouri’s Republic school district won’t find Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five or Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer in their school libraries. Classics like
When school districts consolidate: pros & cons
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and the state’s legislators are considering the consolidation of school districts in order to save the state money. Quinn has
Latina moms take on Chicago Public Schools—and win
On September 15 of this year, police surrounded a field house at Whittier Dual-Language Elementary School in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Andy Donakowski of In
School reform vs. school choice
A former champion of No Child Left Behind has written a book criticizing the policy as a failure, especially because it relies on standardized