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Analysis: New Newark Poll Shows Majority Of City’s Voters Favor School Options And Charter Schools. Democratic Presidential Candidates Need To Pay Attention

Analysis: New Newark Poll Shows Majority of City’s Voters Favor School Options and Charter Schools. Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Pay Attention

A recent survey sponsored by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation has unveiled that the majority of voters in …

Teens Know Climate Change Is Real. They Want Schools To Teach More About It

Teenagers in high school are more likely than adults to agree with the scientific consensus that human activity is driving climate change. However, a significant number of these teenagers remain confused about the root causes of global warming. The results …

Proposed Amendments Delay Vote On Voc.-Ed. Bill

Senator Kennedy is anticipated to present multiple modifications, one of which would raise the program’s authorization level to $8 billion, and another that would establish a pool of transitional funds to assist states that have yet to establish school-to-work systems. …

Contract Yields New Teacher-Evaluation System

Upon Melissa Rhone’s return to her fourth-grade classroom at Brennan-Rogers School, her students greet her with excitement. They proudly point out the eight lines on the whiteboard, each representing a compliment from the substitute teacher regarding their good behavior. These …

Court To Weigh State Efforts To Ban Local Gay-Rights Measures

In a groundbreaking gay-rights case, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken on the task of deciding whether states can prohibit local laws or policies that protect homosexuals from discrimination. The court will be reviewing an amendment in Colorado’s constitution that …

Cards On The Table

The scene is set in Dona LeBouef’s kitchen, where three women are gathered around the table. These women are not your typical rebels; they appear more like P.T.A. moms, dressed in coordinated outfits. Despite their polite demeanor, they are preparing …

North Wind Bows To The Rising Sun

The North Wind and the Sun were in a dispute over who had the most power. They decided to settle the argument by seeing who could first strip a man of his clothes. The North Wind tried his best to …

‘Band Geeks’

The Pulaski High School band dedicates months of practice to ensure their performance at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is flawless.

Tom Busch, the band director, enthusiastically signals his marching band to begin playing “All That Jazz,” hoping that they …

Research: Boys To Men

According to some experts, the school environment is not particularly conducive to boys’ success. In 1998, the superintendent of a school district in suburban Boston noticed a concerning trend. A majority of the students being inducted into the National Honor …