Stand With Parkland, a group created following the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is backing Debra Hixon for Broward County School Board. Hixon’s husband, Chris, was killed in the attack. She’s competing to succeed Broward School Board Member Robin Bartleman in the at-large District 9 seat as Bartleman…
If you ask most any parent of a school-age kid about the most important decision they’ll make, chances are choosing the right school tops the list. We know that no matter the income, race, location or any other factor, the one thing parents have in common is the desire to…
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on distance learning to allow the resumption of classes later this month.Among the sticking points resolved was the question of whether teachers would be required to be physically present in their…
The following is a response to our call for people to share thoughts and concerns about Michigan schools returning to in-person learning this fall. “Returning to school is a recipe for more catastrophe. Do you honestly believe that children of all ages will be able to social distance and keep…
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -A new report from the Madison Metropolitan School District shows black high school students were arrested or cited by school resource officers disproportionately to other students in the 2019-2020 school year. This comes one month after the MMSD school board voted to take SROs out of schools….
This looks pretty different than the last time I blogged about it – added charge, new members, new timeline.Here’s the document to be considered by they Madison School Board at their meeting tomorrow. CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE Charge of Ad Hoc Committee: The committee is charged with examining safety and…
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS): Treating safety of students, especially in government-run schools, is of a humongous public interest, the Information Commission in Punjab has ruled that a parent has the right to know about the school, where his or her ward is going or getting admitted…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Fayette County Public School Police Department has received a Promising Program Award from the Kentucky Association of School Resource Officers. Chief Martin Schafer accepted the honor on behalf of his staff during the 2020 Kentucky Association of School Administrators leadership institute, which ran July 29-31…
I would like to respond to D. Allan Kerr’s opinion piece published in the Portsmouth Herald titled, “Cops in Our Schools Can Have Positive Impact.” Since the Kittery School Committee meeting on July 21, there has been a lot of discussion on the topic, especially on the Kittery Facebook page….
“Don’t expect a normal school year,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday when talking about the possibility of changing the state’s school plans in light of rising cases. “Normalcy is not in our grasp right now. Let’s all accept that.” School districts have been debating how to accommodate educational…
