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Big Brother is watching: How tech turns public school students into prison inmates
A growing number of school districts have begun to incorporate the same kind of high-tech radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems used successfully by prison administrations to better control and manage state and federal prison populations.
Tyler Long and deliberate indifference: an insatiable standard of proof?
On October 17, 2009, Tyler Long, a 17-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome, committed suicide as a result of the pervasive bullying he faced each and every day at school. Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled in favor of Tyler’s school district in a suit brought by Tyler’s parents.
Montgomery College captures more than 25 percent of recent MCPS grads
Montgomery College’s recent report on the 2011 graduates of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) reports that more than 25 percent of all graduating seniors from the 27 high schools within the county went on to attend Montgomery College.
It only takes a second
Prom season is over. Many of our high school seniors are away with good friends enjoying beach week. This is the perfect time to remember “it only takes a second.”
Bullying gone wild: Schools suspend student witnesses
Schools have increasingly mishandled recent incidents of bullying by often going after the victims of bullying rather than the bullies. In two recent examples of this damnable approach by public schools to the issue of bullying, the schools involved chose to punish the student witnesses of ongoing bullying.
Evaluating special education teachers: Implementing the IEP should be the standard
Abandoning a jury-rigged evaluation system based off new, potentially esoteric criteria and adopting a measurement system based on the IEP has an added benefit: it ties teacher success to student success. The new requirements would serve as a bolster to existing special education-related laws and regulations. The end result would be an increased likelihood of student success.
Longer school days for middle school students in Prince George's County
Bad news for some Prince George’s County middle school students — look forward to longer schools days in the fall. The newly minted mandate that will extend school days by 40 minutes, with no financial burden, is an attempt to increase academic achievement.
Los Angeles School District to lower grad requirements
Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the country, is preparing to ease graduation requirements in order to lower the drop-out rate. It all started eight years ago, when the school district...
Should schools encourage students and teachers to text?
While some school districts around the country are rushing to ban student-teacher texting in order to diminish the likelihood of improper relationships developing, others are testing whether the texts are actually beneficial to students.