When 11 percent of Yale’s senior class, 10 percent of Georgetown’s and 9 percent of Harvard’s head off to teach at some of America’s most impoverished inner city schools for the next couple of years, something’s going on.
College Prep
U-Chi’s Dishonorable Faculty
Nearly 100 U-Chi faculty members have signed a petition against establishing a Milton Friedman Institute on campus.
Pop Quiz
How much do American high-schoolers know about their literary heritage? Not much, apparently.
What happens in Vegas…
Apart from adult entertainment, the city fathers of Las Vegas actually find a lot of things they want to regulate, such as education.
Supreme Speaker
One of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ most meaningful talks this year was the one he gave at the Washington (DC) Jesuit Academy.
Middle School Pregnancy Test
An irate father in Jackson, Mississippi is demanding that his daughter’s sixth grade teacher at the Chastain Middle School be fired, said pc.blogspot.com.
Melancholy Serenades
Education professionals think that they have come up with a way to get middle school students to share their life experiences in a way that is both therapeutic and instructive but the exercises may prove to be intrusive at best.
Bilingual Education Still Hanging On
On June 2, California celebrates the 10th anniversary of Proposition 227 initiative many believed would end bilingual education in the state’s classrooms.
Homeschooling Stereotypes Shattered
Here and across the nation, the homeschooling movement has grown in stature and popularity – defying stereotypes and occasionally, disarming critics.
Benching Parents, Year-Round
Should parents be key players in year-round school assignment decisions? An ill-conceived appellate court decision this week says they shouldn’t.