News Briefs

Project Offers Teacher Scholarships

November 17, 2009 Math and science teachers in Michigan will be eligible for stipends to pay for their master's-degree training if they commit to working in high-need schools.

Principal Held Hostage

November 17, 2009 Upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel, a 42-year-old father of an Army veteran sneaked a disassembled shotgun into Stissing Mountain Middle School in Pine Plains, N.Y., Nov. 10.

Health Officials Set Swine-Flu Toll On U.S. Children at 540 Deaths

November 17, 2009 Government health officials say swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April, and about 4,000 have died, including 540 children.

Gates Foundation to Help Charters With Bond Guarantees for Facilities

November 17, 2009 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last week announced plans to help expand the Houston charter school sector.

Federal Report Faults N.Y. State Over Monitoring of Stimulus Funds

November 17, 2009 New York state needs to improve the way it monitors how districts and others spend their stimulus dollars, the U.S. Department of Education's office of the inspector general reported last week.

Cash Idea Crashes

November 17, 2009 Administrators in Goldsboro, N.C., have nixed a cash-for-grades fundraiser that was offering 20 test points to students in exchange for a $20 donation.

Work Groups Picked for K-12 Standards

November 17, 2009 The members of the "work groups" for developing K-12 standards in English-language arts and mathematics were announced last week.

Washington State Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Salary Money

November 17, 2009 Variation in the way Washington state teachers are paid does not pose a constitutional problem, the Washington Supreme Court ruled last week.

Career and Technical Education

November 17, 2009

Stereotype Awareness

November 17, 2009

Autism and Handwriting

November 17, 2009

Gifted Education

November 17, 2009

Correction

November 17, 2009

Blogs of the Week

November 16, 2009