“Jane Lee Johnson thought her swelling waistline was just an unwelcome sign of menopause. But when the 49-year-old’s abdominal pain grew so severe that she could scarcely breathe earlier this month, doctors at Falmouth Hospital told her that she had something far more frightening: A CT scan had detected a large tumor on her ovaries…. […]
“The lunch lines weren’t moving fast enough for Linda Stoll, head of food programs at the Boulder Valley, Colo., school district. Because of that, kids had barely enough time to sit and eat before the lunch period was over. So, last year, Stoll began looking for ways to speed up the queue. She discovered that […]
“Representatives from the Los Angeles Unified School District kicked off a two-day lobbying trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday by advocating reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind education reform law, which Congress will consider before the end of the year. ‘I’m here representing 700,000 children who absolutely need critical attention on No Child Left […]
“With some 50 or so companies now marketing emergency text-messaging systems to schools and colleges in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings last April, campus safety officials have been deluged with promises about how well these systems are able to get the word out quickly in the event of an emergency. But there has […]
“Michigan’s colleges and universities, already down millions in deferred state payments, are facing an incredibly uncertain fiscal climate. As legislators in Lansing bicker over a $1.75 billion statewide deficit, the threat of a government shutdown starting on Monday looms. And college leaders aren’t only looking forward with nervousness, they’re likewise looking anxiously back — to […]
“President Bush on Thursday signed legislation designed to make college more affordable for students from poor and middle-class families, swallowing objections to a bill that enjoyed veto-proof majorities in Congress. The new law achieves a goal Bush shares with lawmakers: boosting aid for needy students. The action allows both the Bush administration and Congress to […]
“The fall season, often recognized as the ‘going back to school’ time of year, has little or no meaning for most homeschooled students, as these alternative education participants generally attend class year round. With growing concern over challenges associated with learning style, negative social environments and religion, many parents have decided that homeschooling is more […]
“The release this week of national test scores in reading and math was an embarrassment for the state Department of Education. Scores nationally and in many individual states showed modest gains from 2005 to 2007, but New York did not - even though the Education Department had trumpeted ‘gains’ on its tests just weeks earlier. […]
“Charter schools have been around for 10 years in Ohio. That is time enough for the schools to show results that justify their promise of better performance as alternatives to ‘failing’ public schools. Still, for a number of schools, the record of achievement is appallingly low. Marc Dann, the state attorney general, has identified the […]
“Utah has become the premier stomping ground for high-spending, liberal organizations and with Election Day quickly approaching the National Education Association’s campaign to buy out school choice is in full swing. The passage of the ‘Parent Choice in Education Act’ was a major victory for children and parents. The bill armed parents with education vouchers […]
