Drugs, Drop-outs and Restorative Justice Conferencing
By Julia Steiny The lovely Roxanna, as we’ll call her, sighed heavily as she joined a circle that included a school administrator, two conference facilitators and her very pissed-off dad. The teacher who had promised to make it could not. Roxanna agreed to participate in a restorative-justice conference for drug possession, hoping to resolve More...
Federal Task Force Recommends Depression Screening for Kids
New recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force suggest that adolescents be routinely screened for depression by primary care doctors, including family physicians and pediatricians. These doctors More...
SAT Changes Add Complex Reading, Wordier Math Problems
The College Board, makers of the SAT exam taken by thousands of high school students each year, is introducing a new version of the test this year – the biggest and most substantial redesign in a decade. According More...
Mount St. Mary’s President: ‘Drown the Bunnies’ to Improve Rankings
Alumni of Mount St. Mary’s University are pushing for the resignation of the school’s president after he fired two faculty members and demoted the provost while controversy mounts over an academic More...
Julia Steiny: School Suspensions Model the Wrong Behavior for Students
By Julia Steiny Last week we looked at reasons why kids misbehave — how sometimes they can’t or they won’t act in community-appropriate ways. Whether it’s a choice for them or not, it’s More...
Editor: Thoughts on Cato Institute’s Andrew J. Coulson
Andrew Coulson, Senior Fellow of Education Policy at the Cato Institute, has passed at the age of 48. Cato colleagues Neal McCluskey and Jason Bedrick have detailed Andrew’s contributions to how we think More...
As Earley Exits Detroit, Snyder, City Look To Reorganize
Darnell Earley will step down from his role as state-appointed emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools at the end of this month. Governor Rick Snyder made the announcement earlier last week, confirming Earley’s More...
Cambridge University Brings Back Entrance Exams
Prospective students seeking admission to Cambridge University in Fall 2017 will have to take entrance exams, the school has confirmed. The decision comes after the government’s A-level reforms, according More...
Increased Risk of Child Autism Linked to Maternal Obesity, Diabetes
A US study has suggested that mothers who are obese during their pregnancy have roughly twice the chance of having a child with autism compared to mothers who weigh less. Lisa Rapaport writes for Scientific American More...
Obama Unveils Computer Science for All Initiative
In an effort to increase access to computer science programs for both the nation’s schools and students, President Barack Obama has unveiled the Computer Science for All Initiative, a program that will invest More...
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