Morning Announcements: June 11, 2012
Good morning and welcome to your Monday edition of Morning Announcements here at High School Soup! Shake out the weekend cobwebs and let’s get down to this morning’s developments.We told you recently...
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New York City schools reopened today after Hurricane Sandy, and the picture on the front of this story – of a music teacher hugging individual students as they come back to school, says it all. New...
View ArticleAfternoon announcements: November 7, 2012
Last night saw some major victories… and some major upsets. In education-related elections, one of these big upsets came in Indiana – where the electorate voted in Glenda Ritz to take the place of...
View ArticleReports of the Common Core Standards' demise are premature
Journalists say three events constitute a trend. In education policy, apparently, it only takes one.In Tuesday’s election, Tony Bennett, the state superintendent of education in Indiana, lost his bid...
View ArticleAfternoon announcements: If Indiana won't have Tony Bennett, maybe Florida will
Is your school district hanging on the edge of the fiscal cliff? The cliff, or the situation the nation will be in if sequestration (automatic spending cuts) go into effect, may affect some school...
View ArticleAfternoon announcements: Tony Bennett moves to Florida
Tony Bennet has been selected as Florida's new state education commissioner. Bennett lost his seat as the Indiana superintendent of public instruction in the November election. Huffington PostSome...
View ArticleAfternoon announcements: Obama gets graded on education policy
In an Upper West Side elementary school, where black and Hispanic students make up the majority, gifted, or advanced classes, are predominantly white. New York TimesGlenda Ritz, new Indiana...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: NYC Students Will Have Longer School Days
Debate still rages around the adoption and implementation of the Common Core State Standards in multiple states. Critics claim the cost to implement is too high, while others are skeptical of the exams...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: MRIs Can Predict Student Receptiveness to Math...
Indiana’s NCLB waiver eligibility is under question now that is has announced a ‘pause’ on implementing the Common Core State Standards. The state filed for its waiver saying it had adopted the...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: Why Don't More Students Finish College?
Virginia’s largest full-time statewide virtual school is likely to close, affecting more than 350 students in the next school year. The decision comes as the Carroll County School Board plans to end...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: A Roundup of News on Tony Bennett's Resignation as...
Tony Bennett resigned on Thursday as Florida education commissioner after allegations of altering school grades in his previous post in Indiana. “The decision to resign is mine and mine alone, because...
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