Posts Tagged ‘district’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Forget about students spending one year in each grade, with the entire class learning the same skills at the same time

Monday, July 5th, 2010 at 20:22 0 comments

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. – The superintendent of a Massachusetts school district is apologizing to parents for what she calls a misunderstanding over a condom availability policy.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 16:30 0 comments

PHILADELPHIA — When the Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened, the facility was a paragon of contemporary architecture, with a green roof, light-filled corridors and the latest classroom technology, all housed in a dazzling white modern building. It might as well have been a fishbowl: Educators and media from around the world watched to see whether Microsoft could reform public education through innovation and technology. Although the school’s creative ambitions have been frustrated by high principal turnover, curriculum tensions and a student body unfamiliar with laptop computer culture, the school graduates its first senior class Tuesday with each student having been accepted to an institution of higher learning

Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 19:57 0 comments

DETROIT – Detroit’s school board is refusing to reinstate its former president after he was accused of fondling himself in front of the district’s superintendent . Board members gave a letter to Otis Mathis on Friday, saying his request for reinstatement was denied.

Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 02:13 0 comments