The state attorney general has been asked to investigate allegations that Sunnyside High School athletes were told to report for a weekend practice, in uniform, then directed to pass out literature in support of the district's upcoming bond and override election.
Parents
10/29/2011
There are few things more annoying than listening to ignorant, whiny parents complain about a school district teaching their children about sex.
10/26/2011
"How do we as parents get to the table?" That’s what parent and community organizer Carol Johnson wanted to know Tuesday night at a West Side forum that drew both supporters and skeptics of a longer day.
10/26/2011
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Department of Education are asking college students and their parents for help designing a worksheet on college costs.
10/26/2011
An Oklahoma Bible club, that tries to reach elementary school children with the message of Jesus Christ, is suing a school district for allegedly censoring their freedom of religious speech by preventing them from promoting the club within district schools, even though other community organizations are allowed to do so.
10/26/2011
The Occupy Wall street movement expanded to classroom politics, as a group disrupted a special meeting of the panel for education policy in Manhattan.
10/26/2011
A new sexual education curriculum provided by the New York City Department of Education is raising eyebrows among some parents concerned with the program's level of detail and overall message.
10/23/2011
There won't be any costumed characters roaming the halls in one northern New Jersey school district come Halloween.
10/20/2011
The slumping economy has had an under-publicized effect on children, who bring the pain of their parents’ troubles to school in the form of stress, hunger, lack of money for basic activities or even homelessness.
10/16/2011
Officials in many area school districts contend an Ohio House bill would further erode public- school finances.
10/16/2011
A group of parents and legislators urged the Senate to pass several measures that would create more accountability and oversight when it comes to charter schools in New Jersey.
10/11/2011
Texas school districts and parents are headed back to the courthouse in another effort to get more equitable funding for public schools.
10/10/2011
Parents unhappy with their children’s schools are using labor union tactics to build support for charter schools, according to a story by the Associated Press.
10/10/2011
Parent involvement touches all aspects of education, affecting children, teachers and schools. Groups of people get together to agree disagreeably, and invent ways to encourage more of it. As a teacher, I know only what I see, and from what I see, the whole debate seems a little pointless.
10/5/2011
Montgomery Public Schools' officials said the state's new immigration law already is having a significant impact on the system with the potential to cost students valuable class time and the system money.
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