As a former school official, I read with interest today’s Supreme Court ruling on strip searches. But while many are heralding the decision as major, the facts say otherwise. For years the standard for school officials has been to support reasonable suspicion for searches based on the need to protect students from harm. Strip searching [...]
WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration pushes for more charter schools, a teachers’ union is pushing for a bigger role in them. It’s a new development for the charter school movement, a small but growing — and controversial — effort to create new, more autonomous public schools, usually in cities where traditional schools have failed. [...]
It seems that everywhere we turn these days, higher education statistics get a tad uglier. A recent article promoting online education had this sad introduction: Alarming statistics have been put forward showing the increased rate of college dropouts. Back in the 1960s college dropout rates were as low as one (1) in every five (5) [...]
Current data indicates that one of every four high school students fails to graduate within the standard four-year secondary-school span. Today there is great debate as to why the drop out rate is so significant. Many elementary folks insist that schools at the upper grade levels tend to put curriculum ahead of students. In contrast, [...]
Editor’s note: Rep. Jared Polis, a Democrat, represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and is appearing in CNN.com’s "Freshman Year" series along with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah. (CNN) — To be effective in Congress, you must focus. With so many issues and debates occurring at any given time, it is easy to spread [...]
Patch Adams to Deliver Conference Keynote Address Albany – Dr. Patch Adams, world-renowned speaker on wellness, laughter, and humor as well as on health care and health care systems, will deliver the keynote address Thursday, June 25th at a conference hosted by Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO). The session, beginning at 6:30 p.m., is free [...]
A.L.O. is about alternatives to compulsory schooling.
