Marcus D. Wiley receives a letter from a woman whose child is struggling in a class required for graduation. When she took it up with the…
Marcus D. Wiley received a letter from a mother with a dilemma. She dropped her daughter off at college, and paid the balance in full before returning…
A recent anti-bullying presentation at a middle school in New York that focused on homosexuality and gender identity has angered parents after their daughters have…
The Chicago Teachers’ Union strike will not be ending today as many expected. Instead, a Cook County judge chose not to acknowledge a request by Chicago school officials to force teachers to return to their post. A hearing on the matter is expected to occur no later than Wednesday. For the full story, click here.
I recently read a New York Times article that explained the interesting concept of "perceptual learning," which involves training the mind to memorize patterns rather than just learning concepts straight off. This method is being investigated by a small group of scientists who have evidence that proficiency improves when students in schools are groomed to use their "sensitive perpetual radar" to make educated inquiries on problems, rather than purely going through a structured process taught to them by the teacher.
An 11-year-old boy is arrested for a stick figure drawing he made in class. The drawing depicted a stick figure with a gun pointed at four other figures with the words, "Teachers Must Die".
Should a child’s choice of shampoo really be a factor in their education? Ask Charles Mudede, who’s 8-year-old daughter was moved from an honors elementary school class due to the teacher feeling nauseous from the child’s olive oil based hair product. The child was allegedly brought outside the classroom and eventually moved to a different […]
*An unknown third-year Harvard Law student has caused outrage at law schools around the country with an email suggesting that blacks are genetically predisposed to be less intelligent than whites, reports Above the Law. The writer emailed this to only a select few, one of whom forwarded it to more people. It eventually made its […]
Officials at West Shore School District in Pennsylvania have agreed to lift a ban that prevented at least one middle school student from wearing an “Abortion is not Healthcare” T-shirt.
