There's a very interesting discussion going on at Half-Changed World about what the PTA funds and whether it creates inequities or not. As I said over there, I have no idea what our PTA pays for at either the elementary or middle school. In fact, I'm planning to attend the school board meeting and t...

If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at this school, I promise not to believe everything he says happens at home. English schoolmaster, Wall Street Journal, January 4, 1985 Yesterday was our Parent Teacher Conferences. A couple of parents brought my students with them. I ...

I don't think that I've announced it here, but since December, I've been on the board of Healthy Schools Campaign. This is such a phenomenal organization, and I am thrilled to be a part of it. Anyway, as many of you know, Dylan goes to our local neighborhood school. It is a Chicago Public School, so...

What are your kids doing tomorrow in school? From CitizenLink: GLSEN's TransAction Day Pushes Transgenderism in Schools   by Devon Williams, staff writer 'There is a very radical, extreme agenda at play here.' The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) will sponsor TransAction Day ...

Keven Skelly is the Superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD). In a February 2nd interview, Skelly said: "It's just not possible for the average kid who comes to this country in seventh or eighth grade, or even third grade, without a word of English and parents with little form...

That means that YOU are listening! As Obama prepared to deliver his address to Congress on Tuesday, the Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner, Fox News' Bret Baier and Charles Krauthammer all gushed that history was being made as the first African-American president appeared before Congress....

by folkbumI'm serious. Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan seems hell-bent on remaking the Milwaukee Public schools in his own tough-guy image, and yet he's not taking advantage of the opportunity that exists right now for him to put himself in a position to change the schools.The Milwaukee Board of Scho...

The Chalcedon Foundation has an interesting report: It’s a news story that American readers might find hard to believe. As the result of an out-of-court settlement of a “human rights� complaint, two private individuals—a pair of “married� homosexuals—have been given the right to be “...

Ruth is writing about the Ann Arbor Public Schools in a new blog Ann Arbor Schools Musings. Her introductory post spells out the reasons for blogging about school: Sometimes I find the schools satisfactory, and sometimes not, but in general I have a lot of questions. Questions about why things run t...

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Milwaukee Public Schools spends significantly more per student than comparable systems around the United States, but, by one measure, has some of the weakest academic results, according to a new analysis by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. In line with other re...