Highly Sought After Recruit chooses Harvard

Why Principals need more authority at school

From the Atlantic: Why Principals need more authority at school

How Far will a GED take you today?

NPR asks: in today's economy how far ill a GED take you?

Kansas City's Failing Schools

Kansas City's Failing Schools Leave Kids Behind

School chose not to accept HIV+ Student

School Chose not to accept HIV+ Student into their community

Must See Documentary

 A Must See Movie is about Bobby Hurley's Basketball Program at St. Anthony's in Jersey City. Not only has he won the most high school basketball state championships, but he molds young men and sends them to college. A great story about a man who has devoted his life to shaping impressionable young men.
The Documentary is "The Street Stops Here"

What Teachers Want to Tell Parents

What Teachers want to tell parents.  A lesson on why most teachers only last 4.5 years (on average), why some teachers give straight A's (so no one will bother them) and how teachers want to work with parents.

Atlanta dealing with cheating scandal

Atlanta is dealing with cheating scandal. New superintendent has issued an ultimatum to those implicated: quit or be fired.

Columbine in Retrospect

Debunking some of the misconceptions regarding columbine, several years later.

Zero Tolerance, Zero Common Sense

Two Lacrosse players were suspended for bringing deadly weapons to their high school campus. The two boys who are model students were suspended for Having a lighter and a pen knife, which are used to fix their lacrosse sticks. The school classifies the lighter as "an explosive device"
It's reasonable to have a policy against weapons on school grounds, in fact it makes perfect sense. What makes no sense is when school officials fail to use any judgment in the matter what so ever.