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What to Know About a Neo-Nazi Home-School Scandal
edweek.org...An official with the Ohio Department of Education told the Washington Post that the agency would investigate the group's compliance with statutory... ...What to Know About a Neo-Nazi Home-School Scandal.... ...This is the case across the United States, said Carmen Longoria-Green, the board chair of Coalition for Responsible Home Education, an advocacy and... ...One of these opponents to increased regulation is the Home School Legal Defense Association, an advocacy group founded in 1983 by Baptist minister...
Parents" Bad Behavior at School Sports Events Has Gotten Extreme
edweek.org > leadership..., according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, an advocacy organization for high school athletics.... ...A brawl among adults attending a boys" middle school basketball game in Alburgh, Vt., this week led to tragic consequences, when a man involved in... ...High school junior and hockey player Gavin Cowan, from Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho, Vt., read the Vermont Principal Association's... ..."We read the message before every game," said David Morrow, the director of student activities at the Mount Mansfield high school....
USDA Clamps Down on Salt and Sugar in Proposed School ...
edweek.org > leadership...Department of Agriculture has released new proposed guidelines for school meals aimed at lowering the amount of sugar and sodium in school meals,... ...States.... ...Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack emphasized in a press conference, would be implemented incrementally, starting by limiting added sugars in some... ...About one in five children in the United States are obese....
What Will Be Taught in College Board's AP African American ...
edweek.org...Studies course offered by the College Board.... ...What Will Be Taught in College Board's AP African American Studies? Here's a Sample.... ...1990s, said Abul Pitre, chair of the department of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University.... ...Young, senior manager of free expression and education at PEN America, a free speech advocacy organization. "Maybe so....
Schools Are Heading Into a Perfect Financial Storm
edweek.org > leadership...Daryl McLaughlin, superintendent of the 785-student Perry school district in rural New York, was bewildered when he found out how much money the... ...Kathy Hochul has promised a massive increase in state aid for schools, the Perry district's two schools will barely see a bump over the current year... ..."Our schools have become the largest social services organizations in our state," said McLaughlin, who also leads the Genesee Valley Chief School... ...Roberson, superintendent of the Birmingham schools in Michigan....
Surgeon General: Kids Under 14 Should Not Use Social Media
edweek.org > leadership...Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said recently on CNN that 13 is "too early.".... ...Kids Under 14 Should Not Use Social Media. What is the right age for a child to start using social media? It depends on who you ask.... ...said Sherri Hope Culver, a Temple University professor and director of the university's Center for Media and Information Literacy.... ...Seattle Public Schools in January sued the companies that own TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, claiming that their social media platforms...
Misogynist Influencer Andrew Tate Has Captured Boys" Attention ...
edweek.org > leadership...Misogynist Influencer Andrew Tate Has Captured Boys" Attention. What Teachers Need to Know.... ...Tate, a British-American former professional kickboxer, rose to fame in the last couple years through offering his mostly male fans advice on self-improvement... ...Sarah "Mili" Milianta-Laffin, a 7th grade teacher in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, learned about Tate from her female students who were disturbed that their... ..."It's concerning--these kids pretty much live online," said Jordan Randolph, a middle school English teacher in Texas....
Educators, We Must Defend AP African American Studies (Opinion)
edweek.org > leadership...Educators, We Must Defend AP African American Studies.... ...That's how I've been feeling lately when I hear about recent efforts in my home state of Florida to limit academic freedom in higher education; stifle... ...I'm a former special education teacher who worked in Pinellas, Seminole, and Miami-Dade counties and was a tenure-track faculty member at Florida... ...International University....
Many Students Don't Fill Out the FAFSA. Here's One Practice That ...
edweek.org...New data suggests one factor that may make a big difference: meeting with a school counselor.... ...Getting students to complete the FAFSA--the application for federal financial aid for college--is a perennial struggle for schools.... ...Heckman, a counselor at Platte County High School in Platte City, Mo., and the chair of the American School Counselor Association Board of Directors... ...But the National Center for Education Statistics found in a recent analysis that students who met with their high school counselor about financial...
Gholdy Muhammad Champions "Unearthing Joy" in Her New Book ...
edweek.org...She has served as a classroom teacher, literacy specialist, school district administrator, curriculum director, and school board president.... ...Muhammad is a professor of curriculum and instruction with a focus on literacy, language, and culture.... ...Unearthing Joy provides a host of practical ideas on how to implement the ideas you wrote about in your previous book, Cultivating Genius, while... ...Muhammad: As I continue to teach young people, preservice teachers, and scholars, while working with school leaders, I find that we need joy more...