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NEA May Launch Weblog

The blogosphere is developing a stratosphere. And soon, the educational blog layer may be subject to global warming of even more hot words. The NEA has announced plans to develop its own blog – one that you can respond to with comments. The blog will be developed by the union’s magazine, NEA Today. The NEA is the larges teacher union in the United States. Other teacher unions have posted excellent blogs on their websites. The AFT has a noteworthy blog about No Child Left Behind. Also, the UFT, teachers union for New York City, publishes Edwize, about ssues affecting teachers. … Continue reading →

School Choice and the New Mayor of Newark New Jersey

Recently the city of Newark New Jersey elected a new mayor for the first time in 20 years. Cory Booker is young, a Stanford educated Rhodes scholar, and a democrat who wants to reform the city’s schools. Mr Booker has crossed party lines with some of his ideas, most notably with his position on vouchers. Booker has said that he favors “any kid of choice programs that are targeted toward poor children who are trapped in failing schools”. He views vouchers as one tool that can be used to solve some serious problems. Vouchers are just one tool to be … Continue reading →

Procrastination With Special Education Could be Expensive

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The Department of Education in New York could be creating a very expensive problem for itself. Education officials have delayed finding placement for 15,500 kindergarten students who have special needs. This could result in having those students sent to private schools, with the public school system being required to pay for it. The delay is also causing anxiety for the parents of these children. The New York City Department of Education is struggling to figure out where 15,500 kindergarten students who have special needs will attend school in the coming school year. They must find placement for all of these … Continue reading →

Celebrate the Holidays in Rhode Island

Now that you know where to stay in Newport, Rhode Island during the winter months let’s discuss what types of family friendly activities are available for you to participate in when you get there. First, eliminate the misconception that the beach capital is a summer-only hot spot. Around the holidays the area is hopping with events such as the Christmas in Newport festival. The public party runs throughout December and showcases special events like concerts, caroling, and historic lantern tours nearly every day. If you are traveling to the city specifically for the festival you should know that there are … Continue reading →

Giuliani Supports Homeschooling–Sort Of

I have to start off by admitting my bias right off the bat. I really like Giuliani. I lived in New York City when he was mayor and frankly, I think he was good at it. Overall, he made the city a much safer and nicer place to live. But this isn’t a political endorsement. I mentioned awhile back that I would start talking about presidential candidates and their positions on education and how that might affect home schooling. Supporting School Choice Any candidate that supports school choice is probably a safe bet for homeschoolers. In education, school choice is … Continue reading →

Week in Review: December 5th through December 15th

Want to know what you’ve missed in the education blog in December? Since our regular education blogger, Kaye Siders has left, we have been filling in here and there. Here is the last of a three part series to review what has been done in the education blog since the beginning of November. If you haven’t had a chance to catch up–keep reading! Do you ever write your child’s teacher a note while you are rushing to get everything else ready for the day? Do you ever proof read your note to make sure it makes sense and is grammatically … Continue reading →

Why I Support School Choice Part 2

Yesterday I began to talk about school choice and various arguments for and against it. To quickly recap–I am in favor of school choice because I think it helps improve schools over all. Let’s keep looking at some more arguments. Tax funded vouchers would increase divisions between rich and poor, between different religions, and between different ethnic groups. I’m not sure how vouchers would increase division beyond what is already there. Furthermore, as I’ve previously pointed out, public school funding is not the issue when it comes to a good education. It should also be noted that school choice allows … Continue reading →

That Was The Year That Was

The 2005-2006 school year is coming to an end. It’s time to look back on some of the events that affected education reform this year. The single largest issue affecting American education nationally is the question of whether or not all students have the opportunity to a decent public education. Obviously they don’t, so working toward this goal continues to occupy just about everyone involved. We have some lively disagreements about how to achieve the goal of a fair and adequate education for all students. No Child Left Behind legislation continues to be the biggest factor affecting the direction of … Continue reading →