A New York City school system rule barring the use of public schools for weekend religious worship services does not violate the First Amendment rights of a Christian church, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. If that conclusion sounds familiar, it’s because the controversy between the Bronx Household of Faith and the New York [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses School Questioning Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sidestepped an important test of whether in-school interviews of students by the police and other authorities require a warrant, ruling that the case—involving the questioning of an Oregon girl by authorities who believed she was a victim of sexual abuse at home—was moot. However, without deciding the merits of [...]
An astonishing statistic on dropouts
From “A Portrait of California,” released today by the American Human Development Project: Only one hundred of California’s nearly 2,500 high schools account for nearly half of the state’s dropouts. Wow. Based on a speed-read, I’m not sure where this statistic comes from, but just: wow. The report uses census data to look at health, [...]
A “Group Work” Defense
There are all sorts of hombres and hombrettes who make a charter school click. The kindly faculty spirit person who arrange for gifts for every other staff members birthday, who is constantly cooking for all. The big donor. The math department chair who remains for years often shepherding a small group of teachers, occasionally creating [...]