House Teacher

The Challenge to Find a New Standard; A new version of No Child Left Behind is coming, but did the original help students?
U.S. News & World Report; 1/1/2010; 1167 words; ...Rep. George Miller, the California Democrat who heads the House education committee, says he expects that the results of Race...Department officials have started holding meetings nationwide with teachers, parents, and others to get their input on changes to the...

New York City Rivals Share a Drive to Be Tops; For Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, a good-natured competition born of striking similarities.(best urban public high school)
U.S. News & World Report; 1/1/2010; 1780 words; ...forensic science, and is the only high school in the country to house a Holocaust museum and related curriculum. So which school...Teitel--who joined Stuyvesant as a chemistry and physics teacher in 1983 and has headed the school since 1999--agrees...only strengthened by interviews with students, parents, ...

Catching Students Before They Fall Behind; Aldine school district won the Broad Prize for its innovative education methods.
U.S. News & World Report; 1/1/2010; 2082 words; ...live down the street from my house, and someone even kicked...working for Aldine as an English teacher nearly 30 years ago, the...district curricula, and teacher lesson plans, as well as...back as far as eight years. Teachers can administer a quiz, upload...research and evaluation. Teachers ...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
U.S. News & World Report; 1/1/2010; 1624 words; ...with passionate and devoted teachers who push their students to achieve more. But teachers alone cannot make students...retired elementary school teacher, I applaud our first lady...interest in public schools and teachers. However, until President...school closest to the White House. What a ...

Washington's Voucher Program Dilemma; The difficulties in D.C. symbolize how a reform option can fall out of favor.
U.S. News & World Report; 1/1/2010; 1869 words; ...program.) "To survive, the program needs both houses to reauthorize it and both houses to fund it, and for the president to sign both...children to failing schools. But Democrats, teachers unions, and other opponents argue that vouchers...