Morning Bell: South Bend School Board Votes To Eliminates 64 Teaching Positions
—William Sniadecki, board member
Board OKs teaching staff cuts – “She said that the waiver that the state requested and received to be outside of federal No Child Left Behind requirements came with a set of rules and procedures that the district was not aware of until the end of last month.” South Bend Tribune
Purdue donations reach near record high – “Overall during Córdova’s five years at the university’s helm, total fundraising reached $1.1 billion. Córdova said although donors faced hardships in recent years from the recession, many continued to show their loyalty and support.” Lafayette Journal and Courier
Township, city fall behind state on ISTEP scores – “The township trends seem to reinforce Mayor Greg Ballard’s suggestion that the city needs a wider view of educational achievement than just an obsessive focus on IPS, however glaring its shortcomings.” Get On The Bus
In today’s digital age, teachers are learners, too – “They said it’s becoming the teacher’s job to encourage students to think and figure out curriculum on their own. And that means asking them questions which can’t easily be answered with an online search engine.” Evansville Courier & Press
Are Parent Trigger Laws Our New ‘Superman’ – Or Union Kryptonite? – “Here’s a question for you: Which political party, Republicans or Democrats, supports expanding charter schools, test-based teacher evaluation, and most recently, parent trigger laws? (In school, this would be called a trick question.) The answer is: both.” National Education Policy Center