Cuts Could Reverse Gains in Attendance and Achievement

Dec. 16, 2011 / By New America Media
Tags: budget cuts, California, Education, parents, students, teachers

NAM/ El Mensajero, News Report, Ricardo Ibarra, Posted: Dec 15, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO — The principal’s room at James Lick Middle School used to be an area students tried to avoid...

An Epidemic of Expulsions

Dec. 14, 2011 / By
Tags: "the Law", drop-outs, Education, Expulsions, parents, teachers, Youth

iWatch News, News Feature, Susan Ferriss, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of ongoing reports on school discipline to be produced by iWatchNews, a project of the Center for Public Integrity (CPI). ..

What Teachers Don’t Get About ‘Low-Performing’ Students

Nov. 21, 2011 / By New America Media
Tags: Education, parents, schools, students, teachers

New America Media, Commentary, Yvette Jackson, Posted: Nov 20, 2011
All students should have the chance to be motivated to achieve in ways that are usually expected of those students labeled “gifted,” but that’s not the case...