decorabilia

1. Kent teachers defy court order; continue strike. (There's no Becca Bill for teachers.) 2. Obama urges all children to assimilate i...

The drug war has apparently driven an East Hartford, Connecticut administrator to distraction--and resignation. A middle school assistant pr...

Another day, another educational--in both senses--opinion from the Supreme Court. This time, students who had sued Kentridge High School to...

Last April, when the Supreme Court was hearing oral argument about whether school officials could strip search a student suspected of carryi...

I'd love to hear from the attorney who advised Seattle School Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnston on this fascinating move. In her let...

No middle school authority figure anywhere should be given the legal authority to strip search a student when looking for prescription-stren...

What the legislature wrought, 2007 education edition. Government sure didn't shrink any over the session.

Actually, TRP, you did just fine . While I don't think Mayer should have been fired, I think she made a mistake in stating her own views...

Sad news, as Jeff Nusser reports. Statements from Brian Schraum , Dave Upthegrove , and Kathy Schrier are available on his site. Nusser, ...

Especially if you're a principal, superintendent, or board member in Louisiana. For that matter, don't harass or intimidate me when...

So points out Jeff Nusser. It's not over, though : The bill still must be passed by the state Senate and signed into law by Gov. Christ...

On a drizzly Monday, several WEA members joined up to lobby area legislators, including Karen Fraser, Gary Alexander, and Kathy Haigh. What...

Reader Nuss points us to a USA Today op-ed supporting HB 1307 , the speech-rights-for-journalism bill. The gist: The legislation pending i...

I started teaching when I was 23. Under TRS plan 3 , I can retire with a full pension when I'm 65. (Plan I retirees could jet at 55 .)...

In the mad rush of events, I had almost forgotten about Brian Schraum's notes defending HB 1307 , the bill that would make student journ...

Brian Schraum has sent word that, along partisan lines, the House Judiciary Committee has approved House Bill 1307, which would give student...

In The Olympian this morning, a report on the student journalists who descended on the Capitol, full of righteous rhetoric : "The que...

Guest-blogger and former CHS student journalist (and present WSU staffer) Christina Watts responds to my thoughts on the proposed legislat...

Your local newspaper has no obligation to give you a bully pulpit, and they don't even have to publish your anti-corporate screed in the...

The Olympian notes that the WEA agency shop fees case has been argued before the Supreme Court. You can read the transcript here [pdf]. ...