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A New York Times article poses these questions:
Should an undergraduate studying business pay more than one studying psychology? Should a journalism degree cost more than one in literature?
People can debate whether a school should charge more for certain courses and degrees, but the point of the article is that several schools already are placing surcharges […]

Everybody looks forward to a three-day weekend every so often. But what if every week was a four-day week with three-day weekend? That’s what the Lancaster (Texas) district is considering, according to The Dallas Morning News. The district has said that it would save $1.9 million a year and also points to some studies […]

LATEST UPDATE (7/19): Shelby won’t have to go to an alternative school after all, The Houston Chronicle reports. Katy Superintendent Alton Frailey says Shelby’s parents and the school’s principal will discuss reasonable discipline options for the graffiti incident that will not include out of school suspension or placement in an alternative school. Frailey says:
“It is […]

Outdoor basketball courts at a Brown Deer, Wis., middle school have been rendered unusable this summer because the district has blocked the rims with anti-auto-theft devices–a.ka. “The Club.”
Officials told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel they acted because a robbery and other “troubling” incidents at the courts, while others say the action was racially motivated because […]

I bet that David M. Herzenhorn, who has been an education reporter at The New York Times and is the son of a longtime public school teacher, has won the gratitude of countless educators for his article in today’s paper that points out what many people don’t realize or choose to ignore about teaching: It’s […]

And he said: “Son, this world is rough
And if a man’s gonna make it, he’s gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn’t be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you’d have to get tough or die
And it’s the name that helped to make you strong.”
–”A […]

So you’ve taken your students outside so they can take part in the Olympic torch parade passing by. One of the students uses it as an opportunity to let his freak flag fly–in the form of a banner that says “Bong Hits 4 Jesus.” If you’re the principal, what do you do? Do you want […]

Can’t we all get along? Some people who live in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City have complained that New York University’s expansion over the years has been ruining the Village, The New York Times says. The university says it will need about 6 million more square feet over the next 25 years, […]

It wasn’t too long ago that Michelle Rhee, the acting schools chancellor in Washington, D.C., was about to walk away from her involvement with the city’s school system, The Washington Post says. Rhee’s nonprofit group, which had successfully recruited and trained teachers across the country, was having mixed results in Washington. The internal dysfunction in […]