Tag: Education Week

  • Vulnerability as Empowerment in the Classroom Education Week 2015-09-09 Christina Torres, Middle and high school English and Drama Teacher University Laboratory School, Honolulu, Hawaii It’s back-to-school time for many students and teachers this week. For many, it means that 20 to 120 new faces enter our classrooms and our lives. Jessica, a fifth-grade teacher in…

  • Louisiana Ordered to Provide Voucher Data to U.S. Education Week 2014-4-09 Mark Walsh, Contributing Writer A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to provide annual data to the federal government on the students participating in the state’s private school voucher program. The April 7 order by U.S. District Judge Ivan R. Lemelle of New Orleans appears…

  • Marriages Across Racial, Ethnic Lines on the Rise, Study Says Education Week 2012-02-16 Lesli A. Maxwell, Education Reporter As the number of couples marrying across racial and ethnic lines continues to grow in the United States, public attitudes toward intermarriage are also becoming more accepting, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.…