Archive for September, 2007
Not even the teachers are safe
As if they don’t have enough to worry about: Robbers Target Elementary School Teachers | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News Northside ISD told News 4 WOAI that burglars, who may be trying to pose as parents, are sneaking into classrooms at the end of the school day and stealing teachers’ wallets and purses. Technorati Tags: teachers, [...]
McLeroy accepting the standard for teaching evolution?
Education board opposes intelligent design in curricula | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest Interviews with 11 of the 15 members of the board – including seven Republicans and four Democrats – found little support for requiring that intelligent design be taught in biology and other science classes. Only one [...]
McLeroy accepting the standard for teaching evolution?
Originally posted at TexasEd Education board opposes intelligent design in curricula | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest Interviews with 11 of the 15 members of the board – including seven Republicans and four Democrats – found little support for requiring that intelligent design be taught in biology and other [...]
Looking at numbers
Study finds inequality in Texas education funding – Houston Business Journal: High schools also tended to receive 18 percent more funding than elementary or middle schools, as did schools with more senior teachers. So what do you think accounts for the 18% difference? A need to pay teachers more for teaching advanced subjects like physics [...]