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25 Sep 2014, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In fact, we still see that tenured teachers in wealthier districts are “good teachers,” at least in the sense that federal and state testing-obsessed standards require. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 7:35 am
This is a new low for American government — targeting those who would teach others about its founding document. [read post]
Because there is no reason to believe that a given DoD employee is less likely to threaten aviation security than, say, a teacher or an accredited journalist, whitelisting the DoD employee is arbitrary. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 11:45 am by Kate Fort
Keskick played an active role in the successful efforts of her tribe’s federal recognition in the 1980s. [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 7:30 am by By Susan Herman, President, ACLU
Supporting the petition to start an important new American holiday is one small way that anyone can show his or her respect for the Constitution. [read post]
7 Sep 2014, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
"In The Republic Afloat, Matthew Raffety uses violent encounters on merchant vessels in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War to suggest that it was on the water, not on land, that Americans settled key dimensions of federal governance and citizenship. [read post]
5 Sep 2014, 3:42 am by Robin Shea
If you’re in Scenario No. 1, you are probably fine, but if you’re in Scenario No. 2, you could have a problem, as shown in this recent decision from a federal court in Indiana, finding that a Catholic school teacher gets to go to a jury on her sex discrimination claim. [read post]
4 Sep 2014, 6:11 am by Joe Patrice
* Most Americans want Supreme Court proceedings on video. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Postal union calls in American Federation of Teachers, other public employee unions to kill Staples postal partnership plan [Huffington Post] U.S. [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 2:44 pm by Sital Kalantry
Many of these schools are underfunded and under-resourced, with a high proportion of uncertified or out-of-field teachers. [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 11:54 am
I’m pleased to say that the Bill of Rights Institute has put together Documents of Freedom, a free digital civics course with material on American history, government, and economics. [read post]
24 Aug 2014, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
Board of Regents (1967), and the witch hunts and purges of teachers leading up to the Keyishian victory still resonate today. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 9:30 pm by Katherine Bassett
Numerous organizations that support the CCSS, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers, are now suggesting slowing down implementation of the CCSS – allowing more time for educators, parents, communities, and students to prepare and adapt before moving into consequential testing and teacher evaluation. [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 4:56 am by Daniel Schwartz
To answer that, we can turn to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 5:07 pm
No empirical studies anywhere in the United States (including those cited by the Colorado Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers in their amicus briefs) have found that vouchers harm students or schools. [read post]
8 Aug 2014, 6:09 am by Jim Sedor
The money for the ads originated with the American Federation of Teachers, something that did not become known until after the election. [read post]
1 Aug 2014, 3:50 am by Robin Shea
This is the last week to vote for the American Bar Association’s 8th Annual Blawg 100. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 7:44 am by Karen Hoffmann
Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award from the Society of American Law Teachers at its annual meeting in January. [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Moreover, under a 1987 ruling from the Supreme Court in California Federal Savings v. [read post]