Stephanie Simon

Special Report: Class Struggle – How charter schools get students they want

August 24, 2021 at 4:21 a.m.

(Reuters) - Getting in can be grueling. Students may be asked to submit a 15-page typed research paper, an original short story, or a handwritten essay on the historical figure...

Charter schools put parents to the test

August 24, 2021 at 4:29 a.m.

(Reuters) - Charter schools pride themselves on asking a lot of their students. Many ask a great deal of parents, too. Nearly 40 percent of charters nationwide do not participate...

What measures the best teacher? More than scores, study shows

August 24, 2021 at 1:52 a.m.

(Reuters) - Effective teachers can be identified by observing them at work, measuring their students' progress on standardized tests - and asking those students directly what goes on in the...

What measures the best teacher? More than scores, study shows

May 14, 2019 at 3:36 a.m.

(Reuters) - Effective teachers can be identified by observing them at work, measuring their students' progress on standardized tests - and asking those students directly what goes on in the...

Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore

August 24, 2021 at 1:22 a.m.

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - For more than 300 years, Yale University has prided itself on training top students to question and analyze, to challenge and critique. Now, Yale is seeking...

Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore

August 22, 2019 at 12:52 p.m.

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - For more than 300 years, Yale University has prided itself on training top students to question and analyze, to challenge and critique. Now, Yale is seeking...

Rush to boost school safety sparks flurry of ideas and questions

August 24, 2021 at 12:44 a.m.

(Reuters) - They began calling on Friday morning, even before confirmation of the death toll at Sandy Hook Elementary. Principals, district administrators, school police chiefs all asked the same pleading...

Rush to boost school safety sparks flurry of ideas and questions

August 22, 2019 at 12:39 p.m.

Judge rules Louisiana school voucher program unconstitutional

August 23, 2021 at 11:39 p.m.

(Reuters) - A state judge on Friday shot down Louisiana's sweeping school voucher program, ruling that the state could not use funds set aside for public education to pay private-school...

Jeb Bush, with cash and clout, pushes contentious school reforms

August 23, 2021 at 11:38 p.m.

(Reuters) - Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush soared to rock star status in the education world on the strength of a chart. A simple graph, it tracked fourth-grade reading scores....

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