Rookie teachers woefully unprepared, report says
The U.S. teacher training system is badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on experience running classrooms and are quickly overwhelmed by the job, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Faces of the school district layoffs collected online
A new website, Facesofthelayoffs.org, catalogues the mugs and stories of laid-off employees.
Obama honors six educators killed in Newtown massacre with presidential medals
President Barack Obama, marking a poignant moment in his push to curb gun violence, awarded presidential medals posthumously on Friday [...]