NEW YORK (WABC) — Preventing dropouts is a battle educators face, and according to a new report, 8th grade may be the key year to keeping students in school. April Rodriguez faced what experts call severe challenges to gaining a Regents High School Diploma, so she dropped out of school. “Because I was having problems [...]
The California constitution guarantees that public schools will provide a free education to students. The American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a lawsuit filed today that dozens of school districts violate this promise by creating a system of “Pay to Learn” schools. A high school student and his mother told the ACLU in a videotaped [...]
For me, there’s a very bright light at the end of this tunnel. I graduate from law school in December and then it’s out into the real world. My experience at Marquette, in the classroom, has been an exceptional one; but until I spent a summer surrounded by practicing lawyers, writing actual briefs, drafting complaints, [...]
Kindergarten poses challenges for a 5-year old that most older kids probably don’t remember, such as how to open that school lunch. ”The school lunch is provided in little paper containers and the plastic wrapping, and all the straws and the cartons, those tend to be challenging to little people who haven’t experienced them before,” [...]