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Recording, not song, at issue in N.J. school

By Matthew Spolar, Philadelphia Inquirer | Oct. 13 at 12:07 a.m.

BURLINGTON, N.J. —The Burlington Township N.J. schools superintendent stands behind the student performance of songs about President Obama that created a national stir last month.

Army may copy Wichita's middle school leadership program

BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 12 at 5:26 a.m.

The Leadership program in Wichita middle schools could be a model for a program that top Army and education officials want to take nationwide. Wichita is one of a handful of districts in the country that offers programs based on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps curriculum to middle school students.

With low turnout, Wichita teachers OK contract

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 7 at 12:06 a.m.

Wichita teachers have approved a tentative contract that calls for a two-year salary freeze and possible health insurance premiums in exchange for fewer training hours, teachers union officials announced Tuesday.

More time in schools, more support: Teacher training gets $6 million

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 6 at 10:46 a.m.

Teacher training at 15 Wichita schools is about to get a little more like "Grey's Anatomy." A five-year, $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will establish professional development schools — often compared to teaching hospitals, the setting for ABC's popular medical drama — where education majors will work alongside mentor teachers and professors to learn about teaching in urban classrooms.

AG warns students on break of serial rapist risk

By BILL DRAPER, Associated Press | Oct. 6 at 12:06 a.m.

LAWRENCE — Nearly a year after the last sexual assault attributed to a serial rapist who has terrorized two university campuses since 2000, the state Attorney General's Office is urging people near Kansas State University and the University of Kansas to remain vigilant.

Web classes help Wichita school district dissuade dropouts

BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 5 at 6:39 a.m.

One-third of the Wichita school district's record enrollment growth this year came from students who may never set foot in a traditional school.

Scientist sees tech as a way of living

BY ROY WENZL, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 9 at 12:56 p.m.

There's a guy in town who is helping to reinvent the world.

Error on state test slips past everyone -- except East High student

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 17 at 11:02 a.m.

Geoffrey Stanford's teachers always tell him to read tests carefully. Every sentence. Every word. Slow down. Make sure you understand what's being asked, and then proceed. So while taking his state writing test last week, the East High junior saw something that didn't make sense.

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