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Chicago Public Schools had $23 million in lost/stolen technology in 2021-2022

College Fix Staff — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:50:12 +0000

‘Not clear there was an expectation for students to return the devices’ The Chicago Public Schools recently reported it’s in the hole for some $23 million in lost or stolen technology during the pandemic school year of 2021-2022. The CPS Office of Inspector General noted there were over 77,000 lost/stolen devices that year, an “unacceptably high percentage,” FOX-32 reports.

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HS girls b-ball team quits game early due to opposing squad’s antisemitic harassment

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:09:14 +0000

A private Jewish high school girls basketball team had to be escorted off the court before their game’s official ending due to antisemitic harassment from opposing players. Members of The Leffell School team allegedly were shouted at by Roosevelt High School players and faced “hostility and aggression with ‘substantially more jabs and comments'” than in past encounters, according to the New York…

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Four 2024 education predictions by The Fix’s veteran teacher

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 22:42:41 +0000

Teachers love this past week. It’s Christmas break (or “winter” break for the politically correct) after all, which allows them to 1) catch up on much needed sleep, and 2) catch up on much needed sleep. Well, the teachers who care and know what they’re doing, at any rate. Although it’s been a number of years now, I remember the need for this break quite well. My wife and several former…

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400-lb. student sues college for not being allowed to teach phys ed virtually

College Fix Staff — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:44:47 +0000

‘Could not stand or walk for prolonged periods’ A 400-pound student is suing Michigan’s Wayne State University for $1 million for not allowing him to do his physical education student teaching virtually. According to The Detroit News, 44-year-old David Lopez, who suffers from diabetes, hypertension and asthma, had completed all the requirements for the phys ed kinesiology program except the…

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School district to bus drivers: Remove any and all Christmas decorations from vehicles

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:15:10 +0000

A southeastern Pennsylvania school district is backtracking after word got out it had warned its bus drivers against “displaying” or wearing anything Christmas-related. A December 15 Wallingford-Swarthmore School District memo from “Patti” (presumably Transportation Supervisor Patti Diaferio) to “all Drivers and Aides” notes Superintendent Wagner Marseille had been receiving parental complaints…

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Chicago mayor does 180, wants to ditch high-achieving schools in name of ‘equity’

College Fix Staff — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:16:28 +0000

Chicago’s far-left mayor announced plans this past week to do away with eleven “high-achieving selective-enrollment schools” in order to increase “equity.” Brandon Johnson prefers a “neighborhood school” program, according to the Daily Mail. Chicago Board of Education CEO Pedro Martinez claimed the selective-school system results in “stratification and inequity,” and said there’s a five-year…

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Local school board flips back to far-left, but hey that’s democracy

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 14:21:45 +0000

You get what you vote for A school board in a district relatively close to yours truly flipped its ideological majority from conservative to progressive last month, and its new president showed you by taking the oath of office on a stack of “contested” books. The aptly named Karen Smith said the Bible “doesn’t hold significant meaning for me.” And it seems she’s started a trend.

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Fed up with horrible student discipline, states bring back suspensions, expulsions

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:51:03 +0000

But progressives unhappy As parents and teachers are getting more and more disgusted with student discipline — or the lack thereof — states are responding. A new law in Kentucky, for example, allows for students to be suspended for profanity, “willful disobedience or defiance of the authority of the teachers or administrators,” “defacing school property” and alcohol and drug use…

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High school students riot over teacher’s support for Israel

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 16:39:42 +0000

Teacher locked in an office for her safety A Jewish health teacher had to go into hiding last week after “hundreds” of students at a New York City high school rioted through the hallways “chanting, jumping, shouting, and waving Palestinian flags” (pictured). The teacher, a “cracker ass bi*ch” as one video commenter referred to her, was rushed into a locked office for safety as fellow Hillcrest…

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These classical teaching programs meet a growing demand

James Samuel - Drexel University — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:02:28 +0000

‘Existing masters programs in education [are] obviously inappropriate,’ classical educator said As the classical education K-12 movement gains steam, Christian and conservative universities have set up programs to form more teachers in the tradition. Director John Peterson of the Classical Education Graduate Program at the University of Dallas, a Catholic institution, told The College Fix via…

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