Private Schools Video and Articles

Career Advice from Gregory Giangrande

06 Jan 2012

…have to go where the jobs are — which may mean getting certified to teach in other districts or cities, or switching to private schools, where there is usually more flexibility in hiring. In the interim, consider tutoring. It can provide significant supplemental… ...

Critics Assail Anti-HIV Crime Laws

02 Jan 2012

…Disabilities Act, which extends its anti-discrimination protections to people with HIV. In Pennsylvania, for example, a 13-year-old boy recently was denied admission to a private school because he is HIV-positive. ...

Immigration Changes Among New 2012 Laws

02 Jan 2012

…injury. The young athletes will also need medical clearance to return to play. The law also requires coaches in public and private schools and even volunteer Little League and Pop Warner football coaches to take free annual online training to recognize the symptoms… ...

Local woman wins state recycling award

01 Jan 2012

…collection programs at four municipal transfer stations. In addition, Donovan has assisted 30 public schools and numerous private schools with recycling, composting and waste reduction, and she contributed to Springfield Materials Recycling Facility's annual… ...

'If I Were a Poor Black Kid' Backlash

16 Dec 2011

…city schools. By doing this, Marks believes that it will create better opportunities for them to get into college and private schools that are looking for minorities in their enrollment. Whether or not Marks wrote out of pure ignorance or prejudice is what… ...

Schools among new Blue Ribbon honorees

15 Nov 2011

…Tuesday. It's among the highest honors that public and private schools can receive from the federal government. This year's…
…School in Warwick. They are among 266 public schools and 49 private schools being honored nationwide. ...

Aging Population Eases Jobless Rate

05 Nov 2011

…sooner than planned. He was a math and computer-skills teacher in Evansville, Ind., until September 2009, when the private school where he worked closed. He retired -- which he had planned to put off until at least this year, when he turned 65… ...

US Student Math Scores Improving

01 Nov 2011

…Education administered the biennial math and reading exams between January and March to a representative sample of public- and private-school students. About 422,000 fourth graders and 343,000 eighth graders sat for the tests. Results from the exams, commonly… ...

Official Tweets: Educators 'Dirtbags'

29 Sep 2011

…claims the districts refused to provide scholarships as provided by state law to send their special-needs children to private schools. The districts' lawsuit seeks to have the law declared unconstitutional. Carter is on maternity leave and not immediately… ...

More people want to work from home

27 Sep 2011

…families do." Now, they both have more time to work on their family. So, they pulled their kids out of an expensive private school, set-up a classroom in an empty room upstairs at their house, and just this year, began home-schooling 5-year… ...

Framingham virtual high school proposed

22 Sep 2011

…the MetroWest Daily News. The founder of the New England Online Academy says local school officials must approve of the private school before it can begin operating and that could take a long time. Ideally, the school would cater to struggling students… ...

Two Shot at Private School in Georgia

20 Sep 2011

Two people were shot Tuesday at a private school and daycare facility in Rockdale, Ga., the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. ...

Rare Injury Spurs QB's Leg Amputation

16 Sep 2011

A highly touted prep quarterback at a private school in Virginia has had part of his right leg amputated after suffering an unusual injury during a scrimmage. ...

2 Mexicans face 30 years for tweet

06 Sep 2011

…confrontation with gangs was imminent. That is when Gilberto Martinez Vera, who works as a low-paid tutor at several private schools, allegedly opened the floodgates of fear with repeated messages that gunmen were taking children from schools. "My sister… ...

Couple Reunited With Stuffed Monkey

08 Aug 2011

…with the couple back to his pad for an emotional reunion. Marcus, who teaches English as a second language at a Manhattan private school, said she "felt Bongo’s presence" even while approaching the apartment. The couple then presented a cash-strapped… ...

CA Gov. Signs Law to Teach Gay History

15 Jul 2011

…homeschool them to avoid what he said was "immoral indoctrination." The new law applies only to public schools, not private schools or families who homeschool. "Jerry Brown has trampled the parental rights of the overwhelming majority of California fathers… ...

Most High Schoolers Fail Fitness Test

16 Jun 2011

…goals for physical fitness. Researchers said the results, which came from a national survey administered in public and private schools, "justify the need to improve and increase efforts to promote physical activity among youths." Differences were stark… ...

History Scores Show Little Progress

14 Jun 2011

…not doing that." The US Department of Education administered the history exam to a representative sample of public and private schools, testing 7,000 fourth-graders, 11,800 eighth-graders and 12,400 high-school seniors. The test is scored on… ...