Bob Bowdon
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BOWDON: What’s So Great about a Micro-School? Everything.
Call it a homeschool, but with classmates. Call it a Montessori school, but with smaller class sizes. There's one thing…
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BOWDON: Does Joe Biden Remember His Question about School Choice on the Senate Floor?
While the state of public schools hasn't exactly been a primary topic in the 2020 Presidential race so far, former…
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One Student Dead, Eight Injured in Colorado School Shooting, Two Suspects in Custody
One student is dead, multiple others are injured and two suspects are in custody in the shooting at STEM School…
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CA ‘Charter-Mageddon’: State Lawmakers Advance Union-Backed Charter School Curbs
As charter school advocates rallied en masse and California’s teachers’ unions flexed their political muscle, a cluster of bills that…
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Washington State Senator Censured by Fellow Democrats for Advocating Charter School Funding
Senator Guy Palumbo is a Democrat from Maltby who wanted a school levy bill to fund charter schools, not just…
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St Paul MN Officials Debate Ways to Rein In Growing Charter School Sector
As St. Paul Public Schools eye another budget deficit due in large part to having fewer students, the charter school…
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NY Times Suggests Cursive May Be Making a Comeback
While cursive has been relegated to nearly extinct tasks like writing thank-you cards and signing checks, rumors of its death…
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Feature: DC Charter School Aims to Get Black Students Interested in STEM
Royston Maxwell Lyttle conceived the idea of starting a school to get Black students off to the right start in…
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NY Governor Urges Legislature to Raise the Cap on NYC Charter Schools
Gov. Cuomo on Sunday urged the Legislature to back a new law that would raise the cap to allow more…
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New Law in Washington State Will Result in Nearly 400 Schools Offering Breakfast to All Students
Next year hundreds of Washington schools will offer every student breakfast after the first bell rings, in hopes of boosting…
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Teacher-led Micro Schools, ESAs Create Opportunity in Native American Education
The United States has done very poorly by Native Americans, including but hardly limited to K-12 education. Starting in the…
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Brooklyn Mom Says Daughter Was Abused at School
This Brooklyn mom wants justice for her child. Lanisha Harris of Canarsie says her daughter, Ariana Branch, is traumatized and…
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Connecticut’s Homeschoolers Are Unregulated, and They Want to Keep It That Way
On a recent morning, Lina Schlotter sat at her granite kitchen counter in Simsbury, reading a child’s version of Shakespeare’s…
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Despite Dwindling Enrollment and Excessive Disciplinary Issues, Houston Board Votes to Keep Alive High School for Troubled Students
A Houston ISD school designed to give older students another shot at graduation will get its own second chance.
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Charter Authorizer Group NACSA Says Idaho’s Public Charter School Commission Approves Charter Applications Too Easily
The Idaho Public Charter School Commission has approved every charter petition that it has voted on in the past two…
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NC Legislation Would Require Personal Finance Class for a High School Diploma, Teachers Complain about Politicians’ Meddling
North Carolina high school students could be required to learn more about financial literacy, but it could come at the…
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Ohio School District Says It Will Let Teachers Have Firearms in Classrooms
A school board in southern Ohio has approved a measure that will allow teachers to carry firearms in the classroom,…
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‘No Quotas’ Chants: NYC Parents Call Magnet School Admissions Based on Racial Diversity ‘Bias’ Against Asians
When lawmakers announced a series of community forums about specialized high school admissions, state Sen. John Liu said the goal…
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Tax Law Approved in Florida House Would Require New Education Tax Revenue to Be Shared with Charter Schools
Last year, South Florida voters supported paying more in property taxes to put hundreds of millions of dollars toward school…
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Believing in Neighborhood Schools, Just Not for My Child
Joe Weedon plans to prolong the decision as long as he can. He wants to attend just one more school…
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WI Student Newspaper Story about Alleged Firing of Administrator Becomes Battle of First Amendment Rights and Lawsuit Threats
A story posted for one hour on a high school newspaper website has blown up into a controversy that now…
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Unintended Consequences: Hundreds of Students Kicked out of Indiana Virtual Schools under a Law Meant to Keep Them There
A controversial state policy designed to ensure virtual school students learning remotely are engaged with their coursework has resulted in…
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Schools, in the Eyes of the Beholders’ Websites
Just as different families apply different criteria for their educational choices, an investigation into school ratings websites like GreatSchools, Niche…
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