Big Stories Of The Day

At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay NYT
A New York City charter school is promising to pay teachers $125,000, plus a potential bonus based on schoolwide performance.

Home-Schoolers Pushing Back Against New State Scrutiny EdWeek
Home-schoolers across the country have put their organizational skills and political clout to heavy use in recent weeks as lawmakers in a number of states seek to more closely regulate the families who opt to teach their own children.

School District has one bear of a computer system, but it's hibernating Las Vegas Sun
Officials knew the Clark County School District’s new computer system was going to cost at least $33 million. They pressed forward, saying it would make employees more efficient, resolve auditors’ long-standing concerns and save so much money by consolidating services that it would pay for

Kissing at school a crime? Rocky Mountain News
Public officials called it "nutty" and "foolishness" Wednesday morning, and one asked whether SWAT teams would now descend on teenagers kissing at school.