Patricia Hawke

Human Rights Take Front and Center for the New York City Schools

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child put forth that one primary purpose of schools is to develop respect for human rights and the fundamental freedoms that all children should enjoy. They noted that to truly understand and promote huma... Read >

Michigan Schools and Parents of Disabled Children in Conflict

As in other states, Michigan schools are seeing more and more parents of disabled children pulling them out of public schools, providing alternative private education, and then suing the Michigan Schools to foot the bill. It has become a problem and growi... Read >

Three Dallas Schools Make Newsweek's Best 100 High Schools List – TAG High School Is #1!

In their May 8, 2006, issue, Newsweek listed their Best 100 Public Schools across the nation. They ranked the schools using a ratio of the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students within a school, di... Read >

Baltimore Schools Designate Six Schools as Persistently Dangerous with a Warning to Another

Baltimore Schools Designate Six Schools as Persistently Dangerous with a Warning to Another Written by Patricia Hawke for www.schoolsk-12.com The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requires that all states report any schools that are consider... Read >

Eleven Virginia Schools Divisions to Participate in Commonwealth Scholars Program

The Commonwealth of Virginia and Governor Timothy M. Kaine have for some time been encouraging Virginia Schools high school students to take more rigorous coursework. The Governor recently announced the pilot Commonwealth Scholars Program and promotional ... Read >

Virginia Schools Signs Agreement with SACS CASI for School Division Accreditations

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) was founded in 1895. It is a voluntary, nongovernmental agency with more than 13,000 accredited colleges, universities, secondary, middle and elementary schools. The Council on Accreditation and Scho... Read >

Participation in Texas Schools' Advanced Placement Program on Increase - Minorities Underrepresented

The rigorous coursework in the Advanced Placement (AP) program has proven to build a good foundation for high school students, who plan to attend college after graduation. Most college and universities give course credit for AP exam scores of three or hi... Read >

T-STEM Initiative a Boost for Texas Schools Students

The T-STEM initiative was launched in December 2005 by the Governor Perry's office in partnership with the Texas schoolsthe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, National Instruments, and the Communities Foundation of Texa... Read >

100 Texas Schools Invited to Participate in Governor's Educator Excellence Award Program

In November 2005, Governor Rick Perry initiated the $10 million grant program for paying bonuses to school employees who have performed above expectations in raising student performance levels. One hundred Texas schools have been invited to participate i... Read >

Tampa Schools Prepare Students for the World of Tomorrow through Global Classrooms

The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), along with New York-based Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., has brought the Model United Nations to Tampa schools. Originally, only four high schools were participating and only as an extra... Read >

St Louis Schools Implement Mandatory Summer School for All Eighth Graders

For some time within the public schools across the nation, there has been a focus on academic achievement by improving basic skills, decreasing the high school dropout rate, and preparing students to enter both college and the workplace. The St Louis... Read >

San Diego Schools Choice Program Means More Opportunities for Students but More Work for Parents

More than one-third of the students in the San Diego schools were enrolled in the Choice Program for the 2005-2006 school year. The program gives parents the ability to transfer their children from their assigned school to one that offers more academic o... Read >

Report Card on Florida Schools Policy to End Social Promotion

Though it is the fourth largest public school system in the United States, Florida Schools have consistently ranked close to the bottom on academic indicators, including high school graduation rates and national assessment of education progress test scor... Read >

New Monitoring and Appraisal Systems for Higher Scholastic Achievement in Houston Schools

Two new achievement systems have been developed and implemented for the Houston Schools — a school board monitoring system and a new appraisal system for the superintendent. The district is committed to improving student achievement, as well as earning ... Read >

San Diego Schools Embrace the No Child Left Behind Program

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program is a federal law that governs elementary and secondary education and is funded by Federal Title I. Under the NCLB, school boards must ensure that their high poverty schools meet the educational needs of low-achievi... Read >