Rather than additional federal intrusion into state and local matters, state can pass--and many have passed--laws specifying the use of seclusion and restraint. Read full column in this month's eSchool News.

Guest Post by Dr. Charles Maranzano, Jr., Superintendent of Schools for Hopatcong Borough, NJ According to Education Week, a weekly publication by Editorial Projects in Education located in Bethesda, Maryland, recent reports on the state of Arts Education offer a complex but revealing picture of the arts in America’s public schools. The availability of music and visual arts instruction on avera...

Guest Post From Benny L. Gooden, AASA President-Elect AASA Singing Superintendents Director Applications Requested For more than fifty years, the AASA Singing Superintendents have entertained, amused and otherwise added another dimension to the National Conference on Education. A dedicated group of school leaders who attend the conference have given of their time to rehearse musical sele...

GUEST POST By Charles Maranzano, Jr. Superintendent, Hopatcong, New Jersey Several states are considering publishing the results of teacher evaluations for public view. This is already occurring in California where specific evaluation ratings are published in select school districts. As a result of this recent trend the credibility of the evaluation process is diminished and teacher morale is...

From Transforming Learning, an Ed Week blog from the Learning First Allicance Today, the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) released the latest in its reports examining the impact of the economic recession on schools. The news is not good. The study, "Weathering the Storm: How the Economic Recession Continues to Impact Schools," is the twelfth in a s...