Patricia Hawke

Going wireless in San Antonio, Texas

In North East Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas, they are going wireless. Motorola and a member of their channel partner program, Minntek Solutions, are integrating their 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) across K-12 schools in the North East Inde... Read >

K-12 Online Courses in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, online teachers must complete thirty hours of professional development designed to prepare a teacher for online teaching. K-12 schools more and more are starting to incorporate online classes into their class options. It is now offered in 48... Read >

Future of Textbooks in Orange County CA Schools

The future of textbooks seems dim. More and more people are making the switch into buying, Nook and Kindles for their everyday readings. Instead of having to go to the book store, search for their next read, wait in line to purchase it and then drive home... Read >

Libraries Vanishing in Michigan

More and more schools have had to make the hard decision to either keep or cut out the schools library. The sad thing is, that’s the schools first thing they think of when making budget cuts. Michigan has been one of the hardest hit with the budget cuts f... Read >

Video Evaluation Comes to Minnesota Schools

Minnesota is going to be the first state to bring forth a new way of evaluating teachers. This is going to be through video monitoring. The current way schools evaluate teachers is through written tests and passing their class work. How was this current ... Read >

Fresno and 10,000 Mini Notebooks

The Fresno Unified School District in California recently purchased ten thousand mini notebook computers to supply each child with their own notebook computer to work with while in school. Regular laptops are heavier and take up a lot of room on a desk, s... Read >

Qualified vs. Effective Teachers

In the Berryessa Union School District in San Jose, California, they are noticing the difference between highly “qualified" teacher and actually effective teachers. They are starting to see that the certification a teacher has and how extensive their resu... Read >

Sacramento Schools Edible Gardens

Alice Waters, a renown celebrity chef, made a visit to Sacramento’s Schools in California to push the schools to go green and serve locally grown food in their schools. This would stimulate Sacramento’s economy by having the schools district’s purchase fo... Read >

San Francisco Schools Tecnology Grant

San Francisco’s Unified School District has received a million dollar technology grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) Title II, Part D, Enhancing Education Through Technology Competitive Grant Program. The state of California won t... Read >

Public School Fees in San Diego

In California, we have a right to a free public education. How have so many schools gotten away with charging their students for things that should be free? Some public schools in San Diego have been charging students for textbooks, required courses, Adva... Read >

Teachers in Charge

In Los Angeles, they are reforming the school systems to better serve their students. At Woodland Hills Academy in Northern Los Angeles they are giving equal rights to teachers. All school officials have the same amount of say. Teachers and Principals and... Read >

Banning the Rosary in Colorado Schools

At Mann Middle School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, they have banned students from wearing the rosary. This has become very controversial in that people believe that religious freedom is our right due to the first amendment of the constitution. If they a... Read >

Washington’s Dropout Factories

In 2007 there were twenty-two schools in Washington state that are considered “dropout factories." A school is considered a dropout factory when more than 40 percent of entering freshmen dropout before their senior year. What makes kids drop out? Most... Read >

Solar Power in Idaho Schools

The corporation, Idaho Power, partnered with Bonneville Environmental Foundation, to create Idaho Power's Solar 4R Schools, to help schools cut back on energy bills and teach students about going green. They are starting by installing solar panels to K-12... Read >

Metal Detectors in Oregon Schools

At McNary High School in Keizer, Oregon, a gym teacher found a hand gun with ammunition in a backpack in the lost and found. They didn’t find who owned the backpack and never knew its intent of being there. At Banks High School in North Plains, Oregon, a ... Read >