Study: Most states link student learning to teacher reviews
A majority of states adopted performance-based teacher evaluations as part of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top initiative
Trump, O’Malley file for New Hampshire primary ballot
The date of the 2016 New Hampshire primary hasn’t been formally set, but is expected to be February 9
New doctors’ suicidal thoughts eased with online therapy
Suicidal thoughts were much less common in new doctors who had four half-hour online sessions prior to their first year of post-graduate training
Commander defends probe of Illinois cop’s death
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are defending the time it took to conclude that an Illinois police officer killed himself and was not killed by others. Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko told reporters Wednesday that police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz elaborately staged a crime scene, scattering his pepper spray,…
Grad Student On A Hunger Strike In Protest Of University Of Missouri President
Columbia, MO (KTRS) A University of Missouri graduate student is on a hunger strike in an effort to oust the university system’s president. The Columbia Missourian reports that Jonathan Butler, a master’s student in educational leadership and policy analysis began the hunger strike on Monday as a protest against Tim Wolfe. Butler accuses Wolfe of failing…
No Charges Will Be Filed In Police Shooting Of Mentally Ill Man
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) No charges will be filed against two St. Louis police officers who shot and killed a mentally ill man last year. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office concluded the officers had a “strong self defense claim” in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Kajieme Powell on August 19th, 2014 in north St.…
St. Louis Murder Count Now At 171
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The city’s murder rate continues to climb. This comes after police say two men were shot to death Tuesday night along the 2600 block of California in south St. Louis. The names of the victims haven’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests This brings the city’s murder count to…
