JoanneJacobs.com is one of the top education blogs. Joanne Jacobs is the author of a recently published book, Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds. Our School is about a successful charter school in San Jose.
Today Joanne blogs about a recent trend with families who have children applying to colleges and universities. Many families are sending in dozens of applications. The New York Times reports that some students are worried about being accepted and figure that by applying to lots of colleges they have a greater chance at being accepted.
Joanne also reports that a public school in San Jose, California, recently decided to make it harder for parents to volunteer in the classroom. Parents will have to pay $57 to be finger printed. I have had to get fingerprinted a couple times to be a soccer coach. Even though it was a bit of a pain, the soccer league reimbursed the fee.
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