Michigan Will Pay Legal Fees in Detroit Teacher Sickout Suit
(Photo: Jim West, ZUMA Press, Newscom) The Michigan Department of Treasury has announced that it will pay the bill for the legal fees accrued to sue two teachers over a massive teacher sickout held earlier in the year. It was expected that Detroit Public Schools would be held responsible for the almost $ 300,000 in fees. “Nearly $ 320,000 More...
Clinton, Democrats Tout Free College Tuition Plans
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Throughout the Democratic National Convention, supporters of Hillary Clinton spoke about many ways to make higher education more affordable, including plans for free college More...
Clinton, Kaine Vow to Move Past ‘Education Wars’
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, and her vice presidential running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine are looking to make progress on education in the United More...
NYC Appoints New Principals for Two Renewal Schools
(Photo: John Moore, Getty Images) The New York City Education Department has appointed principals to two of the city’s lowest-performing high schools in an effort to get the school turnaround effort back More...
College Students Spend Less Than 3 Hours Per Day on School
(Photo: Andrew Pons, Creative Commons) A new study has exposed how college students use their time in an effort to inform taxpayers who subsidize federal student loans, finding that the average college student More...
Proposed Texas Textbook Describes Mexican-Americans as ‘Lazy’
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A proposed high school textbook in the state of Texas that addresses the topic of Mexican-American studies is coming under fire for containing a number of sections having nothing More...
Kentucky Dept of Ed to Review School Restraint Policies
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky will be receiving an on-site review from the state education department, and the inspection will be centered on the management practices More...
Little Kids Need Cool Places to Explore, Not Classroom Time
(Image: EdenProject) By Julia Steiny Early childhood education has become this year’s education-fix obsession. From the President of the United States to the President of the Rhode Island Senate, we’re More...
Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow Stands Firm on Info Refusal
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Despite a judicial ruling, Ohio’s largest online charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, is still refusing to hand over records to the state’s Department More...
Proposed Changes to Higher Education Act Clear House
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A number of bipartisan higher education bills have been passed by the House of Representatives in an effort to provide solutions to elements of the Higher Education Act currently More...
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