Some public universities disproportionately direct their recruiting efforts on out-of-state students from affluent, white communities and private schools, a new study shows, adding fuel to an increasingly fiery debate about inequity within higher education that colleges and universities have been…
With nearly all 50 governors having delivered their 2019 speeches, we analyzed what they said about K-12 education and what it means for potential policies.
During the 30th Annual NERIC Technology Awareness Day Conference in Dec., Erin Sheevers, Amy Fraser, Christina Kole, and Shannon Haegle from Troy City School District (TCSD), alongside eleven students, introduced the audience to STEAM days. STEAM days, a now fundamental…
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris introduced an ambitious — and expensive — plan to raise teacher pay across the U.S. in a bid to win the support of insurgent teachers and an increasingly sympathetic public. The California senator’s proposal, outlined…
From panic buttons to metal detectors, communities take a page from Fort Knox.
Charlottesville High’s Black Student Union has had enough of its city being used as a staging ground for racist violence.
A new law takes effect in Michigan this week that takes aim at cyberbullying, including hefty fines and jail time for violators convicted of online harassment. Per the new law, it is illegal to cyberbully another person and someone found…
In Maryland, “as many as 65,000 public school students are illegally classified as disabled and placed in special education, where they suffer unnecessary harm.” He argues that many students “mislabeled as disabled” are “struggling readers who have simply fallen far…
Zayna Achmar, who had been studying clinical psychology at the Chicago branch of Argosy University for three years, was blindsided when the college closed this month. The last days were “chaotic and emotional,” she said. Professors emptied out their offices,…
The father of one of the 20 first-grade students killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting was found dead of an apparent suicide Monday, the third suicide involving someone linked to a major U.S. school shooting in little more…
The voucher bill rose from the dead and is now haunting the Legislature as an appendage to House Bill 68. Here are seven dubious assertions by sponsor state Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, and other supporters about the efficacy of vouchers.…
Teachers at an Indiana elementary school were left bruised, bleeding and frightened after being shot "execution style" with plastic pellets during an active-shooter training exercise in January, according to the Indiana State Teachers Association. It's shocked teachers, parents and psychologists…
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will call Saturday for the largest federal investment in teacher pay in U.S. history, staking her claim to a cause backed by an influential Democratic-leaning constituency. The California senator will tell the Texas Southern University…
The number of Minnesota schools with low kindergarten vaccination rates for measles and chickenpox has grown sharply in the last five years, prompting concern among state health officials that they are vulnerable to outbreaks of the highly contagious diseases. One-third…
Low-performing schools in high-poverty areas struggle to attract and retain teachers. In a recent study published in the journal Economics of Education Review, researchers explored the impact of teacher bonuses on teacher retention and student test scores in math and…
