Education News
House Speaker John Boehner has invited 10 students from Washington, D.C.’s inner-city Catholic schools to join the thousands expected to pour onto the Capitol’s West… Read More
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Last weekend, the U.S. Department of Education released its College Scorecard—a massive federal data set on America’s colleges and universities. The Obama administration hailed the scorecard… Read More
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After a two-week standoff, Seattle Public Schools and the teachers union reached an agreement on a contract, putting an end to a strike that left… Read More
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Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old student in Irving, Texas, made headlines yesterday after local authorities arrested him for bringing a homemade clock to his high school…. Read More
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An after-school chess program for 20 elementary and middle schools in the Ferguson-Florissant school district started with a simple conversation between a father and his… Read More
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As Labor Day abruptly marked the end of summer, arguments for a four-day workweek roiled across the Internet as a conduit to improved health and… Read More
EducationCommentary
On Sept. 2, the Douglas County School District Board of Education filed a request for extension to the Supreme Court of the United States asking… Read More
EducationCommentary
The White House just released a controversial scorecard system for the nation’s colleges, leveraging aggregated tax income data to rank colleges by how much graduates… Read More
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Monday’s incident at Delta State University marks the ninth time that one or more persons have died during a school shooting event in 2015, according to… Read More
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As charter school teachers in Seattle are showing up to work despite a court’s ruling their schools unconstitutional, public school teachers in the city are… Read More
EducationCommentary
It’s back to school time again, but before you start helping your kids out with their math homework, let’s look at some numbers that may… Read More
EducationCommentary
“[F]or every young person willing to work hard, I want two years of community college to be as free and universal as high school is… Read More
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A ruling by the Washington State Supreme Court overturning a 2012 voter-approved charter school law could leave about 1,300 students without a school next year. The ruling came Friday,… Read More
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The government’s push to mandate kids to eat healthier is finding its efforts at the bottom of a waste bin. A study published last week… Read More
EducationCommentary
Another school year is underway, and more parents than ever are using school choice to ensure the best education for their children. Or should I… Read More
EducationCommentary
A postsecondary credential is almost universally viewed as important. As student debt levels continue to rise, however, Americans are losing confidence in the quality and… Read More
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A San Francisco elementary school has created gender-neutral bathrooms for its students in kindergarten and first grade, the “Today” show reported Friday. Miraloma Elementary School decided… Read More
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Protests erupted at a Missouri high school on Monday after a transgender student requested permission to use the girls’ restroom. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports… Read More
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In a decision that reinvigorated some of the frustrations between teacher unions and the public school system, a New Jersey elementary school teacher who blamed… Read More
EducationCommentary
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has just filed a lawsuit intended to block students from participating in Nevada’s groundbreaking near-universal education savings account (ESA)… Read More
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A Missouri school district is under fire for allowing students to use restrooms and locker rooms designated for the opposite sex. Alliance Defending Freedom has sent a letter… Read More
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NEW ORLEANS—When Hurricane Katrina left Mount Carmel Academy under 10 feet of water, many thought the school would be gone forever. Located in the Lakeview… Read More
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NEW ORLEANS—For all its devastation, Hurricane Katrina swept into this city an opportunity to embark on one of the greatest education experiments in America. In… Read More
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LONDONDERRY, N.H.—Parents, educators, and voters expressed concern over the role of the federal government in education during a summit today in New Hampshire. Attendees, panelists,… Read More
EducationCommentary
High school graduation remains a crucial rite of passage. The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that in 2013, the median earning for workers with… Read More
EducationNews
For years, Kirk and Tanya White thought New Orleans public schools didn’t work for their two sons. They got their eldest son, Geno, into a… Read More
EducationCommentary
A few years ago, the Obama administration caught backlash after the Department of Education released suggested lesson plans to schools in conjunction with a national… Read More
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The Senate Thursday passed a bipartisan rewrite of No Child Left Behind, the nation’s Bush-era education standards that extended the federal government’s reach into U.S…. Read More
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A Democratic senator has introduced an amendment to a rewritten version of the No Child Left Behind Act that would fund universal pre-kindergarten. According to… Read More
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The House passed a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act in a razor-thin vote Wednesday night, ignoring a White House veto threat and… Read More
