November 28, 2015 California school district cancels lesson plan that involved Holocaust denial Following a storm of criticism – and at least one death threat – a California school district Monday canceled a lesson plan that instructed middle school students to make arguments denying the Holocaust happened.
November 27, 2015 Opponents offer 2 options for saving independent Corcoran Gallery in court hearings on merger Opponents of a plan to break up Washington's nearly 150-year-old Corcoran Gallery of Art presented two alternatives in court this week to preserve an independent museum and art school as a judge considers its proposed merger with two larger institutions.
November 16, 2015 Does Common Core hurt minority students the most? Proponents of the Common Core national standards have claimed from the beginning that a major goal of the initiative is to reduce the “achievement gap” between white and minority students.
November 10, 2015 GOP debate: What parents want to hear about education In the midst of a presidential campaign, what can a candidate do to break through on education?
November 6, 2015 Eighth graders asked to write about booze, herpes and one-night stands A New Jersey school district is facing scrutiny for a provocative eighth grade homework assignment that reads more like a chapter from “Fifty Shades of Gray.”
November 5, 2015 Students to explore filmmaking with Google Glass Google is enlisting film students from five colleges to help it explore how its wearable computing device can be used to make movies.
November 4, 2015 From Iraq to high tech: Microsoft helping vets find jobs The inaugural class of Microsoft's Software and Systems Academy is set to graduate. When they finish next month, they’ll all get hired by either Microsoft or one a contractors, earning as much as $100,000 salaries.
September 10, 2015 'There is no God but Allah'? School accused of Islamic indoctrination The Islamic faith is being accommodated while the Christian faith is being marginalized.
August 13, 2015 States taking the lead on STEM education American students’ alarmingly bad performance on domestic and international assessments highlights the need to better educate them in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
May 7, 2015 National PTA president: A parent's praise for Common Core As a retired Army officer, I know what it’s like to have to research the quality and competitiveness of a state’s educational offerings.
