December 20, 2015 ‘Ghost employee:’ High-paid Pennsylvania governor aide to resign amid allegations Ron Tomalis will resign from a job he may not have been doing in the first place.
December 20, 2015 Nevada education system ranked last in nation, report says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s state ranks last in the nation in education for third year in a row, according to a children's well-being report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
December 20, 2015 Education Department releases names of 55 schools facing sex assault probes The Education Department on Thursday released a list of 55 colleges and universities under investigation for their handling of sexual abuse claims, in an unprecedented step aimed at increasing transparency regarding sex assault in higher education.
December 20, 2015 Obama announces education innovation grants President Obama on Monday announced more than $100 million in grants for two dozen schools across the country that are helping students gain work experience for what he called the "in-demand jobs of the future."
November 28, 2015 Thousands of preschool kids getting suspended, report says Even preschoolers are getting suspended from U.S. public schools -- and they're disproportionately black, a trend that continues up through the later grades.
November 22, 2015 Parents rail against 'ridiculous' Common Core math homework An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil."
November 21, 2015 Dozens of student loan recipients face default after refusing to pay back money Calling themselves the "Corinthian 100" -- named for the troubled Corinthian Colleges, Inc., which operated Everest College, Heald College and WyoTech before agreeing last summer to sell or close its 100-plus campuses -- about 100 current and former students are refusing to pay back their loans, according to the Debt Collective group behind the strike.
November 16, 2015 Standardized testing review: let's make 'teaching to the test' a thing of the past We have created a culture of “teaching to the test,” and rote memorization. We must instead empower teachers and provide students with engaging and inspiring learning experiences.
