Chinese University Lets Students Choose Age of Teachers
(Photo: Penn State) A university in East China’s Jiangxi province has begun to offer their students the ability to select the age and personality of their lecturers. Students at the metallurgy and chemical engineering department of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology noted that they would like to see their teachers be between the ages More...
ACLU Challenges DC Male-Only School
(Photo: Bonnie Jo Mount, The Washington Post) The American Civil Liberties Union is attempting to procure the official admission policy used at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School, a school for boys only, More...
Federal Settlement Addresses English Language Learners in CA
(Photo: AP, Rich Pedroncelli) A federal settlement will ensure language education for 1.4 million students considered to be English language learners in the state of California. New training and monitoring procedures More...
Obama Administration Asks Schools to Re-Think Role of SROs
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) The Obama administration is calling on schools to rethink the disciplinary techniques they employ when responding to misbehavior following a systemic increase in disciplinary More...
Parent Drug Perceptions Survey Shows Range of Approaches
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Project Know, an organization focused on helping parents and educators learn more about addiction, has completed a survey of more than 2,000 adults on the subject of parenting More...
Israel’s Bennett: Judaism More Important Than STEM Education
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) During a conference of the TALI Education Fund, Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett stressed the importance of Jewish education over secular subjects such as math More...
Bullying Due to Obesity Carries Emotional Effects
(Photo: Dreamstime) A new study has found that discrimination against and bullying of overweight sixth graders can lead to emotional problems by the end of the eighth grade. Many anti-obesity programs, including More...
Apple Initiative Sets Out to Prove ‘Everyone Can Code’
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A new initiative by Apple called Everyone Can Code is designed to help teach students how to code, especially in the company’s own language called Swift. The initiative More...
LendEDU Report: Private Schools Correlate with Private Loan Debt
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Less than a month after the release of a report on student loan debt by school, LendEDU has looked further into the situation, particularly pertaining to private student loan More...
Thousands Denied Access to Special Education in Texas
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Since 2004, children with special needs attending public schools in Texas have been denied access to specialized education services under an arbitrary benchmark set by the states More...