Lawsuit Challenges Arizona Charter School’s Religious Teaching
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) A federal lawsuit has been filed by a national organization arguing that an Arizona charter school with ties to members of the state Board of Education has been illegally using state funds to teach religious doctrine. The lawsuit claims that Heritage Academy, which has three campuses in Maricopa County enrolling over More...
Games, Virtual, Mobile Learning on the Rise, Report Says
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Game-based Learning, Simulation-based Learning, Mobile Learning, and Cognitive Learning products are quickly becoming the preferred and more cost-effective methods of knowledge More...
Global Education Goals Won’t Be Met Until 2085, UNESCO Says
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) The goal was to get universal secondary education by 2030, but a report by UNESCO, the UN’s education, sciences, and cultural agency, shows that universal upper secondary More...
Khan Academy, Duck Duck Moose Partner on Preschool Apps
(Photo: Duck Duck Moose) Kids’ app creator Duck Duck Moose is partnering up with Khan Academy to help the non-profit online learning resource develop preschool materials. The start-up’s 21 mobile apps More...
‘Together Counts’ Program Aims to Reduce Childhood Obesity
(Photo: Public Domain, Creative Commons) The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, which is a not-for-profit organization aimed at reducing childhood obesity, along with Discovery Education, the largest supplier More...
Clinton Higher Ed Proposal Could Boost Enrollment by 16%
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A higher education policy proposal made by the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would increase enrollment at public colleges and universities by 16% on average, More...
Texas Principal Blames Boys’ Low Grades on Girls’ Clothing
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) One high school administrator in Fort Bend County, Texas is arguing that the tight clothing worn by female students distracts male students enough to cause them to receive lesser More...
Trump Proposes Expanding School Choice to Kids in Poverty
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A Trump administration would inject $ 20 million of federal funding into the education sector so children from low socioeconomic households could shift from low-performing public More...
Low-Performing Massachusetts School Bans Homework
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Kelly Elementary School in Holyoke, Massachusetts has eliminated homework for the whole school year. That is good news for students, but there is a catch – the school day More...
Coursera for Business Launches to Serve Corporate Market
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Coursera, one of the leading online learning platforms offering distance courses from prestigious colleges and universities, is expanding into corporate learning and development. Coursera More...