UK’s May Proposes More Grammar Schools, Meritocracy
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said that the nation’s education system has “selection by house price,” adding that she intends to lift the ban on new grammar schools among a number of policy measures meant to broaden access to high-quality education. May said that she plans to create More...
UK Children Adopting Sedentary Lifestyles as Obesity Blooms
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Early childhood experts at Loughborough University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences tested 45 Foundation Stage children attending two different schools More...
Ohio Turns to Old Rules to Evaluate Charter Schools
(Photo: Public Domain, Creative Commons) Despite a delay made to the new process for the evaluation of charter school sponsors in Ohio, the state department of education has announced plans to push through with More...
Georgetown to Research, Give Admission Preference to Slave Descendants
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Georgetown University has announced it will be giving preference in the admissions process to descendants of slaves that had been owned by the Maryland Jesuits as a way to More...
Texas Textbook Causes Controversy Over Errors, Stereotypes
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A group of Texas historians and teachers are calling a textbook focusing on Mexican-American heritage “blatantly racist” and full of errors as they argue that it More...
ITT Tech Campuses Close After Feds Pull Financial Aid
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) ITT Tech has closed down more than 130 campuses nationwide after the Federal government stripped the for-profit college of its eligibility for student aid. The move has left More...
Stanford Summer Program Offers Girls AI, STEM Exposure
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A summer program available through Stanford University this year focused on introducing high school girls to artificial intelligence. Participants were able to experience a More...
African American Parents in NC Support School Choice, Survey Shows
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) A new report from Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina takes a closer look at whether African-American voters in the state truly support school choice. The poll, More...
‘Segregated’ Housing at CSU Los Angeles Raises Questions
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) California State University Los Angeles has introduced new housing for its black students in an effort to protect them from insensitive remarks and “microaggressions” More...
Nevada to Expand Charter Schools as Funding Shifts
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A Nevada school district is about to undergo a dramatic and controversial overhaul to the way financial resources are allocated, with an ‘empowerment’ model accepted by the More...