SelfScore Raises $7mil to Offer Credit Cards to Foreign Students
(Photo: Selfscore) SelfScore has raised over $ 7 million to aid the nearly 1.1 million foreign students enrolled in universities around the United States as they offer the first credit card exclusively for foreign students. As Steven Loeb writing for Vator points out, SelfScore is on a mission to solve the credit issues that plague international More...
Parents Applaud Texas Teacher’s Homework Policy
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A teacher’s subversive homework policy has gone viral recently with many commending the teacher’s response to the heavy workloads for young students – an increasing More...
South African School’s Hair Policies Criticized as Racist
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Claims that black South African students at an all girls’ school have been told to straighten their hair has led to a review of school policies and intervention from More...
Israeli Math Technology Startup Matific Gets $45mil Investment
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A tech start-up company aiming to boost the world’s math skills will extend the reach of its products after securing $ 45 million in funding for educational video games, More...
College Operator Sues Feds Over Non-Profit Status Denial
(Photo: Jason Morrison, FreeImages.com) The Center for Excellence in Higher Education has sued the Department of Education only a week after the department denied non-profit status to a chain of for-profit colleges. More...
Groups Oppose Prospects of School Closures in Michigan
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A coalition of public school groups in Michigan recently stated that they were “considering all options” in order to keep failing schools in the state from facing More...
GCSE Exam Results Drop in England, Rise in Northern Ireland
(Photo: Tech-Plus) In the United Kingdom, this year’s General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exam results are in – and overall test scores are at their lowest level since 2008. Many consider More...
Education Levels Influence Migration, Report Says
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A new report has examined migration within the United States and the roles played by education, skills, and spacial inequality. The report by Chandra Muller of the University More...
Lawsuit Says Georgia School Segregates Students with Disabilities
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Georgia’s state-run school for disabled children is being challenged by the U.S. Government in a formal lawsuit that states that the Georgia Network for Educational and More...
$10 Mil Herb Alpert Donation to Fund Music Students’ Tuition
(Photo: Dewey Nicks, Herb Alpert Foundation) The Herb Alpert Foundation has made a donation in the amount of $ 10.1 million to Los Angeles City College in an effort to offer a free education to all music majors More...