Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Founder Guilty of Tax Fraud
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The former CEO of Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School has pleaded guilty to charges of tax conspiracy after being accused of stealing around $ 8 million in school funds for his own personal use. Nicholas Trombetta, 61, put together a number of connected for-profit and not-for-profit entities in order to take taxpayer More...
UNLV eSports Lab Caters to Emerging Gaming Industry
(Photo: Esports Betting Report) Students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will now be able to delve into the world of eSports thanks to a new course available this fall from the International Gaming Institute More...
High Expenses, Weak Results Mar Australia Vocational Program
(Photo: Louise Kennerley, Australian Financial Review) An educational policy debacle has seen money pouring from the Australian federal government coffers into the pockets of vocational education and training More...
Survey Shows Tech Disconnect Between Teens, Parents
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A study by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) researched online safety attitudes and behaviors of young people, finding that there is a complex relationship between More...
ITT Barred from Enrolling Students with Federal Aid
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) New steps taken by the Obama administration could force one of the largest for-profit college chains in the country to close, as ITT Technical Institute has been banned from More...
New Mexico Looks for Meaning in 5th Year of School Ratings
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Over 30% of the public schools in New Mexico saw a decline in their ratings from the state in the fifth year of the A-F grading system — and Public Education Secretary More...
CAP Report Calls for More Early Learning Teacher Pay, Support
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A new report dug deep to learn more about the early childhood workforce’s low wages and has found that African American full-time teachers make 84 cents for every dollar More...
Mental Health of Teenage Girls a Key Concern in UK
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) According to research from the United Kingdom’s Department for Education, the psychological well-being of teenage girls has declined markedly over the past decade. Cited More...
Parents Roundly Endorse Georgia Connections Academy
(Photos: Pexels, Creative Commons) Parents are increasingly looking beyond the traditional public school system for options for their children, with many settling on flexible and digital learning options such More...
Connecticut Kids Improve on Smarter Balanced Exams
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Students in Connecticut who took the state’s Smarter Balanced test in the spring showed improvement over last year’s scores, but less than 50% of the state’s More...