Decade-Old Connecticut Education Funding Lawsuit Continues
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A variety of advocates, some of whom were representing underperforming schools in Bridgeport and Danbury, Connecticut, gathered recently to attempt to convince a Superior Court judge to take drastic measures to change the ways in which the state funds and oversees education in the state. “There are questions that More...
Negative Attention from Teachers Encourages Problems, Study Says
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A new report from the University of Missouri suggests that students who receive more negative attention from their teachers in turn experience more problems in terms of emotional More...
Students Shouldn’t Have Writer’s Block These Days
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) By Stephen D. Senturia I was once a student. It was in the middle of the last century (really!). We didn’t have computers or word processors. We had pencil and paper and, when More...
Trump Says He’ll Help Families with Child Care Costs
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) According to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, his administration intends to help American families with child care. Some households today pay more for child care More...
AT&T Allegedly Overcharges Two Florida School Districts
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) According to the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T has overcharged two Florida school districts and may have to pay $ 170,000 to the government to settle the allegations. More...
Federal Student Loan Servicers to Face More Accountability
(Photo: David Scavone) A new memorandum has been released by Department of Education Under Secretary Ted Mitchell concerning the future of student loan servicing in an effort to make plans more accountable for More...
Maryland Gov Hogan Calls Teachers Unions ‘Thugs’
(Photo: Robert K. Hamilton, Baltimore Sun) Maryland Governor Larry Hogan referred to opponents of his decision to deny funding to two education-related programs as “union thugs.” The Facebook comment More...
Report: States Can Look to Successful Countries for Education Models
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A report issued by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) during its annual Legislative Summit has detailed the steps to help states compete on an international More...
Chicago Schools Announces Budget, But Union Pushes Back
(Photo: Youtube, Creative Commons) Chicago Public Schools has announced a $ 5.4 billion operating budget with the assumption that the Chicago Teachers Union would go along with a contract that is very much like More...
Virtual Learning Academy Charter Schools (VLACS) Succeed
(Photo: Public Domain, Creative Commons) The VLACS education model, or Virtual Learning Academy Charter Schools, are gaining worldwide attention with the United States seeing a nationwide boom in online learning More...