Michigan Court Battle Over Paycheck Withdrawals Continues
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A suit that started five years ago and was brought to court by the Michigan Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan is seeking to return money that plaintiffs claim was illegally taken from the paychecks of more than 200,000 Michigan public school employees. Between the years 2010 and More...
Crisis Text Line Raises $24m to Expand Free 24/7 Support
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Crisis Text Line, a non-for-profit tech startup that offers round the clock, live support to those in need, has raised $ 23.8m in Series B funding, drawing on investment from More...
IES Grants Top $100 Million for Array of Education Research
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The Institute of Education Sciences has awarded more than $ 100 million in grants in order to increase education research being conducted on a wide variety of topics and subjects. In More...
Ireland Ed Minister Pushes for Early Coding Education
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Irish Minister for Education and Skill Richard Bruton has sent an official letter to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) to point out the advantages of More...
Tennessee Lottery Revenue Spurs Education Funding Increase
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Tennessee education received a huge boost to its financial foundation when an announcement was made this week concerning Powerball tickets sold in the state. During the last More...
Report Busts Online College Myths, Details Demographics
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) A new released report from education technology platform Learning House and Aslanian Market Research, the leading organization for online and adult market research, has detailed the More...
UK EdSec Announces Delay on National Funding Formula
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) UK Education Secretary Justine Greening has announced that the new national funding formula for schools would be delayed by a year, which could prove “catastrophic” More...
Facebook Diversity Criticism Puts Company on Defensive
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Social media staple Facebook has been accused of glossing over internal hiring practices related to reported diversity issues within the company, as well as of falsely blaming More...
New Federal Chemical Safety Act Makes Progress
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A new chemical safety bill is the first significant update to the environmental health measure in many years, which will improve living standards for families who may live More...
Dept of Ed Announces Protections for Student Loan Borrowers
(Photo: Steve Castillo, Stanford) The US Department of Education has introduced a series of protections and customer service standards in an effort to implement a new vision for student loan servicing that hopes More...