Polish Education Minister Under Fire for Holocaust Comments
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Poland’s education minister has implied that accounts of Polish citizens murdering Jewish people during the Holocaust were inconclusive. Education Minister Anna Zalewska of the right-wing Law and Justice Party expressed her opinion in an interview with the TV24 network. In Jedwabne, on July 10, 1941, a More...
NYU Researchers Warn, Call for Increased 3D Printer Security
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) In the world of technology, 3D printing is becoming both cheaper and more popular, but cybersecurity concerns brought to light by researchers at New York University might More...
Violent Video Games Can Spur Child Aggression, AAP Says
(Photo: Pawel Kadysz, Creative Commons) The American Academy of Pediatrics has developed a new policy statement concerning the “immersive and inescapable” manner in which kids and teens are exposed More...
Bobby Scott Introduces Bill for Simpler FAFSA Filing
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A new bill has been introduced by Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Rep. Bobby Scott in an effort to simplify the federal student loan application for low-income More...
California Schools Ranking System Gets a Makeover
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) California is redefining the method it uses to evaluate its public schools as the state looks to make the system more transparent for parents and more precise than it has been More...
Little Kids Need Cool Places to Explore, Not Classroom Time
(Image: EdenProject) By Julia Steiny Early childhood education has become this year’s education-fix obsession. From the President of the United States to the President of the Rhode Island Senate, we’re More...
To Fight Racism, We Need More Champions
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) By Rep. Joe Pitts, JC Bowman Like most Americans, we have been bothered by the news in recent days. And as we have struggled to understand the racial issues that continue to confront More...
Live Music Tutor Pilot Plays Well in Florida School District
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The Osceola County School District in Florida has publicly announced the successful completion of the three-month pilot program using the Live Music Tutor education tool that More...
California Schools to Add LGBT Contributions to Curricula
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Second grade students in California will soon be learning about how some families have two moms or two dads due to new public school curriculum guidelines that address LGBT history More...
Teacher Protests in Mexico Yield Evaluation Negotiations
(Photo: Pedro Pardo, AFP, Getty) After close to two months of violent street protests, highway blockades, and school closings, members of a radical alternative to Mexico’s official teachers union will sit More...