Michigan Debates Path for Detroit Public School Reforms
Democratic lawmakers in the Michigan Legislature say they are in opposition to legislation introduced this week as a way to restructure the financially-strapped Detroit Public School system. Their lack of support More...
Norway School to Offer eSports Class For 5 Hours Per Week
Starting in August of 2016, a Norwegian high school will be offering eSports classes as an elective. The phenomenon of eSports began in the 1990s and has since exploded into a popular global pastime. Most of the More...
School Choice Rally in Florida Draws Over 10,000
Thousands of parents and children came together in Florida’s capital in an effort to persuade the largest teacher’s union in the state to drop a lawsuit against an education voucher program that benefits More...
7 States Make Up 80% of School Corporal Punishment in US
A new study has shown that just seven states in the Southern US make up 80% of in-school corporal punishment for the entire United States. Data from the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Division was More...
Cuomo Rolls Out Proposed Increase in New York School Aid
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a significant increase in aid for New York public schools as legislators and districts clamor to have their schools’ needs met. Within the $ 145 billion state More...
Race, Class, Rezoning Divides Brooklyn School Communities
Two Brooklyn, New York public school zones have been approved by education officials to be redrawn in a way that would shift children from a mostly white and increasingly wealthy neighborhood to an essentially More...
Minnesota Mulling Rule Changes on School Integration
The Minnesota Department of Education is currently considered a rewrite of state laws concerning school integration despite criticism that such a move would be a step backward. The department is considering changes More...
Things We Saw Today: The Force Awakens as a High School Rom-Com – Adorable BB-8 kitten!
What fandom is complete without its own manga high-school alternate reality? Here’s one for The Force Awakens over at dc9spot over on Tumblr. It’s pretty amazing. Also, adorable BB-8 kitten! While More...
Report: Public School Tuition Increasing as Higher Ed Funding Falls
A recent report from the research firm and advocacy group for millennials Young Invincibles has found that 48 states are spending less on their public higher education systems than they did prior to the Great Recession. Data More...
More Districts Opting Out of National School Lunch Program
A number of school districts across the country are choosing to opt out of the federally funded meal program in an effort to put a stop to the cost of food waste that has resulted from First Lady Michelle Obama’s More...