Common Core Blamed for Plunge in New York Standardized Test Scores
Teachers worried they'll be targeted... because it doesn't look like they're doing their jobs
Education
Penn State Forces Staff to Reveal Medical Habits or Face Steep Fine
$1,200 if you don't inspect your balls, gentlemen
California School District Suspends Social Media Policy After Student Protests
Pressure from attorneys also helped
White House: Broadband Initiative a "Non-Brainer"
$4-6 billion proposal aims to expand high-speed internet to almost all schools
Parent-Triggered Hybrid Public/Charter School Opens in Los Angeles
LAUSD and charter program split grades in an unusual experiment
Obamacare Forcing Schools To Make Tough Benefit Decisions
Probably not what Obama had in mind
Choice Opponent Matt Damon Takes Heat for Sending Kids to Private School
Can you spell "hypocrisy"?
Calif. Governor Signs Transgendered Student Bill into Law
Allows transgendered students to choose locker rooms and bathrooms
Subsidized Job-Training Programs a Hotbed of Crony Capitalism
Some companies benefit while their competitors are left out
Four Former Vanderbilt Football Players Charged With Rape
Accused of sexually assaulting unconscious student
Buffalo Teachers Complain About Breakfast Served in Classrooms
Don't want to have to clean up mess, but do want to keep free plastic surgery
Jeb Bush Blasts Matt Damon for Sending Kids to Private School
He gets to choose; why can't everybody?
Some Calif. School Districts Get 'No Child Left Behind' Waivers
Will get more freedom to make their own rules
Johnny Manziel Got Paid to Sign Autographs, NCAA Freaks Out
Only the NCAA can make money off the players, not the players themselves
University of California System Will Open Access to (Almost) All Scientific Research
Public will gain access to thousands of published research papers moving forward, though there is an opt-out process.
Court Blocks School Ban on 'Boobies' Bracelets
Determines the breast cancer awareness message is not lewd
NCAA Investigating Heisman Winner Johnny Manziel For Alleged Autograph Selling
Big no no for the collegiate sports league
UCLA Officials Use Medical Claims to Get Upgrades to First Class on Flights
And the college system pays for it
Judge: Illegal for Arkansas School To Arm Teachers
Because...the school isn't a private guard company, or something
CA City Pulls Out the Stops To Block Charter School From Opening
Now yanking construction permits after a neighboring district approved the charter
Congress Lowers Federal Student Loan Interest Rates
Why is the government in the lending business, again?
Maine Prepares for Second Wave of Charter School Applications
Five have been approved, so far
Norwegian Mass Murderer Applies to University of Oslo
Anders Behring Breivik, who was convicted of murdering 77 people, wants to study political science
Chuck Schumer Engineers USDA Greek Yogurt Subsidy
The New York senator helps land a sweetheart deal for a politically-connect yogurt company.
Who Says Vouchers Wouldn't Work?
Vermont's been using them for years, but the debate goes on.
Aaron Swartz's Father Blasts MIT Report
Doesn't think college was neutral toward son's prosecution
MIT on Aaron Swartz's Prosecution and Suicide: Don't Look at Us!
College took neutral route, but questions whether it could have or should have helped
Texas Teacher on Trial for Allegedly Assaulting 11-Year-Old
Long time teacher has been accused of misconduct before
