Education
Are Colleges Becoming a Self-Perpetuating Caste System in US?
Niall Ferguson argues they are.
LA Community Colleges Resume $6 Billion Building Projects
"Severe state cuts" -- What are those?
Australian School Bans Cartwheels
Students must seek supervision before attempting the dangerous maneuver
NJ School District Considers Drug Testing High School Students Participating in Extracurricular Activities
Why, because they must be high to want to stay after school?
California's Decade of Ridiculously Growing State Employee Costs
Watch the fiscal disaster unfold.
Black School-Voucher Students More Likely To Attend College
The most disadvantaged get the biggest boost
Man Steals School Supplies Donated to Poor Children
Claimed to be volunteer worker for program in Maine.
Millenials Are Actually Buying More Books
We have some selections they might be interested in.
California's For-Profit Two-Year Schools Are Kicking Community Colleges' Asses
Graduation rates reverse trends when looking at "non-traditional" students.
Cops Want to Store Rifles in Plainfield, Ill. High Schools In Case Violence Breaks Out
Police want to install gun safes at four high schools in case of school shootings
Virginia Amendment Aims To Create More Charter Schools
State senator wants to boost competition in education.
Government Schools Overfunded, Says Aussie Opposition Leader
State holding pens get cash out of proportion to their share of students
Mother Challenges Gender-Based Classes in West Virginia
Public middle school implemented system in 2010
California Teachers: We'll Decide for Ourselves How Awesome We Are, Thank You Very Much
A bill would require school districts to negotiate teacher evaluation rules with the unions.
Collective Bargaining for Teacher Evaluations?
Yes, this is a proposal. Of course it's in California.
School Challenged Over Single-Sex Teaching
Boys get bright light and girls get dim rooms because ... somebody forgot to recycle the Dick and Jane books?
School Choice Expands for Indiana Families
More than 8,000 families use vouchers and new charter schools are opening their doors
882 Arrests in New York City Public Schools Last Year
95 percent of arrests were of blacks and Hispanics
Georgia Schools Chief Opposes State-Chartered Independent Schools
Says charter schools should remain a local issue
Legislation Would Require Parental OK for Lousy Teachers
Sign-off from parents would be required to assign students to teachers rated "ineffective"
New Jersey Can't Deny Financial Aid to the Kids of Immigrants
State had pulled funding from students based on their parents' immigration status
Unions Turn Schoolkids Into Slugs, Say Tories
Work-to-rule orders keep British teachers from supervising students outside
Violent Student Protests in Chile
Police arrest 75 protesters destroying property because they want free education
Spanish Students Charged for Bringing Bagged Lunches
Parents aren't pleased about hard-to-justify tab
Feds Docking Social Security Checks For Unpaid Student Loans
Most of the loans were taken for children and grandchildren. Where are they now?
300 D.C. Kids Get School Vouchers
Federal program is a ticket out of the city's floundering government schools
Louisiana Vouchers Attacked by Religious Group
Progressive-oriented Interfaith Alliance says Louisiana program threatens religious freedom and church-state separation
ACLU May Sue School Over Mandatory Pregnancy Tests
A Louisiana charter school currently requires pregnancy tests be conducted and kicks out pregnant students.
Most Americans Favor More Education Spending…Until They Are Told the Price Tag
13 percent believe government spending on education is at the right amount.
DC Public School Still Fail Special Ed. Kids
Six years running, public schools in the nation's capital have fallen short of federal special education goals
