The stakes in the battle over the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina couldn’t be higher. On one side are the billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, and the Tea Party and libertarian groups they fund. On the other, parents, students and community leaders who are bent on stopping measures passed by the [...]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The government of Chile is standing firm against social protests, saying education reform can only happen through official channels. Government spokesman Andres Chadwick says Chile “is not going to be governed from the street.” That’s a hard-line message to students who have been striking for more than two months now and [...]
Then what explains that mysterious cloud of smoke? The University of Colorado at Boulder, recently ranked by Playboy as the top party school for its culture of “reefer madness,” is also known for hosting one of the nation’s largest public tributes to Mary Jane. Though pot is only legal in Colorado for medical purposes, thousands [...]
The four-day long Save Our Schools rally begins in Washington, D.C. today. The Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action, a joint effort of parents, teachers and community organizers, seeks to rally support for an end to controversial education reforms. The participants argue that the policies put in place under the Bush and [...]
WASHINGTON — While developing his positions on education policy, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) turned to his roots: He consulted with teachers throughout Minnesota, and he chatted with his daughter. “My daughter became a teacher right out of college,” through New York City’s Teaching Fellows Program, Franken said. “She had a really good principal. It made [...]
WASHINGTON — Teachers should have salaries starting at $60,000 and the opportunity to make up to $150,000 based on performance, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told educators at the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards conference on Friday. “The field of teaching is poised for change,” Duncan said. “Many bright and committed young people [...]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Radio talk show host Glenn Beck criticized the notion of summer political camps for kids like the one in Norway where 68 people were killed last week, even though he has promoted similar camps in the U.S. where children are taught tea party principles. Beck’s criticism earlier this week was directed at [...]
The Kentucky Attorney General filed suit Wednesday against a chain of for-profit colleges in the state, claiming that administrators at Daymar Colleges have consistently deceived students by making false promises about the ability to transfer course credits and have forced them to purchase textbooks and supplies at substantially marked-up rates. Attorney General Jack Conway (D), [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The “Race to the Top” program extends the reach of the federal government too far into states’ public schools operations, a leading Republican senator said on Wednesday. The Obama administration also risks neglecting poorer states by moving toward competitive education funding, Sen. Richard Shelby, the most powerful Republican on the Banking Committee, said at a [...]
Forget about skinny jeans. The most popular accessory in school these days is a business degree. Over 300,000 students graduated with a bachelor’s in business in 2008, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. That’s more degrees than social sciences, history and health sciences, combined, according to the “Digest of Education Statistics, 2009″ report. [...]
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