WASHINGTON — Although “Our Virginia: Past and Present,” the controversial history textbook that claimed that “[t]housands of Southern blacks fought in the Confederate ranks, including two black battalions under the command of Stonewall Jackson,” was revised after that claim was challenged and other inaccuracies were identified, the updated version, which has been approved by the commonwealth’s [...]
As veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan use billions of dollars in federal benefits to pay for higher education, for-profit colleges are capturing more than a third of the money — about $1.6 billion — despite educating only a quarter of the veterans, according to a report released Thursday by a Senate committee. [...]
In the eyes of Michael Petrilli, education discussions and policies based on the disparity in performance between subgroups of U.S. students — known as the achievement gap — leave some honors students behind. “The overwhelming focus has been on gap-closing and equity,” said Petrilli, a George W. Bush-era education official who is now executive vice [...]
A top Pentagon official has acknowledged that the Defense Department is more than $1 billion short of what’s needed to repair decrepit public schools on military bases that were the subject of a recent iWatch News investigation. The official, Jo Ann Rooney, principal deputy under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said in an [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri education officials revoked the accreditation of the Kansas City School District on Tuesday after it failed for several years to meet most of the state’s academic performance standards, an embarrassing blow to the beleaguered district that is also trying to find a new superintendent. The decision by the Missouri State [...]
Public schools in Wisconsin will have to make do with $800 million less from the state over the next two years, under the budget passed by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-led Legislature. But state spending on programs that provide public dollars to private schools will see a net increase of nearly $17 million. And, [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district has won a prestigious prize in public education, which will provide $550,000 in college scholarships for needy students. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools landed the Broad Prize for Urban Education, an award the Eli and Edythe Broad (BRODE) Foundation gives annually to urban districts that show the most gains in [...]
Parents and advocates in one East Oakland, California, neighborhood have stepped up their activism in response to pimps targeting their middle school-aged daughters. Last year, All Things Considered and Youth Radio collaborated on an investigative series from young people’s point of view that revealed what it’s like being trafficked and also how police efforts to combat the [...]
The World Bank’s latest World Development Report, which focuses on gender equality around the world, offers some stark facts about how women and girls fare in developing countries despite decades of progress. Wealth: Women represent 40% of the world’s labor force but hold just 1% of the world’s wealth. Wages: Salaried women workers earn 62 [...]
Indiana’s superintendent of public instruction is suggesting one more high school graduation requirement, one that means kids won’t be showing up in the classroom. Superintendent Tony Bennett is expected to announce in his annual State of Education speech tonight a proposal that requires Indiana high schoolers to take at least one online course before graduating. [...]
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