From U.S. Uncut – Detroit’s students are trying to learn while breathing in black mold and sitting in classrooms filled with buckets catching toilet water leaking through the ceiling. And that’s not even the worst part. Republican Governor Rick Snyder is not only using the financial emergency management laws to poison children in Flint; he’s doing the same thing in Detroit via the public school system, which the state has controlled for the last seven years.
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Excerpt from The Atlantic By ALANNA SCHUBACH The irony of the cuts in funding for academic science is that the Obama administration has simultaneously made a big push for greater investment on STEM education. The president has called upon American universities to graduate 1 million more STEM majors than they do currently, a move that would ostensibly broaden the pool of applicants to graduate from science programs—the same ones that downsized in the wake of the sequester.
Jan 8, 2016 · by Beth Fertig From: WNYC Attorneys for New York students with autism and other disabilities claimed a major victory this week, after a federal judge granted class action status to a case that alleged the denial of education services. The ruling could affect more than 20,000 New York City students. The original plaintiffs, eight New York City students and their parents, sued in 2013 to prevent the loss of services including individualized instruction, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and support staff.
Statement from Augusta County Public Schools
Dr. Steve Joel, Superintendent of Lincoln Nebraska Public Schools discusses how he and his leadership team have engaged the community to support district efforts including their Career Academy . Dr. Joel also talks about his background in education and how is path was forged along the way.
In this country, President Obama signed a new education law last week. Much of the focus has been on testing and a debate over whether the law moved too far away from rigorous standards. But one group celebrating the law advocates for arts education. NPR’s Elizabeth Blair explains why.
By Larry Dignan Springboard, a startup that aims to put a human twist on online education, has raised $1.7 million and has a few big name backers including LinkedIn co-founder Allen Blue. The bet: Online education success rates can improve with human mentors.
By Gary Gately With the reputation of U.S. for-profit colleges in tatters, one company has found a convenient way to circumvent regulation in this country: by operating primarily in overseas markets. Baltimore-based Laureate Education, the world’s largest for-profit higher-education company by enrollment (with about 1 million students now enrolled worldwide), operates in a sector plagued by government scrutiny in the U.S.
By Greg Botelho (CNN) The United States’ two biggest school districts get the same threat. One — in Los Angeles — decides to call off school, with the superintendent saying students won’t go back until he’s absolutely sure everything is safe. The other — in New York — decides just the opposite, dismissing the threat as an apparent “hoax.”
By Antonio Gois Tying teacher pay to student test scores. Creating public schools of choice with private operators. Setting common standards for all students. Those issues probably are familiar to any American reporter who covers education.
Noel Frye was smiling ear to ear. “Me graduate,” she said, recalling her accomplishment.
First Lady Michelle Obama upped the funk when she danced to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” and now she’s rapping her heart out to convince high school kids to “Go To College” in a College Humor music video. Yes, you already read it right the first time: the First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) showed off her rap skills in a music video.
The sweeping bipartisan education bill signed into law on Thursday contained a nugget of good news for the tech industry: Computer science has been recognized as important an academic subject as math and English, potentially introducing it into more classrooms across the U.S.
Dr. Pam Homan talks about about the business of education and the role Superintendents play integrating the private sector into a districts long term plans.
The Great Recession may be officially over, but state spending on K-12 education hasn’t recovered.