The UN has said that conflicts in the Middle East are depriving more than 13 million children of an education.The UN children’s fund, Unicef, says in a new report that the hopes of a generation across the Middle East and North Africa are being shattered.Read the rest of the story at BBC News.
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Photo credit: U.S. Department of Educationby Lyndsey LaytonOn day 17 without food, two of the dozen Chicago activists on a hunger strike over a city high school traveled to Washington to ask Education Secretary Arne Duncan for help. Read the rest of the story at The Washington Post.
Photo Credit: Paul Stevensby Michelle Riddles, Associated PressCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio says the U.S. doesn’t need a federal Education Department, arguing that its recommendations to state and local governments often turn into mandates tied to money. Read the rest of the story at U.S.News.
I t’s that time again, and the numbers behind this year’s back-to-school season offer insights into both educational and business trends.How many students and teachers are going back to school?The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has just released its Fast Facts for Back to School 2015.
by Sara GilgoreThe World Privacy Forum, a public-interest research group focused on privacy protection, has launched a campaign urging parents to “opt out” of allowing schools to release “directory” information—student data the organization says schools could otherwise disclose to third-parties who request access.Read the rest of the story at Education Week.
Photo credit: Jinby Jeffrey S. SolochekLAND O’LAKES — Preparing to market his new magnet school to parents, Sanders Memorial Elementary principal Jason Petry highlighted four core principles.Students first … Learners have voice and choice … Positive relationships lead to positive outcomes … Failing forward. Read the rest of the story at the Tampa Bay Times.
edCircuit recently caught up with Chad Ratliff, Director of Instructional Programs for Albermarle County Public Schools, to learn more about the district’s Startup Weekend. Here’s our Q&A.Dr. Berger: Why organize a Startup Weekend for your teachers and what was the initial response to the idea from both teachers and administrators?
Photo credit: urban_databy Christopher PappasExploring a learning topic from a whole new perspective is a rare opportunity. Fortunately, TED talks offer the chance to dive into the minds of other educators, subject matter experts, and eLearning professionals. In this article, I’ll introduce 10 talks that are definitely worth a watch.Read the rest of the story at eLearning Industry.
Photo credit: ccarlsteadby Eric HooverWhen Jon Erickson joined the ACT, in 1984, the college-admissions process was not yet a front-page fixation. These days, he can’t go to a dinner party without anxious parents asking him to explain the secret recipe for conquering the ACT and getting into a big-name college.Read the rest of the story at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Photo credit: SuperFantasticUpdated by Libby NelsonEvery year, a new paper argues, tens of thousands of Americans die sooner than they should for an entirely preventable reason. It’s not smoking, or not exercising, or eating sugar. It’s dropping out of high school and college.Read the rest of the story on Vox.
Photo Credit: www.SeniorLiving.orgby Neal MortonThe American Civil Liberties Union, waging the first of potentially several legal challenges against school choice in Nevada, has filed a lawsuit to stop the state’s new education savings accounts, claiming a violation of a constitutional prohibition against the use of public money for religious purposes.Read the rest of the story at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Photo Credit: Francisco Osorioby The Associated PressSANTIAGO, Chile – Thousands of students are marching in the streets of the Chilean capital to complain about delays in an education overhaul.Read the rest of the story at Fox News.
Photo Credit: Nicola Bothwellby Lauren HodgesSimmons College announced it will close the campus master’s degree program in business, the only one of its kind in the nation exclusively for women.Read the rest of the story at NPR.
Amid promises and photo ops, real talk about education is missing from the campaign trail. Here are five key issues candidates must address.
by Elizabeth A. HarrisAs summer began, Dan Akim, a junior at Manhattan’s ultracompetitive Stuyvesant High School, planned to attend debate camp, to study for the PSATs and to go on some family vacations.Yet he felt that he could pack more into these months, so he also signed up for three online courses, in precalculus, computer science and public health. While on car rides with his family in Italy, he would sometimes use a mobile hot spot to chip away at one of the courses, while his mother asked why he was not soaking up the view instead.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.