“If I were advising a friend’s son or daughter facing Decision Day, I’d tell them to pass on the Ivy League and go to a high-quality state school instead,” explains Nate Silver at his Silver Bulletin, with a few exceptions.
Holyoke Public Schools is one of five school districts in the state set to receive the next round of funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to help fund electric school buses.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – More than 50 school districts and charter schools are bringing a lawsuit against the state over a new rule requiring a 180-day school year. The state's Superintendent's Association says more are signing on. The suit claims the requirement of 180 instructional days conflicts with the state's rules allowing districts to opt for []
CEDAR CITY — It’s official: Cedar High School’s moniker will remain the Reds. At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, the Iron County School District Board of Education voted 4-3 to retain the Reds name, which had five years ago replaced “Redmen,” the school’s longtime nickname and mascot. After comments from the public and board […]
If you are having trouble keeping track of all the major regulations President Joe Biden has issued recently, you’re not alone. In just the past two weeks, the Biden administration has functionally banned all coal power plants, forced college women to accept men in their locker rooms and dorm rooms, and empowered government regulators to […]
These are just some of their more recent issues, but I am always drawn to an earlier statement by former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon: “Let me be clear – I want to be judged on this. If you are not, as First Minister, prepared to put your neck on the line on the education of our young people then what are you prepared to. It really matters.” This to me is the real terms upon which I judge the SNP, because education of our young is what really matters, and they have been badly failed. I sit on...
The Biden administration now says that “sex” means “gender identity.” So, what does this mean for K-12 teachers? In a new regulation released last week, the Biden Read More
"We can't really address the problem without engaging business at full scale," says Columbia Business School's Bruce Usher.
On Friday, the Limestone County School administration met with parents of students who attended special education classes at Johnson Elementary School.
BATON ROUGE — Ten area high schools have been named some of the best in the state, according to an annual education study by U.S. News & World Report.The list of the state's top 25 high schools, ranked based on graduation rate, test scores, college readiness and enrollment, included schools from four capital area parishes — Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston and West Feliciana.The schools included were: - Baton Rouge Magnet High School (#4) ...
Officials around the state prepare for 2024 election season.
The lack of capacity in the state’s vocational-technical high schools prompted education officials to mandate admission policies that would ensure all students equitable access to education. In 2021, the advocacy group Vocational Education Justice Coalition pushed for the use of lotteries to pick the student body instead of most admissions policies at the time that […]