Stagnant Teacher Salaries in M...
Download Report Even as the average amount of per-pupil spending has increased 12 percent over the past five years, the new dollars...
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The world’s most-surveil...
Cities in China are under the heaviest CCTV surveillance in the world, according to a new analysis by Comparitech. However, some...
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Google has just acquired facial recognition software company PittPatt (Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition), according to an announcement...
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Two years ago, when Texas lawmakers reworked the way the state’s colleges and universities handle remedial courses, they hoped...
read moreWhat the GOP’s 2014 Midt...
The midterms weren’t about education, but the GOP’s wave could have a big effect on schools. By Frederick M. Hess and...
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The exams regulator Ofqual is to investigate a rise in requests from schools for special arrangements for candidates at GCSE and...
read moreElection 2014: Obama policies ...
Derek Draplin – The 2014 elections have proven to be a referendum on President Obama. He gets an F. The GOP has swept the...
read moreLawmaker’s effort goes t...
It is appalling that a few Colorado schools continue to cling to offensive American Indian mascot names, but a solution being...
read morePrimary schools ‘must of...
Almost half of primary school children in England are unable to swim a length by themselves, a report says. The Amateur Swimming...
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Schools in England are being offered guidance that suggests having consensual sex with a peer at age 13 is normal behaviour, it has...
read moreWhy S.F. has a severe shortage...
By Jill Tucker – When a San Francisco teacher calls in sick, there’s no guarantee a substitute will be available to cover the...
read moreUnpacking the Strib’s te...
By Beth Hawkins – Did you see the Star Tribune article over the weekend showing that teachers in the poorest Minneapolis Public...
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An effort in Malibu to split from Santa Monica could open the door to other district splits along race and class lines By Kyle...
read moreFlailing Wisconsin teachers un...
Victor Skinner – MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 Act 10 legislation gave public school officials the power to manage...
read moreTom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host...
Tom Magliozzi, one of public radio’s most popular personalities, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s...
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Kent State associate professor Julio Pino, aka Assad Jibril Pino, has resigned from the editorial board of Latin American...
read moreAcademics fight hourly contrac...
A day of action on Wednesday will highlight the poor pay and job insecurity of many staff at universities Like many young university...
read moreParents Confused By Common Cor...
Most U.S. public school students are learning math very differently than their parents did, due to Common Core State Standards,...
read moreForget the ‘Scholar-Athlete’...
Walter E. Williams – Last year’s column “Dishonest Educators” (1/9/2013) reported on the largest school cheating scandal in...
read moreCalifornia Grassroots Groups &...
DALLAS, TX — Across California, grassroots groups have come together to address growing concerns with the Common Core State...
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