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Chicago School Officials Admit Shuttering Schools Won't Save As Much Money As They Thought
Students stage a sit-in at Williams Elementary (Credit: OccupyCPS) As Chicago Public Schools plan to close 54 schools and fire staff at 6 more, middle and high school students all over...
Published on May 06, 2013Mike Huckabee Announces Support For Bipartisan Education Standards
... of governors, state education chiefs, and others who called... for a set of core standards for U.S. education to make...
Published on May 01, 2013How Segregated Gifted And Talented Programs Are Hurting America's Poorest Students
... focused on urban education, reported that smart students.... According to data from the U.S. Department of Education’s... the glaringly unjust educational opportunities afforded...
Published on February 08, 2013Obama Swept States With The Most Educated Workforces And The Highest Paid Teachers
... on education. Of the 10 most educated states, measured..., among the 10 least educated states, Obama lost 9... states. Here are the 10 most educated states...
Published on November 09, 2012Illinois School Board Abandons Transgender Students For Hate Group's Favor
... by the Illinois State Board of Education, the Board simply could...
Published on October 22, 2012STUDY: American Schools Still Largely Segregated On Racial, Economic Lines
...-economic lines, an analysis of Department of Education found... schools has perpetuated and exacerbated the education... less-educated, lower-income backgrounds are less...
Published on September 20, 2012How Illinois' Flawed Funding System Shortchanges Chicago's Students
... and physical education classes, and an abysmally short school... Illinois’ education funding system, which is one of... the quality of the public education a school can give...
Published on September 12, 2012Going To School In Chicago: High Poverty, Short School Days, Crumbling Buildings
... cities on the National Assessment of Educational..., even though the Dept. of Education called arts... and music education “particularly beneficial...
Published on September 11, 2012Tennessee Teacher Pushed Out For Supporting Free Speech Of Gay And Atheist Students
Knoxville teacher James Yoakley. In May, the Lenoir City High School faculty was threatened with a criminal investigation for publishing a yearbook story titled, “It’s OK To Be Gay.” The student...
Published on September 11, 201226 States Cut Their Education Budgets For This School Year
...States have made deep cuts to their education... revenues, more than half are spending less on education..., and Washington are leading the way in education cuts, reducing...
Published on September 04, 2012Alabama Lawmakers Jeopardize Students' Education So Families Can Spend More Money At The Beach
..., a special assistant for K-12 education policy... State Legislature valued children’s education over... committees: Education Policy and Tourism and Marketing...
Published on August 31, 2012California Schools Failing To Comply With Anti-Bullying Law
A new California anti-bullying law known as “Seth’s Law” took effect in January, but many schools are still not complying with it. Named for Seth Walsh, who committed suicide after...
Published on August 29, 2012REPORT: How American Schools Are Short-Changing Students Of Color
.... The report, titled “Unequal Education,” studied..., and those states educate 63 percent of the nation’s..., educated just 12 percent of the country’s students...
Published on August 22, 2012Why Paul Ryan's Budget Makes It Harder For Low-Income Students To Succeed
..., an education policy analyst at the Center for American... of what education policy might look like under a Romney... budget proposed $5.3 trillion less in education...
Published on August 15, 2012Hate Group Encourages Parents To Pull Kids From Classrooms Of LGBT-Inclusive Teachers
..., but it also defeats the entire point of the educational...
Published on August 07, 2012Report: The Stimulus Successfully Saved Teaching Jobs
... report from the Center on Education Policy..., the stimulus was successful at saving education jobs as well... of the decrease. – ARRA saved educators’ jobs and reduced...
Published on July 18, 2012GOP Bill Cuts Funds For Low-Performing Schools, Quadruples Funding For Abstinence Education
..., and the Department of Education today. “A careful look... are several that undermine investments in education... the money to quadruple abstinence-only education...
Published on July 17, 2012Louisiana Republican Supports State Funds For Religious Schools, As Long As They're Not Islamic
... of the state’s education system, which includes a voucher... also maintained he won’t support any education...
Published on July 06, 2012Why Romney's Education Policies In Massachusetts Are Called 'Inconsequential'
...When Mitt Romney discusses education... education, and his belief that students should just.... When he does turn to K-12 education, it is to explain...
Published on July 02, 2012Louisiana Lawmakers Object To Funding Islamic School Under New Voucher Program
... education spending bill last week that allows students... Orleans in a list of schools approved by the education... at the expense of an actual education. New Living World, which...
Published on June 12, 2012
