Author: Matthew Lynch
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For-profit colleges seeing steep rise in valuations
This year, for-profit colleges and universities are seeing a rise in stock worth, as well as revenue, according to a CNN Money report. Strayer Education is ... -
Minorities expected to be the majority in K-12 schools this year
Minorities are expected to be the majority in K-12 schools in the 2014-2015 year, according to the U.S. Education Department’s Nation Center of Education Statistics. The ... -
C.A. lawmakers pass bill to protect student online records
California’s state legislature passed a bill with a goal to protect K-12 students’ online records. The bill just needs signed by Governor Jerry Brown to go ... -
Louisiana House sees increase in Common Core opposition
Governor Bobby Jindal is feeling the push from a growing number of Louisiana House members who want to pull the state out of a standardized test ... -
South Carolina’s Gov. Haley drops Common Core too
It appears that dropping Common Core requirements is the trend du’jour this summer, with news last week that two more governors will withdraw their states from ... -
Walton-backed group will promote charter schools, school choice
The Walton family, of Walmart fame and fortune, is just one of several donors behind Education Post, a foundation that aims to promote charter schools and ... -
48 percent of Americans happy with public education
Nearly half of American adults are pleased with the operation of the K-12 public school system in the nation. A recently released Gallup poll finds that ... -
Teacher texting app downloaded 400K times in one day
Usually the mobile applications that reach the top of the Apple download charts involve addictive puzzle games, or celerity-based entertainment, but an education application has cracked ... -
Sexting: What K-12 Schools Should Know
A guest post by Suzanne Bogdan Sexting among today’s youth is a problem that is becoming increasingly prevalent, and that many schools and parents are being ... -
Union’s anti-police march with Al Sharpton angers teachers
The United Federation of Teachers is promoting the August 23 march led by the Reverend Al Sharpton that will protest the death of Eric Garner while ...
