Author: Matthew Lynch
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Should Ethnic Studies be a High School Requirement?
This fall, the Los Angeles Unified School District voted on measures to make it mandatory for high school students to take an Ethnic Studies course before ... -
Native American Education in State of Emergency
The White House released a report last week outlining the current state of education for Native students, declaring that they face educational, socioeconomic, and health barriers ... -
Maryland Aerospace Engineering Program Taking Off
DuVal High School in Lanham, Maryland has a new offering to its students: an Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Technology class. Nearly 70 students, including 15 girls, ... -
Abortion Text Pulled From Arizona Biology Books
Schools district staff in Gilbert Public Schools in Arizona will edit a high school honors biology textbook to comply with a two-year-old state law that requires ... -
BASF Grants Money to New Jersey Schools
The BASF Corporation has donated $100,000 in science grants that will be given to 20 New Jersey Schools. Each winner received $5,000 to support science, technology, engineering, ... -
Plans to Improve Teacher Preparation Programs Unveiled
The Obama administration unveiled a plan this week to regulate how the U.S. prepares teachers, stating that too many new K-12 educators are not trained properly ... -
De Blasio’s Pre-K Plan Reaches Poorer NYC Communities
It is the opposite of the way inequality tends to work: the wealthy are the ones with less access to New York City’s state-funded preschools during ... -
Teens blame First Lady for school lunch fails
Teenagers across the country have taken to Twitter to complain about their school lunch options, complaining with the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama. The First Lady has been vocal ... -
Federal daycare proposal calls for mandatory background checks
Changes to federally subsidized daycare programs may soon be approved by President Obama, after passing final Congressional approval earlier this week. It’s expected that the President ... -
Texas Textbook Vote Delayed Pending Corrections
Texas State Board of Education members postponed action this week on nearly 100 proposed history, government and other social studies textbooks and e-books after learning numerous ...
