Education News
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Florida Education Commissioner could go back to elected spot
The position of Florida Education Commissioner has been an appointed position since 1998 when voters decided to change it from an elected post. But ... -
Hawai’i Dept. of Ed adopts Defined STEM Curriculum
Defined Learning and the Hawai’i DOE are partnering with OpTerra Energy Services on Ka Hei, a comprehensive energy and sustainability education program (Honolulu, HI) January ... -
ESSA – Will it finally reform education?
The new Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, has been a long time coming. In 1983, “A Nation At Risk” was released citing ineffectiveness ... -
HBCUs get new money in latest spending bill
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUS, are set to receive an increase in funding during the next fiscal year. According to Salisburypost.com, funding ... -
Colleges being investigated? Dept. of Ed monitoring 500 over federal funds
Could more than 500 schools in the U.S. be among colleges being investigated? According to Insidehighered.com, the United States Department of Education is “closely ... -
Higher ed funding decrease: Group says change is needed
Only two states in the country are spending as much per student on higher ed funding as they did pre-recession, according to a report ... -
Closing the computer science gender gap: How one woman is making a difference in many lives
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ... -
President Obama signs Every Student Succeeds Act into law
No Child Left Behind is no more as President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law last Thursday. The bill basically undoes ... -
HBCU students donate 5,000 books to prisoners
Perfectly timed for the season of giving, students at the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Grambling State University have started collecting books for ... -
Marco Rubio wants for-profit colleges to have easier time ‘competing’
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio wants to expand the role that for-profit schools have in higher education. According to USA Today, Rubio wrote an ...
