October 17, 2018
ACT Test Company Releases Annual Report: Most High School Grads Not Prepared for College
The average composite score on the ACT for high school seniors who graduated in 2018 was 20.8, down from 21.0…
October 17, 2018
Report Reveals Students with Developmental Disabilities Twice As Likely to Be Chronically Absent
Among kids ages 5 to 17, those with at least one developmental disability face twice the odds of being deemed…
October 17, 2018
Coursera Plots A Massive Future For Online Education
Sitting in a fluorescently lit conference room dressed in a pressed gray work shirt, jeans and gray suede sneakers, Jeff…
October 17, 2018
Why Betsy DeVos Thinks Millennials Like Socialism: Lack of Civics Education
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke to The Daily Signal this week about her efforts to restore local control of education,…
October 17, 2018
Report Says 13 Million ‘Good Jobs’ Available for Those with a High School Diploma
The figure was among the top-line findings of a report released Tuesday by the Georgetown University Center on Education and…
October 16, 2018
Florida Private School Choice Programs Enable Innovative ‘Micro-School’
With a little help from their culinary instructor, the multi-ethnic group of first- and second-graders at BB International School chop,…
October 16, 2018
Federal Court to Consider Case against Racial Quotas at CT Magnet Schools Which Limit Attendance by Minorities
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Bridgeport will hear arguments from lawyers who represent parents who believe the state’s lottery…
October 16, 2018
Seven States to Determine Their Education Chiefs in Midterm Elections
Voters in Arizona and Oklahoma, two states where teachers walked off the job this year, are among those in seven…
October 16, 2018
Facebook Founder’s Wife Priscilla Chan on Seeing Results from Education Philanthropy: ‘Be Patient’
Priscilla Chan always knew her life's work would be helping children, but she didn't anticipate having billions of dollars at…
October 16, 2018
Amazon Announces $2M Grant to Start Fund to Directly Benefit Needs of Individual Seattle Students
The only condition, Amazon says, is that fund spending has to directly benefit students and can’t replace items currently in…
