Chicago public schools chief resigns

Rahm Emanuel's pick for CEO of public schools resigned on Thursday, claiming that pressure in the wake of the teacher's union strike made it impossible for him to continue.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 12, 2012

UK law bans curved walls in school buildings

Last week, the British Education Secretary effectively banned any architectural variety in school buildings due to budgetary concerns.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 10, 2012

N.Y. teacher streams 'rubber room' exile, offers online classes

Staten Island teacher Francesco Portelos reportedly gets a $75,000 salary to sit and await processing.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 9, 2012

Regents To Discuss U of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood's Employment

The University of Hawaii Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss the future of embattled President M. R. C. Greenwood at its Oct. 12 meeting, according to the board's posted agenda and school sources. Read more »

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012

Federal Lawsuit Says Wesleyan Failed To Protect Woman From Assault At Fraternity House Called A 'Rape Factory'

Former Student's Lawsuit Names University, Fraternity, Property Owner As Defendants Read more »

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012

LSU Enrolls A Record Number Of Minority Students

More black and Hispanic students enrolled at LSU this fall than at any other time in school history, an achievement the university credits to an expanded recruiting effort. Read more »

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012

Action for Healthy Kids

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 distr...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012

Solutions Products and Short Throw Projectors make learning faster and teaching easier

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 distr...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012

School Officials: Dip in West Hartford SAT Scores 'Inconsequential'

School Officials: Dip in West Hartford SAT Scores 'Inconsequential' Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Students in the class of 2012 at Hall and Conard High Schools scored 16 points lower on the SATs this year compared to last year, but the dip is "inconsequential" when compared to sco...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012

California districts warned to spend $66 million in tech vouchers soon

Funds remain unspent after money was alotted from a 2004 anitrust settlement involving Microsoft.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 8, 2012

5 education issues in the 2012 U.S. presidential election

See where Obama and Romney part ways on issues affecting K-12 education and higher ed, as well as where they agree.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012

Not Your Grandparents' Vocational School

Not Your Grandparents' Vocational School Monday, October 8, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, m...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012

Healthy Steps Forward

Monday, October 8, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 distri...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012

Virginia College Deploys Anonymous Incident Reporting Tool

A Virginia community college has implemented a new Web-based incident reporting platform through which students, faculty, and visitors can anonymously report concerns such as bullying, hazing, and cheating. Rappahannock Community College in Saluda has selected TIPS, a platform developed by Awa...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012

ALAS Summit on Hispanic Education, October 10-13, Miami, Fla.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 From global competition and school funding to accountability and leadership, the waves of change impacting education are affecting us all. We can either be drowned by those waves or we can learn to surf; and what better place to start than here and now in Miami, at ALA...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012

Officials have strong words as Pennsylvania charter school fight gets ugly

York Mayor Kim Bracey accused the school district of trying to "bludgeon" students back in.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 4, 2012

Complaints put Florida district's new grade system on ice until next August

The district may have jumped the gun on introducing the new system, says District Advisory Committee chairwoman.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 4, 2012

Hackers hit university servers to make political statement about higher ed

Dive Summary: Hackers calling themselves "Team Ghostshell" targeted servers at leading higher ed institutions, including the University of Michigan, Princeton, Harvard and Cambridge, among others. The group released a statement, explaining that they wanted to raise...

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 3, 2012

States push back against cyber-schools

Advocates of online schools admit that accountability is an issue and that some for-profit programs running the schools are more concerned with their financial standing than with the education of the students.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 3, 2012

Chicago Board of Education's credit rating downgraded by Fitch

Fitch's A+-to-A decision follows last month's teachers strike in the Windy City.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 2, 2012

Duncan calls for end to paper textbooks

Duncan's remarks were made before the National Press Club, where he also lashed out against Republicans.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 2, 2012

Romney decries campaign funding from teachers unions

Speaking on education issues Tuesday, Romney said the issue needs to be addressed.

By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 25, 2012

Obama vs. Romney: Education policies broken down

NBC News looks at the education issues that define Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's positions.

By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 25, 2012

D.C.'s performance-based teacher firings set bar in national reform movement

Similar evaluation policies, which are a central part of the national school reform movement and were recently part of the Chicago teachers' strike, are business as usual in D.C.

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 24, 2012

Solutions Products and Short Throw Projectors make learning faster and teaching easier

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 di...

By Davide Savenije • Sept. 24, 2012