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Ed reform: Is poverty the elephant in the room?
Ahead of Saturday's Brown v. Board of Education anniversary, a New Yorker article analyzes the inequality that persists in Newark and beyond.
By Allie Gross • May 15, 2014 -
Texas, Connecticut districts ban social app over bullying concerns
To make things worse, the app's name infringes on a platform used by hundreds of U.S. schools.
By Roger Riddell • May 14, 2014 -
All Covered unveils K-12 education software and services suite
The cloud-based suite includes partnerships with PassTheNotes, SchoolBrains, Hapara, and Tableau Software.
By Roger Riddell • May 14, 2014 -
Indiana Board of Ed. grills superintendent over NCLB warning
A special meeting was held Tuesday to discuss a plan for the state to keep its waiver.
By Allie Gross • May 14, 2014 -
NAACP marks Brown v. Board of Ed. anniversary with summit
The 60th anniversary of the historic Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation is Saturday.
By Allie Gross • May 14, 2014 -
Pearson ranks U.S. education 14th in the world
The textbook and testing powerhouse's Learning Curve 2014 report ranks the educational performance of 39 countries.
By Allie Gross • May 13, 2014 -
NY preschool accused of misallocating millions reserved for special needs students
A rabbi and three other men allegedly stole $12.4 million in city and state education funds.
By Allie Gross • May 13, 2014 -
Illinois to hold minority and low-income students to different standards
The state will unveil a new system for measuring student success next year with permission from the U.S. Department of Education.
By Allie Gross • May 13, 2014 -
Report: Bias found in teacher evals
A new study finds implementing a system for grading teachers is not as easy as federal officials may have hoped.
By Allie Gross • May 13, 2014 -
De Blasio addresses NYC's overcrowded classrooms
The New York mayor suggests the city spend $4.4 billion over the next four years on alleviating crowding.
By Allie Gross • May 13, 2014 -
What Google's new student data policy means
A Huffington Post column analyzes the tech giant's declaration that it will stop mining student data.
By Allie Gross • May 13, 2014 -
Discrepancies in state pre-K slots
A new report shows drastic differences from state to state.
By Allie Gross • May 13, 2014 -
More rural schools having ag students raise cafeteria food
Hands-on agriculture classes cut costs for schools serving declining populations.
By Roger Riddell • May 12, 2014 -
Education Dept. backtracks on NCLB requirements
Teacher evaluation programs will now be assessed separately from the rest of the No Child Left Behind waiver requirements.
By Allie Gross • May 12, 2014 -
Report claims taxpayers lost $100M to charter school fraud and waste
A report from the Center for Popular Democracy and Integrity in Education highlights 15 of the 42 states with charter schools.
By Allie Gross • May 12, 2014 -
Support grows for fired teacher who hit student with a broom
The Detroit high school teacher reportedly used the broom while attempting to break up a fight.
By Allie Gross • May 12, 2014 -
Common Core debate muddied by right-wing agenda, says Southern Poverty Law Center
A new report from the nonprofit civil rights organization says substantive debate has been hijacked as part of a larger goal to dismantle public education.
By Allie Gross • May 11, 2014 -
Chicago Teachers' Union to lobby against Common Core
The union's House of Delegates adopted a resolution opposing the federal benchmarks.
By Allie Gross • May 11, 2014 -
Deep Dive
6 must-see education TED Talks
The conference has played host to some of the brightest education ideas from experts in numerous fields.
By Roger Riddell • May 9, 2014 -
San Diego grand jury report: At-risk juveniles lack proper ed
Six local detention facilities are accused of breaking California law.
By Allie Gross • May 9, 2014 -
Texas gubernatorial candidate calls for more ed tech
Greg Abbott wants to see more technology used in the Lone Star State's schools.
By Allie Gross • May 9, 2014 -
Louisiana vote may broaden search for Common Core test
Thursday's vote is feeling like a win for many opposed to the standards.
By Allie Gross • May 9, 2014 -
Suit: N. Carolina failing children in low-income districts
The suit claims the state hasn't lived up to its constitutional obligation when it comes to low-income districts.
By Allie Gross • May 9, 2014 -
Cengage Learning announces big data partnership with Celebrus Technologies
Analytics data provided by the collaboration will be used to inform upgrades and new products.
By Roger Riddell • May 8, 2014 -
New Republic writer skewers the idea of teaching 'grit'
Is the model pushed by schools like the Knowledge Is Power Program charter network all it's cracked up to be?
By Allie Gross • May 8, 2014
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