Education Department unveils Race to the Top competition for underachieving school districts

The Education Department's Race to the Top competition is now awarding grants to eligible schools in impoverished districts. 

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 13, 2012

Virginia General Assembly passes online course requirement for high school students

Statewide requirement takes effect in 2013.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 10, 2012

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's new voucher program under attack

According to a religious leader and a variety of other critics, the program “threatens the integrity of both religion and government.”

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012

Dickinson ISD Implements New Kids' Education for Number Sense Math Program

Friday, August 10, 2012 The new program, called Kids’ Education for Number Sense (KENS Math), will be introduced to help prepare teachers and students for the more rigorous goals of the new math TEKS scheduled to roll out in 2014. Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Da...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012

AMX Builds Playhouse to Support Dallas CASA, Dedicated to Finding Safe Homes for Abused Children

Friday, August 10, 2012 Partnering with Southwest Displays & Events, the Fort Frontier Playhouse is included in the 2012 Parade of Playhouses Event, August 3-19, at NorthPark Center. Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group ...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012

Florida principals want biometrics scanning equipment

Survey results may result in a new fingerprint pilot program on school buses for Palm Beach County.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 9, 2012

Students can reject assignments that 'violate religious beliefs'

Missouri voters on Tuesday passed its "right to pray" amendment, reaffirming the right to pray in public and in schools, the Huffington Post reports. In an effort to further define First Amendment rights, the measure formally known as Amendment 2 passed with 83 percent of the vote. T...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012

'Facts' students will learn under Louisiana voucher program

Under Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal's sweeping new school voucher program, tens of millions of Louisiana taxpayer dollars will be used to offer vouchers to more than half of the state's poor and middle-class public school students, the Huffington Post reports. These students can in turn...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012

Peoria Ariz. Unified School District Receives A for Academics

Thursday, August 9, 2012 The Peoria Unified School District is among 25 percent of school districts in Arizona to earn an A from the state. The Arizona Department of Education last week released state-test results and A-D letter grades that rate the performance of individual schools and school...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

Bobby Jindal School Voucher System Blasted As 'Destruction Of Education' By Religious Group

Bobby Jindal School Voucher System Blasted As 'Destruction Of Education' By Religious Group Thursday, August 9, 2012 The leader of a national multi-faith religious group blasted Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's school voucher program this week, charging that it was an effor...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

Kentucky Graduation Rates Climb Slightly

Thursday, August 9, 2012 Kentucky's public high school graduation rates are up slightly. The state Department of Education says the rate for the 2010-11 school year was 78 percent, up from 76.7 percent the previous year. The 2010-11 figures are the latest available. There were similar incr...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

Wis. School District Receives $895,000 for P.E.

Thursday, August 9, 2012 The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the School District of Mishicot $895,000 in PEP grant funding, according to Superintendent Colleen Timm. The district will receive the funding over the next three years with $376,953 of it coming in the first year. “I ...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

California School District Will Spend $1 Billion to Borrow $100 Million

Thursday, August 9, 2012 It’s being called a loan not even a subprime lender would make. A school district north of San Diego, Poway Unified, borrowed $105 million over 40 years by selling a bond so unusual that the State of Michigan outlawed it years ago. Taxpayers in the area will end ...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

Denton ISD Selects Hobsons' Naviance College and Career Readiness Platform to Improve Student and Family Engagement

Hobsons announced today that Denton Independent School District (ISD) in Texas has selected Naviance, the world's most widely adopted college-and career-readiness platform, to increase student and family engagement and enhance college and career planning. The district will implement the pl...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

Naperville School District 203 Chooses Canvas

Canvas to serve 18,000 students at 22 schools in Illinois Salt Lake City, Utah - August 7, 2012 - Naperville School District 203 has selected Canvas from Instructure as its new, modern learning platform for all its elementary, middle and high schools. Canvas provides improved collaboration bet...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

The case for education as big business

Carrie Lukas writes for Forbes, pushing for parents to be allowed more choices and risks.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 7, 2012

Infographic explains mobile device security on campuses

Survey results give insights into theft and encryption in educational establishments.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 6, 2012

10 common presumptions that may threaten education reform

Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post runs through ten education reform principles that educator Dov Rosenberg says are hurting the cause.

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 6, 2012

Lawsuit and bill take aim at 'illegal' K-12 fees in California

Legislators and ACLU say fees are in violation of state's constitution.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 6, 2012

K-12 education investment hits record levels, but district budgets suffer

K-12 investments hit $389 million in 2011, according to GSV Advisors.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 3, 2012

Most Read Education News of the Week: MOOC providers, Facebook and iPads in schools

Need to catch up on the last week's news in education? Here are Education Dive's most popular reads.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 3, 2012

McGraw-Hill Education buys math learning tech developer Key Curriculum

Key Curriculum will help McGraw-Hill expand its Common Core-related offerings.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 2, 2012

Several states receive less than promised for AP test funding

Nevada among states receiving less than promised to recoup exam costs.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 2, 2012

California school uses iPads for PE classes

The Chula Vista school bought 40 iPads to use a PE app called SPARK.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 1, 2012

Florida's education commissioner resigns unexpectedly

Distance from family cited as reason for resignation.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 1, 2012