The ongoing dispute between educators and professors in Florida has come to an end. Florida’s State Board of Education has confirmed the proposal to use the term “scientific theory of evolution” instead of the terms “change over time” and “biological changes” in their science standards. The proposal was submitted by committee members early this week [...]
The College Board in Texas has filed a lawsuit against Karen Dillard’s College Preparation school for using the college’s official documents in making their preparation courses.
Education Week reports that the Board has also accused the company of copying original test questions and using them for their SAT and PSAT preparation courses.
The lawsuit, alleging copyright infringement, [...]
An incident of hatred and racism has occurred at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire. Black students at St. Paul’s prep-school campus received threatening messages.
The New York Times reports that “each student has received a copy of his own photo from the school’s internal face book with the words “bang bang get out of [...]
Stanford University will not charge students whose annual family income is less than $100,000 tuition fees. It is expected that the new financial aid program will reduce the average bill for student tuition by 16 percent.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “the university is making the change in the wake of published reports last month [...]
Princeton University plans to launch a new program that will allow entering freshmen to work one year abroad. The program aims to deepen students’ understanding of life as well as international issues.
The New York Times reports that the university will not charge students extra money for the year spent abroad.
Growing numbers of high school students [...]
State Louisiana’s public school students continue to show poor performance in such disciplines as Math, English and Reading. As a result, State education officials now have plans to introduce an improvement program. According to several researches and studies conducted by the National Center For Education Statistics the state of Louisiana is at the bottom of [...]
A federal study suggests that because reading comprehension performance is low among US 9th graders, extra literacy classes and programs are useful.
According to reports presented by the Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study, its programs help students develop and excel their reading skills.
The report describes the effects of the programs on the first cohort of students entering [...]
Advanced Placement Test (AP) results are going down every year despite the fact that more and more students take the tests after finishing High School.
Education Week reports that according to the data released by the New York City-based nonprofit organization, about 15 percent of High School graduates are getting a 3 out of possible 5.
The [...]
Edward J. McElroy, president of the American Federation of Teachers, has announced that he will stop working from this summer.
The New York Times reports that a possible successor to McElroy might be Randi Weingarten, the present president of the Teachers Union in New York City.
Mr. McElroy called Ms. Weingarten “an outstanding possibility” in a telephone [...]
A-Level education and expectations of its given academic skills are under question. The BBC reports that even though trust in both the A-level and General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) systems has increased over the years, a growing number of teachers still have serious concerns about the way exams are organized.
Almost two out of five [...]