Jindal Voucher Bill has been approved by state officials, thanks to which more and more students will have a chance to get education at taxpayers’ expense. This bill will apply to a maximum of 1,500 students for this coming academic year.
The bill has an aim to improve student academic performance in some schools that suffered [...]
A new study has been released claiming that kids from low income and minority families are not getting good preschool education in one of the richest states of the United States of America, in California. For this study, researchers have surveyed 2,000 parents and 700 state providers.
SignOnSanDiego.com reports according to this study, black, Hispanic and [...]
The new legislation introduced by democratic candidates bans college loan lenders to pick and choose among institutions. Under the regulations of this law, college loan lenders will have to extend credit to any eligible student, regardless of family income and the number of years of education.
The New York Times reports that the government already guarantees [...]
The South Carolina government wants schools to continue to get HIV notifications, reckoning that the step to stop notifying schools of positive HIV results among school kids is a wrong step to take. Governor Mark Sanford has claimed that schools should continue to be notified when students test positive for HIV.
WIS News 10 reports that [...]
The Louisiana House has approved the proposal that wants to let science teachers change the present ways of teaching topics like evolution, cloning and global warming in state public schools. The House voted 94-3 for the proposal.
District Administration reports that the Senate has already agreed to the bill, but it heads back to that chamber [...]
Harlan Cleveland has passed away at the age of 90. Cleveland died on 30 May near his home in Sterling, Virgina.
Cleveland was the elected president of the University of Hawaii in 1969. For the five years of his service at this university, Cleveland managed to expand its two year medical program into four and to [...]
The Louisiana Senate has voted for a bill that plans to let middle-income students in New Orleans attend private schools at taxpayer expense. The vote passed by 25 to 12.
The New York Times reports that the $10 million school voucher measure, needs one more routine vote in that body on the Senate language changes before [...]
The State Board of Education has approved a new code of ethics for Arkansas’ 60,000 licensed teachers. The new code will take into effect 1 September and will ban teachers to use tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs. The code also requires teachers to maintain professional relationships with students and to keep confidential standardized testing [...]
The House has committed more than $20 billion to make schools more energy-efficient. The voted - for - 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act has a further goal to make schools good for the environment, which can reduce asthma and other environmentally linked health problems among academics and students.
The Houston Chronicle reports that [...]
Yale University has plans to expand its undergraduate programs by 15 percent, to about 6,000 more students. The new colleges will be built just north of the Grove Street Cemetery which would help connect the science facilities to the rest of the campus and will be open in 2013.
The New York Times reports that in [...]