Education

In the words of that great statesman, Sir Winston Churchill; “If you're not a liberal by the age of 20, you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative by the age of 40, you have no brains”. Photo credit: The International Churchill…

While during the last quarter of the 19th Century, a high school graduate received the equivalent of a bachelor's degree of today, two thirds of the high school graduates of today require remedial education prior to being able to begin…

Former principle of Spanish River High School, William Latson, said he coundn't say whether the Holocaust actually happened. The school district reassigned him sending a message that his comments were unacceptable. Photo: screen-capture of…

Richard A. Carranza who previously served as Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, with Mayor de Blasio when he was appointed as New York City’s next Schools Chancellor, March 2018. Photo credit: NYC Press Office, News…

CINCINNATI - An Ohio teacher accused of punishing students with duct tape resigned in January. Charles Igwekala-Nweke taught math at two schools within Cincinnati Public Schools since 2015, but resigned Jan. 18, according…

CALIFORNIA - Students and parents filed a class-action lawsuit against several colleges following a massive admissions bribery scandal revealed Tuesday. The lawsuit argues applicants did not have a fair chance in the…

WASHINGTON - Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. is one of eight colleges being sued in the massive college admission scandal. One of the students involved in this scandal Isabelle Henriquez is currently enrolled at the…

TENNESSEE - The University of Tennessee will begin offering free tuition to lower-income students who are residents of the state in the Fall 2020 semester. Interim President Randy Boyd made the announcement of the “UT…

WEST PALM BEACH - A father is facing several charges after allegedly bringing a loaded gun to a Florida middle school Monday. Christopher Freeman, 27, said he received a FaceTime call at 3 p.m. that afternoon from his son who said a…

FLORIDA - Prosecutors are looking to recover nearly $450,000 from a Harvard University alumnus who allegedly took the SAT and ACT exams for students in a massive college admissions scandal. Mark Riddell, 36, was reportedly paid…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLNgNMAaO4w CALIFORNIA - Several people, including two TV stars, were charged for their alleged involvement in a nationwide college entrance bribery scheme Tuesday. “Desperate Housewives”…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sghjAY_RywM JEFFERSON COUNTY - Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin weighed in on teachers intentionally calling in sick, forcing several schools to shut down in the state, in a Monday video. “There’s no reason…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbJXn_he_sg WYOMING - Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney responded Tuesday after the University of Wyoming’s new slogan “The World Needs More Cowboys” drew criticism for being “racist” and “sexist.” …

OREGON - A substitute teacher is no longer allowed to teach in an Oregon school district after reportedly telling a student to “go back to Mexico.” Swegle Elementary School fifth grade student Steven Zendejas allegedly received…

KANSAS - A University of Kansas professor was suspended from teaching a class after reportedly telling a student to “learn English” Tuesday. Engineering professor Gary Minden said the incident recently occurred in the beginning…

NEW YORK - A majority of college presidents support race-based admissions as Harvard University enters the spotlight for allegedly discriminating against Asian-American applicants. Inside Higher Ed’s 2019 Survey of College and…

Martha E. Pollack, center, is introduced as the university's 14th president at a press conference in 2016, with Jan Rock Zubrow, who chaired the search committee, and Robert S. Harrison, chairman of the board of trustees. Photo credit:…

CALIFORNIA - The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) says the teachers’ strike costs the district nearly $1 million a day. This estimate is based on the number of absent students, with the savings of not paying teachers factored…

RICHMOND - The West Virginia teachers’ strike caused every school district but one to shutdown Tuesday. The state has a 55 districts and 265,755 students enrolled in public schools, according to data from the West Virginia…