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In technical terms, the departments of Justice and Education this week rescinded Obama-era guidance on the interpretation of Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. In symbolic terms, the Trump administration backed away from endorsing transgender civil rights on the federal level, at least as they concern students.
If Fort Hays State University Interim President Andy Tompkins had been at the Friday press conference in Topeka where Gov. Sam Brownback hailed the winner of the $15,000 college degree challenge, Tompkins would have described a bigger pool of winners.
Students from Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge are set to return their school grounds for classes sometime in the spring, but they will be moving back into a sea of temporary classrooms because a return to the permanent buildings will have to wait another two more years at least. East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent Warren Drake said he's received preliminary approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to purchase and install at least $7.5 million worth of temporary buildings at the high school, including a cafeteria, career-and-technical building and 30 classrooms.
As Republican John T. Young and Democrat Michael Reddick vie for the Indiana House District 47 seat, their focus will be on improving education, making school funding more efficient and finding better ways to gauge if schools and students are succeeding. Issues such as fixing Indiana's infrastructure and addressing growing addiction problems among Hoosiers are also important to the candidates.
The nation's high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal data released Monday. President Barack Obama welcomed the higher rate as good news, but the gains come against a backdrop of decreasing scores on national math and reading tests.
On the issue of education, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump call for greater federal funds, but beyond that, do not share much in common. Trump advocates greater accountability for schools and teachers and the ability for families to choose any school for the child, many with government support, while returning more control to states and school districts.
For the second time in two years, Fairfield-Suisun Unified Superintendent Kris Corey will return to Washington, D.C., to discuss and share ideas about 21st-century high schools. The Vacaville resident and also Kristen Witt, the school district's director of secondary education, will attend the White House Summit on Next Generation High Schools, Sept.
As my colleague Priscilla Alvarez reported on Wednesday , the Republican nominee has made several comments in recent days that suggested he might be softening up his views, veering away from the hardline stance in which the only suitable solution to illegal immigration was a massive deportation of some 12 million people. Trump only deepened the mystery later that day.
Democrat platform shifts away from Obama agenda toward localized control and teacher autonomy, as unions flex muscles at expense of reformers. The Democratic National Convention was jarred by leaked emails suggesting party leaders rigged the nomination in favor of Hillary Clinton.
President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in the Oval Office at the White House on June 7, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The Democratic Party is proposing a big overhaul of its official position on education, one which would give a huge victory to teachers unions while also repudiating almost all of President Barack Obama's legacy on K-12 schooling. The Obama administration has long aggravated teachers unions by favoring education reform policies, such as tying teacher evaluations to test scores and expanding the use of charter schools.
Pittsburgh has a long tradition of community involvement in the public schools. Our new superintendent, Anthony Hamlet, will get lots of advice as he starts his job.
The Supreme Court's decision Thursday upholding a University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race won't affect Wichita State University, the school's provost said. In a major victory for affirmative action, the justices voted in favor of the Texas program by a 4-3 vote, an outcome that was dramatically altered by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who opposed affirmative action.
In the wake of a landmark affirmative action case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday , Twitter has gifted us with a new hashtag: #BeckyWithTheBadGrades. If you find yourself struggling to grasp the reference, Don't Hurt Yourself .
In a victory for affirmative action advocates, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas's admissions criteria that takes an applicant's race into account . The case was brought by a white female applicant, Abigail Fisher, who was denied admission to the university in 2008 and claimed that the school's holistic "Personal Achievement Index" violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause .
In the minds of many Texans, the Lone Star State's two flagship universities are polar opposites: The University of Texas at Austin is perceived as diverse, urban and liberal. Texas A&M University is viewed as white, rural and conservative.
In vetoing a bill this week that would have stripped seniority protections from public school teachers, Gov. Tom Wolf raised a valid concern. The bill, which passed the Republican-controlled Legislature along predictable party lines, would have allowed districts to lay off teachers for general economic reasons rather than for specific declines in enrollment, as the law requires now.