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Students walk through Chicago's Senn High School after classes were dismissed in May. To graduate from a public high school in Chicago, students will soon have to meet a new and unusual requirement: They must show that they've secured a job or received a letter of acceptance to college, a trade apprenticeship, a gap year program or the military. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wants to make clear that the nation's third-largest school system is not just responsible for shepherding teenagers to the end of their senior year, but also for setting them on a path to a productive future.
Sig Sauer Academy says it's taking steps to improve the safety of its shooting ranges next to Route 101 after a state police investigation found bullets from the popular training facility were... California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has issued a decree banning state employees from traveling to Texas because Becerra has determined the state's ... (more)
A new analysis of Indiana's school voucher program offers something for both sides in the heated debate about whether public money should be used to fund private school tuition.
U.S. President Donald Trump was poised on Tuesday to nominate Washington lawyer Marvin Kaplan to the National Labor Relations Board, nudging the agency toward a Republican majority that could overturn a series of decisions that have riled businesses. Late on Monday, the White House issued a statement saying Trump had selected Kaplan, a fellow Republican currently with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, to one of the board's five seats.
There's no doubt, as a lawsuit filed against the state of Mississippi alleges, that public education creates unequal opportunities and unequal outcomes. The Southern Poverty Law Center's case, filed on behalf of four black mothers with children in public elementary schools, claims that Mississippi has for more than a century violated an 1870 federal law that allowed the state to rejoin the Union.
A feud between Nevada's political leaders is threatening to derail their top legislative priorities and delay the state budget. Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval exchanged potentially fatal blows to each other's policy initiatives on Thursday after an impasse on political negotiations surrounding Education Savings Accounts.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at a summit hosted by the American Federation for Children in Indianapolis on Monday. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos promised Monday evening that President Trump would propose "the most ambitious expansion of education choice in our nation's history," but she offered no details about the administration's plans.
A "Morning Edition" report last week offered 13 million NPR listeners results from Indiana's largest-in-the-nation school voucher program: Per-pupil education spending, adjusted for inflation, less than 2009 as the state picks up tuition bills for more families who always intended to send their children to religious schools Early research finding ... (more)
Even as fierce political battles rage in Washington over school choice, most Americans know little about charter schools or private school voucher programs.
Even as fierce political battles rage in Washington over school choice, most Americans know little about charter schools or private school voucher programs. Still, more Americans feel positively than negatively about expanding those programs, according to a new poll released Friday.
Nine Alabama schools landed on the Washington Post's list of the most challenging high schools in America, with one making an appearance in the top 20. The list ranks schools based on the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year. At the top of the list is BASIS Phoenix followed Mickey Leland College Prep in Houston, IDEA Frontier College Prep in Brownsville, Texas, IDEA Mission College Prep in Mission, Texas and IDEA San Juan College Prep in San Juan Texas.
The rest of the country may be talking about health care this week, but you must be a die-hard education fan. NPR Ed has just the weekly news roundup you need.
The Florida Legislature's regular session ended Friday much as it began two months ago, with lawmakers ignoring Gov. Rick Scott's priorities and House Speaker Richard Corcoran dominating the agenda. Republicans wrapped up work on an $82.4 billion budget that strongly bears Corcoran's imprint, with an expansion of charter schools, more bonuses for teachers and principals and the elimination of most of Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development agency crucial to Scott's job expansion efforts that suddenly teeters on the brink of extinction.
The legislative budget proposal includes a 2 percent pay hike over the next two years for teachers, but it may not be permanent. Are Arizona teachers getting a raise or a bonus? The legislative budget proposal includes a 2 percent pay hike over the next two years for teachers, but it may not be permanent.
President Donald Trump signaled his support for education choice at a Wednesday event celebrating the achievements of charter school students and school voucher recipients in the nation's capital. It was an honor to be at this White House event to watch Trump, along with Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, applaud the students who participate in the District of Columbia's school choice programs.
The class divide is deeper than you might have thought. Ivy League colleges, for example, have more students from the top 1% of income than the bottom half.
TUCSON, AZ - Arizona's legislature has passed a major expansion of the private school voucher program. Governor Doug Ducey signed the new law after it narrowly passed the legislature late Thursday night, April 6. The law allows more students use tax dollars to pay tuition to attend private school.
In this April 5, 2017, photo, University of Texas at Austin President Gregory Fenves, left, and Maurie McInnis, UT Executive Vice President and Provost, get up from their chairs at the Capitol after testifying on Senate Bill 2119 in Austin, Texas. less In this April 5, 2017, photo, University of Texas at Austin President Gregory Fenves, left, and Maurie McInnis, UT Executive Vice President and Provost, get up from their chairs at the Capitol after testifying ... more AUSTIN, Texas - Socked by sagging energy prices, Texas lawmakers have less than two months to strike a deal on an austere budget that threatens cuts to everything from higher education to Medicaid.
A recent Pew Report reported that in 1994, 64% of Republicans were more conservative than the median Democrat on a political values scale. By 2014, 92% of Republicans were more conservative than the median Democrat.
School vouchers programs have proven a collosal failure and yet President Donald Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos now want to make the whole nation suffer by kicking the door wide open for public school dollars available to religious-based and other private schools. President Donald Trump is being praised for a change in tone in his recent address to Congress , but his belligerent attitude toward public education hasn't changed a bit.