Jun 09 Watch Common Core standards face push back by some Louisiana parents and politicians By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 09 While Louisiana lawmakers debate Common Core, some parents turn to homeschooling By April Brown The implementation of Common Core State Standards has caused controversy in Louisiana, with parents and educators lining up to support keeping or repealing the education standards. Some parents have such strong objections they've withdrawn their children from public school in… Continue reading
Jun 06 Koch brothers to give $25 million to United Negro College Fund By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press African-Americans are a key constituency within the Democratic Party. But Michael Lomax, president and CEO of UNCF, said that since the organization's inception in 1944, it has reached out to people of all backgrounds for support without an "ideological lens"… Continue reading
Jun 06 Oklahoma repeals Common Core educational standards By News Desk Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday signed legislation that repeals the Common Core educational standards that were set to take effect in the coming school year. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch New Orleans rebuilds education system with charter schools By PBS News Hour In September, New Orleans will be the country’s first all-charter school district. The evolution was accelerated after Hurricane Katrina, when state officials and others seized the opportunity to overhaul the city’s troubled schools. Special education correspondent John Merrow and Sarah… Continue watching
Jun 02 Bridging America's 'digital divide,' National education organizations urge FCC to increase E-Rate funding By Elizabeth Jones Many school districts across the country are unprepared to support the bandwidth it takes to accommodate new education trends in digital learning and testing. In fact, fewer than one in three of America's classrooms have Internet access, according to… Continue reading
May 30 More state legislatures jumping Common Core ship By Kyla Calvert Mason The Common Core standards for math and English could be out in two more states. State legislatures in Oklahoma and South Carolina have sent bills to their governors’ desks to withdraw from the standards, which have been adopted by… Continue reading
May 29 Watch Political fight simmers over school lunch menu changes By PBS News Hour The 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act required schools to use more wholesome ingredients and set fat, sugar and sodium limits. But Republican lawmakers have proposed a one-year waiver, arguing that students won't eat the new offerings or that schools can't… Continue watching
May 29 Hurricane Katrina legacy continues in New Orleans with all-charter school district By April Brown When students in the New Orleans Recovery School district head back to class next fall, not one will be attending a traditional public school. The Louisiana city’s Recovery School District, formed after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area, closed its… Continue reading
May 28 Computer science's diversity gap starts early By Kyla Calvert Mason When Vanessa Hurst graduated from college in 2008 she became part of a rare breed: women who hold bachelor’s degrees in computer science. In the U.S. in 2001, 27.6 percent of bachelor’s degrees awarded in computer science went to women,… Continue reading