News from Daily Signal: This week, over 11,000 educational choice events occurred in every state across America—with millions in attendance— to commemorate the 5th annual National School Choice Week. School Choice Week celebrates the thousands of children around the nation benefiting from parental choice in education and encourages more states to adopt policies providing all [...]
News from Daily Signal: A good primary and secondary education is the cornerstone of the American Dream: it prepares us for economic and personal success and facilitates our pursuit of happiness. But too often the history of America’s public school system has been a story of dashed hopes, deferred dreams, and unfulfilled promises. Hopes of [...]
News from Premium Times: Related News Bukar Usman, retired civil servant, history, language and folklore buff, has already established himself as an intellectual and a prolific writer of note with the dozens of books he has written over the last two decades. As someone who has decided to dig into his roots and project the [...]
News from Deseret News: Ninth-grader Felix Firth uses a laptop in biology class at Wasatch High School in Heber on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Monday morning, parents will wrap their children in coats and gloves and send them to thousands of classrooms across the state with the [...]
News from The Hindu: The ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ scheme, which seeks to address gender imbalance and discrimination against the girl child, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Panipat in Haryana on Thursday. This is the fourth major scheme of his government after Jan Dhan Yojana, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and ‘Make in India’ campaign. [...]
News from Clacton and Frinton Gazette: Lakeside customers buying IKEA soft toys have raised over €35,500 for global education. The money raised is part of the IKEA Soft Toys for Education Campaign. For every soft toy purchased between October 27 2014 and 3 January 2015, the IKEA Foundation donated €1 to educational projects run by [...]
News from Economic Times: Inflation may be down to nearly zero but a major expense of the average Indian household is growing at a fast clip. The cost of higher education is already high and rising at 10-12 per cent a year. Children’s education is one of the biggest cash outflows that families must plan [...]
News from San Jose Mercury News: By Alex Johnson Special to the Mercury News “It’s the essential promise of America — that where you start should not and will not determine how far you can go.” That powerful message was shared by President Barack Obama last month at the White House Summit on Early Education. [...]
News from SunHerald.com: WASHINGTON — This is the year Congress looks likely to pass an overdue update of the federal K-12 education law, and everyone – from parents and students upset about testing, to teachers’ unions and advocacy groups, to the U.S. Department of Education – is weighing in on what changes are needed. Education [...]
News from Arizona Daily Star: 2015-01-10T17:45:00Z AZ Legislature priorities should be child safety, education Arizona Daily Star The 52nd session of the Arizona Legislature will begin Monday afternoon as lawmakers take the oath of office and Gov. Doug Ducey makes his first State of the State address. Lawmakers have their work cut out for them. [...]
