Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued a rule that says if states want to use the funds to provide services for all students, such as tutoring or extra school buses to allow for social distancing, they must also MORE
Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes MORE
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel are leading a six state lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with claims of unlawful attempt to siphon pandemic relief funds away from K-12 public MORE
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday told the country’s governors in a conference call that she expects schools to be “fully operational” come the fall, regardless of the coronavirus pandemic. “Ultimately, it’s not a matter MORE
Kids once denied special ed being failed again Source: And another one: More than two years after the U.S. Department of Education demanded that Texas education officials provide extra help for thousands of students denied MORE
Grainger Rickenbaker was more than halfway through his freshman year at Drexel University in Philadelphia when the pandemic forced its in-person courses and dormitories to be cleared indefinitely. At his home in South Carolina, Rickenbaker, MORE
Lynchburg, Virginia, isn’t a stereotypical college town. It isn’t politically liberal. It doesn’t have the crunchy affect of an Ann Arbor or even a Charlottesville. But even here, where Liberty University drives a large part MORE
Secretary Devos Claims a Report Showing Charters Average 40% Failure Rate is Fake News, but Doesn’t Know What the Actual Failure Rate is Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday and MORE
When LGBTQ students at Brigham Young University caught wind of the change, they ran to the statue of the university’s namesake to celebrate. Women kissed women and men kissed men on Wednesday, extolling the school’s MORE
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a Shawnee State University professor who alleged his constitutional rights were violated when he was disciplined for refusing to identify a transgender MORE
Thirteen Republicans in Iowa’s House have introduced House File 2201, which will require “Iowa school districts to notify parents when curriculum or classroom activities include content that relates to sexual orientation or gender identity.” Supporters said the MORE
In honor of Black History Month, fourth graders from Many Waverly-Belmont Elementary in Tennessee received a reading assignment titled, “Let’s Make a Slave.” The assignment included the following passage: “You need to whip a black man MORE
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos compared the abortion rights debate to the battle to eliminate slavery during remarks at a Colorado Christian University event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. DeVos, a Christian conservative, discussed the MORE
If you spot a meteor shower, what you’re usually seeing is an icy comet’s leftovers that crash into Earth’s atmosphere. Comets are sort of like dirty snowballs: As they travel through the solar system, they leave behind a dusty trail of rocks and ice that lingers in space long after they leave. MORE
The University of Cincinnati spent an entire semester debating removing slave owner Charles McMicken from the college of arts and sciences. On Tuesday, the Board of Trustees voted and it’s official, the Ohio slave owner’s name will MORE
VANCE COUNTY, N.C. The video taken at Vance County Middle School and obtained by local news outlets shows the sheriff’s deputy walking alongside the child, only described as being under the age of 12, before the MORE
Republican Rep. John Fillmore of Apache Junction, AZ, introduced legislation that would require students to recite the pledge each morning unless a parent excuses them. In addition, his bill would require students to set aside MORE
The week before Thanksgiving, a Utah substitute teacher asked her fifth grade class, “What are you thankful for this year?” Some kids replied they were thankful they didn’t have to go to school, for their MORE
A study performed by SafeHome.org, ranks the states using college degrees, high school graduation, professional or advanced degrees and test scores finds that New Jersey is the smartest state in the land. Dead last? Idaho. MORE
If you’re like many parents, sometime in the last month or so you gave up the better part of a weekday evening to attend back-to-school night. Perhaps you stuffed your body awkwardly into a tiny MORE
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin wants kids to bring the Holy Scriptures to class Thursday, as part of “Bring Your Bible to School Day,” an annual event that encourages students of all ages to take the MORE
Teachers at a Pittsburgh public school assigned reading homework to first graders about running from the cops. The district swears the assignment was not part of their regular curriculum but the product of a company MORE
In a letter sent home with students, and Indiana school has informed parents they want students to stop “dating;” the kids are 5th graders. “To combat students having broken hearts, we have implemented a zero MORE