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States nervous about new Common Core school standards
In Kentucky this year, the percentage of elementary and middle-school students who rated "proficient" or better on statewide math and reading tests declined by about a third. Kentucky high schoolers…
Hawaii teachers union turns down contract offer
Hawaii's teachers union has rejected the state's latest contract offer, citing concerns with pay and teacher evaluation provisions, the Associated Press reports. …
Michigan protests: Teachers remain dedicated despite cuts
Michigan fought long and hard to become a union state. Yet our legislature has passed two right-to-work bills Tuesday, pushed through in a lame-duck session, Yahoo! News reports.…
FTC expected to settle Google patent case
After months of negotiations, federal regulators and Google could reach a deal as soon as this week over how the search company uses its acquired stockpile of patents to target…
Feds investigating makers of cell-phone apps for kids
The government is investigating whether software companies that make cell phone apps have violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and sharing it…
U.S. fourth graders show gains in science, math; eighth-grade achievement flat
American fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a global study released Dec. 11…
North Carolina: Make fun of a teacher, go to jail
If North Carolina high school students bully a teacher online, they will pay the price, Takepart.com reports. …
Florida may reduce tuition for select majors
Rick Scott, businessman turned politician, campaigned for governor in 2010 with promises to run Florida like a successful business — more efficiency, lower costs, less hand-wringing and measurable results, the…
Parents outraged over school program that tracks kids’ weight
A plan to track middle school students' weight has some Naperville, Ill., parents up in arms. Part of the physical education program in Naperville District 203 asks junior high school…
NAACP launches biggest education push since Brown v. Board
The NAACP is going on the offensive on education, deploying volunteers across the country in its biggest push for a public education overhaul since the nation's classrooms were ordered desegregated…