Date: Fri, 27. August 2010 23:47:39

AP - Gov. Chris Christie fired his education commissioner Friday, days after it was revealed that a simple mistake on an application might have cost New Jersey a $400 million education grant.

Date: Wed, 6. October 2010 19:28:44

The Upshot - Over the summer, the president of the nation's largest teachers union told thousands of members that Obama's education policies were "not the change I hoped for." "Today our members face the most anti-educator, anti-union, anti-student environment I have ever experienced," National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel said at group's annual convention in New Orleans, [...]

Date: Fri, 1. October 2010 16:43:21

For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence. But they're not just about handing out condoms, either. Sex education - Education - Abstinence-only sex education - Abstinence-Only - Federal government of the United States

Date: Tue, 26. February 2008 18:06:53

This article by Lisa Petrides succinctly covers the key issues inhibiting the growth of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the wider use of OERs. Interoperability challenges, academic culture resistances, and legal issues are all discussed. ___JH ____ "Unfortunately, the movement to use open educational resources in higher education hasn't yet realized the full impact that its founders anticipated. Open content is still in its infancy and faces some technical and cultural challenges that affect its widespread adoption." "In addition to faculty, whose scholarship can advance immeasurably faster with broad adoption of OER, students stand to benefit enormously. Open education holds the promise of opening the door of higher education to millions. For example, open content can reduce the need to purchase expensive textbooks, which can constitute up to three-fourths of community-college students' spending. But even these benefits are not the final yield of the OER movement, which holds the promise of nothing less than finally ensuring that access to the highest-quality education is a right of all people, everywhere."

Date: Tue, 26. February 2008 18:06:53

This article by Lisa Petrides succinctly covers the key issues inhibiting the growth of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the wider use of OERs. Interoperability challenges, academic culture resistances, and legal issues are all discussed. ___JH ____ "Unfortunately, the movement to use open educational resources in higher education hasn't yet realized the full impact that its founders anticipated. Open content is still in its infancy and faces some technical and cultural challenges that affect its widespread adoption." "In addition to faculty, whose scholarship can advance immeasurably faster with broad adoption of OER, students stand to benefit enormously. Open education holds the promise of opening the door of higher education to millions. For example, open content can reduce the need to purchase expensive textbooks, which can constitute up to three-fourths of community-college students' spending. But even these benefits are not the final yield of the OER movement, which holds the promise of nothing less than finally ensuring that access to the highest-quality education is a right of all people, everywhere."

Date: Tue, 29. July 2008 15:05:25

TaeKwonDood writes "Carl Wieman is the 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Physics but what he cares most about is fixing science education. The real issue is, can someone who went through 20 years of science education as a student, lived his life in academia since then and even got a Nobel prize get a fair shake from bureaucrats who like education the way it is — flawed and therefore always needing more money?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Wed, 7. April 2010 23:00:49

Juneau County (WI) District Attorney Scott Southworth sent out 24 letters to top officials in the county 5 school districts telling them to suspend sex education classes in their schools or face possible charges. At issue is the new state law, called the Healthy Youth Act, which took effect in March. It requires schools, starting this fall, to teach students medically accurate, age-appropriate information, in their sex-education course, including how to use birth control and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Date: Wed, 7. April 2010 23:06:24

Juneau County (WI) District Attorney Scott Southworth sent out 24 letters to top officials in the county 5 school districts telling them to suspend sex education classes in their schools or face possible charges. At issue is the new state law, called the Healthy Youth Act, which took effect in March. It requires schools, starting this fall, to teach students medically accurate, age-appropriate information, in their sex-education course, including how to use birth control and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Date: Fri, 4. March 2011 12:15:52

Life Inc.: No matter how much education they get, women are still getting paid less than men.

Date: Mon, 26. October 2009 08:23:42

AP - Not content with shaping education directly through schools, the biggest player in the school reform movement has an eye on moving education policy.