Stanford, ClassDojo Offer Growth Mindset Program to Community Colleges
Through a partnership with ClassDojo, Stanford University’s Project for Education Research That Scales (PERTS) is hoping to encourage a “growth mindset” in students across the country. The effort is meant to help more students succeed in their efforts to attain a community college degree. In order to do so, PERTS is inviting community colleges across […]
Pilot Program Would Ease Free Lunch Eligibility, Summer Meals
The Obama administration is planning to announce a new pilot program in an effort to help poor children have better access to food through the National School Lunch Program. States who choose to participate in the pilot program will be able to use Medicaid data to automatically certify students for free and reduced-price lunch programs. […]
University of Alabama Sued Over Donor-Funded Scholarship Program
The University of Alabama is being sued by a private foundation who claims that the institution broke a contract by taking over $ 1.3 million for a scholarship program for first-generation students. Filed by the Suder Foundation in July 2015, the lawsuit claims breach of contract, anticipatory breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and unjust enrichment. […]
Iowa’s Branstad Grapples With Education Budget, Reading Program
Several members of the Iowa State Board of Education met with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to share their concern over the lack of funding for the Intensive Summer Literacy Program. This state-mandated help for young struggling readers is not included in the governor’s 2016-17 budget proposal, writes Erin Murphy of The Gazette. But the program, […]
Regulation Additions Pass for Nevada School Choice Program
A panel of Nevada legislators has approved new rules for the state’s Education Savings Account Program, and the regulations contain two contentious benefits for kindergartners and military families. Michelle Rindels of the Associated Press writes that all three of the Democrats on the Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Review Regulations were opposed to the changes. But now […]
Investigation of Milwaukee’s Voucher Program Comes to a Close
A long-term investigation into the Milwaukee private school voucher program has finally been closed by the US Department of Justice. The initial claim was that the program discriminated against students with disabilities, but no significant examples of wrongdoing were found, writes Erin Richards of the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. The Justice Department quietly sent a letter to […]
Senate Votes for Two-Year Extension of Perkins Loan Program
Legislation passed by the Senate this week would renew the Perkins loan program for college students for two years, but with new eligibility restrictions – but the bill will still require passage by the House, says Brian J. Tumulty, writing for the Democrat & Chronicle. New undergraduate applicants will qualify for the loan if they have […]
Farming Program Offers Transitional Vocational Experience With Help From Misericordia
JACKSON TWP., Pa. – The crisp fall morning does little to deter Brandon Dewey, 17, of Dallas from preparing a portion of the Dream Green Farm Program’s farmland at the Lands at Hillside Farms for planting its most popular crop – garlic. Dressed in a short-sleeved pocket T-shirt, the Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 (LIU-18) student […]
Is North Korean bid to join international space program cover for long-range nuclear test?
NORTH Korea has hinted of the imminent launch of what the international community fears could be its first test of a long-range ballistic missile…just days after Pyongyang said it was ready for a nuclear war with the UK. Daily Express :: World Feed
Court sides with U.S. government over NSA metadata collection program
WASHINGTON (Reuters, Lawrence Hurley) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has since been amended by Congress. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said there were not sufficient […]