Kentucky’s Bevin Shifts Higher Ed Focus to Economy
(Photo: Timothy D. Easley, AP) Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has appointed new members who represent business and industry to the Council on Postsecondary Education, the state’s higher education governing agency. The council has 13 public members that include a student and a faculty member, all of whom are appointed by the governor. The commissioner of […]
South Carolina High School Shifts Transgender Bathroom Policy
(Image: WMBF News) After being threatened with a lawsuit, Horry County Schools in South Carolina agreed to allow a transgender student use the boys’ restroom, but only after he was suspended in January. The Transgender Law Center (TLC), an organization that works on changing laws and policies so that all people can live equally, safely, […]
REVEALED: Working night shifts puts women at risk of heart disease
WOMEN who work the occasional night shift for a long period of time are at greater risk of heart disease, scientists have confirmed. Daily Express :: Health Feed
As Senate Passes ESEA Bill, Focus Shifts to Compromise
The US Senate has passed an update to the much-criticized No Child Left Behind education with a vote of 81 to 17. The bill cleared a week after the House barely passed its version of the rewrite of the 2002 law. This win was one that Republican supporters had worked months to achieve. Maggie Severns and Kimberly Hefling, […]