Author: Matthew Lynch
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Indiana approves new standards – More of the same?
Indiana Governor Mike Pence stole the national Common Core spotlight when he publicly denounced the standards last month and withdrew Indiana from them, beginning in the ... -
Maya Angelou challenges Obama
Along with 120 other children’s book authors, beloved poet and activist Maya Angelou has called President Obama on the carpet for his “testing overuse and abuse.” ... -
NYC schools lack arts education, low-income hit hardest
A new report from the New York City comptroller finds that many public schools offer no arts programs, and that low-income and minority students are hurt ... -
Ed-Tech Startup 2U Goes Public
In late March, educational technology startup 2U Inc. began trading publicly on Nasdaq. It is only the third U.S. ed-tech company to unveil an initial public ... -
Sex ed in Mississippi still failing students
Mississippi has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the country, with 50 births for every 1,000 young women between 15 and 19 years old ... -
NY’s Astorino bans his kids from Common Core testing
New York gubernatorial potential Republican Rob Astorino has publicly announced that his children will not take state assessment tests beginning today that are based on Common ... -
Hillary and Jeb share higher ed stage
In what some are calling a preview of the 2016 election season, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush both spoke on the same stage at the Globalization ... -
Indiana first state to drop Common Core
Indiana is the first state to walk away from Common Core requirements, with Republican Governor Mike Pence signing a bill Monday that puts the responsibility of ... -
Report: No states seizing potential in Race to the Top
This week two federal reports came out from the U.S. Department of Education that revealed which states are, and are not, living up to Race to ... -
Bill Gates defends Common Core
Speaking to a largely conservative audience at the American Enterprise Institute this week, Microsoft magnate Bill Gates defended the new Common Core standards. He criticized the same ...