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November 4, 2015

From Iraq to high tech: Microsoft helping vets find jobs

The inaugural class of Microsoft's Software and Systems Academy is set to graduate. When they finish next month, they’ll all get hired by either Microsoft or one a contractors, earning as much as $100,000 salaries.

September 10, 2015

'There is no God but Allah'? School accused of Islamic indoctrination

The Islamic faith is being accommodated while the Christian faith is being marginalized.

August 13, 2015

States taking the lead on STEM education

American students’ alarmingly bad performance on domestic and international assessments highlights the need to better educate them in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

May 7, 2015

National PTA president: A parent's praise for Common Core

As a retired Army officer, I know what it’s like to have to research the quality and competitiveness of a state’s educational offerings.

May 6, 2015

Federal citizenship test: What should a good citizen really know about America?

Quick: how many amendments to the US Constitution have been ratified?

January 13, 2015

LA officials seek fix to $1B program after students crack iPad security, access video games

Education officials in the nation's second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650,000 students after an embarrassing glitch emerged when the first round of tablets went out.

January 8, 2015

Denver teacher fired after students hurt in botched lab experiment is charged with misdemeanor

A Denver school chemistry teacher who was fired after four students were burned in a science experiment gone wrong now faces a criminal charge.

January 8, 2015

Despite protest, Colorado school board rejects calls to back off proposal for history review

Students and parents say they'll renew protests Friday after a suburban Denver school board rejected their calls to back off a proposed review of the Advanced Placement U.S. history course.

January 8, 2015

University of Oregon ends free sessions for community artists to sketch nude models

The University of Oregon has ended free art sessions for community artists to sketch nude models, saying it could not afford the increasing cost of keeping the popular classes secure.

January 8, 2015

Suburban Denver student protest over history education proposal grows, 700 gather at rally

In the largest of a series of ongoing student protests, about 700 young people gathered in suburban Denver to rally in opposition to a new set of high school history standards proposed by a conservative-led school board.