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What Foster Care Awareness Month Means for Higher Education
May was National Foster Care Awareness Month, a time in which we amplify the voices and experiences of the more than 400,000 young people in the system. While foster care is touted a protective intervention, the experiences and…
Report compiled by Veterans Education Success claims House of Prayer church committed fraud
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - A non-profit that supports veterans says they’ve been warning about the House of Prayer Church in Liberty County for years.Veterans Education Success helps former service members find opportunities to further…
Why I’m Running: Ellen Weaver For S.C. Superintendent Of Education
by ELLEN WEAVER || Every child should have the opportunity to meet their God-given potential.
Achieving that vision is my life’s mission, and it is why I am running for South Carolina Superintendent of Education.
Education in South Carolina…
1 in 3 Workers Say They’ll Seek New Employment with Education Opportunities
If you had the opportunity to expand your skill set, increase your knowledge and get a degree – would you? What if your employer was willing to cover any costs associated with this type of upskilling/education?
While this might spark…
Court strikes down Maine law barring state funds for religious education
The Supreme Court has broadened the rights of parents and students to use government subsidies to attend religious schools, striking down a Maine program that barred the use of local government funds to pay tuition at primary and high…
New ‘Doctor Who’ Star Is ‘Sex Education’ Actor Ncuti Gatwa | Time
LONDON — Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord’s next regeneration. “Sometimes talent walks through the door and it’s…
Transgender HS science teacher tells US Education Dept. senior adviser: Students should be taught…
A transgender high school science teacher — during a video conference that included a U.S. Department of Education senior adviser — declared that students should be taught that "not all egg producers are women" along with other…
An Illiberal Attack on Public Higher Education
Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, has proposed to eliminate tenure in the University of Texas system.The argument against tenure has a respectable conservative pedigree. It isn’t obvious that professors, after some years of…
Leadership Atlanta’s 2023 class to feature leaders in education
By Maria Saporta
On the eve of its closing weekend retreat for the Class of 2022, Leadership Atlanta on Friday announced the 86 members of the Class of 2023.
Leadership Atlanta’s new class represents a broad diversity of professions –…
Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need — here are 3…
Conversations around race and disability often get left out of schools. FG Trade/E+ via Getty ImagesWhen I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that a Black…