On Trump’s nomination for education secretary
We check some facts about the nomination of Betsy DeVos as US secretary of education. We find her lacking in qualification for the job. [...]Read...
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Galena referendum seeks construction, safety
Should Galena schools be upgraded? It will take a voter-approved bond issue to make that happen, and voters will decide in April. [...]Read More... from...
Calvin College students oppose DeVos
Education supporters across the country have come out in big numbers to oppose the nomination of Betsy DeVos as US education secretary. [...]Read More... from...
Millions of kids take the Great Kindness Challenge
It's Kindness Week, and millions of students in thousands of school districts have accepted a challenge to perform random acts of kindness. [...]Read More... from...
Trump backs off DREAMer deportation under DACA
President Trump appeared to signal a delay on any plans he may have hinted at during the campaign to undo President Obama's DACA order. [...]Read...
Again, schools no better with Improvement Grants
The big push to turn failing schools around, by infusing money under Obama's School Improvement Grants, ultimately failed. [...]Read More... from Again, schools no better...
Students sick at St. Charles East; norovirus
St Charles East HS closed for 2 days as a result of hundreds of students who fell ill from a very infectious and hardy virus....
16 dead in a school bus crash in Italy
A school bus crash in Italy has killed at least 16 students from Hungary, who were on their way home after a school ski trip...
Student walkouts join Trump protests
Walkouts, protests, some rioting occurred today in schools in connection with the inauguration of Donald Trump as the country's 45th president. [...]Read More... from Student...
DeVos pauses on sexual assault, Title IX
What will be the effect of Betsy DeVos as US Ed. Sec. on campus sexual assault and other Title IX or civil rights violations in...