education
Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz to resign
Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz, who acknowledged mishandling plans to close a school art museum, will resign after the current academic year, university officials said Friday.
Scrutiny rises over New Jersey kids singing Obama song
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A school for kindergartners through second-graders in a comfortable Philadelphia suburb has become the latest target of accusations by conservatives that schoolchildren are being indoctrinated to idolize President Barac...
Secretary Shinseki Orders Emergency Checks to Students Awaiting Education Benefits
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has authorized checks for up to $3,000 to be given to students who have applied for educational benefits and who have not yet received their governmen...
Thousands protest fees, cuts at University of California campuses
Thousands of students, professors and workers at University of California campuses across the state poured out of classrooms Thursday to rally against deep cuts to public education and aim their frustration squarely at UC leaders' handling of its ...
Middle School LGBT Students Face Extreme Levels of Harassment, Higher than Their High School Peers, Research Brief Finds
Middle school LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) students are significantly more likely to face hostile school climates than high school LGBT students, yet have less access to school resources and support, according to a new research br...
100 Gold In Brooklyn's Vinegar Hill Is Ready For Occupancy
The REDD Group's development 100 Gold Street in Brooklyn known as the first green condominium in Vinegar Hill is ready for occupancy in October 2009.
Clinton Global Initiative Eyes Big Returns From School Recess
Leaders from around the world gathering for the Clinton Global Initiative are turning to an unlikely resource to improve learning among low-income students: school recess.
Saudi Arabia inaugurates its first coed university
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia inaugurated on Wednesday its first-ever fully integrated coed university, and its ruler declared the institution will be a "beacon of tolerance" in a world attacked by extremists.
University of Illinois President to Step Down After Scandal
CHICAGO — The president of the University of Illinois announced Wednesday that he would resign, after a scandal over admissions practices that has for months enveloped the state’s premier public university.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Discuss Education Reform with the Dalai Lama Next Month in D.C.
United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join the Dalai Lama, Marian Wright Edelman, and other prominent thinkers in education, neuroscience, psychology, and contemplative studies on stage at Constitution Hall at 2 pm on Thursday, Oct...