The US government said Thursday it will leave it to schools to decide whether to use a controversial ground-beef filler in the meals they serve to students. In a statement, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) acknowledged public concern over lean finely textured beef, popularly known as "pink slime," in its National School Lunch Program. Made from beef trimmings otherwise usedRead more

Last year Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools galvanized local support in a campaign to ask for additional funding to avert teacher layoffs. They gained an additional $26 million. This year CMS is spending $10 million on iPads for the classroom. CMS notified employees this week that the district is taking applications from teams of teachers with proposals for using the tablets to “meetRead more

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke at Bordentown Regional High School yesterday, where he took the opportunity to reaffirm his commitment to improving public education in the state. Christie held up Bordentown as a example of the great work being done on the ground level by educators and administrators to provide all New Jersey students with excellent education that willRead more

Last summer’s amendment to the Michigan Teacher Tenure Act is being challenged in a federal lawsuit by a local teachers union. The suit alleges that the amendment is unconstitutional. Traditionally layoffs in the teaching profession have followed the typical union ‘last in, first out’ procedures; however the amendment barred school districts from using seniority as the determining factor. Michael LeeRead more

In a town hall forum at Charter Oak International Academy teachers have faced off with Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy over his education reform plan. “We cannot accept excuses when we are failing 40 to 60 percent of our students in some of our urban areas,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy argued The reform-focused Governor portrayed critics as standard bearers forRead more

“The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation.” — President Barack Obama, January 25, 2011 Welcome to the Innovation Age.  Today’s world will reward the most innovative young people.  World leaders, business executives, educators, and policy makers have joined in the global debate on how we create the next generation of innovators.  Even parents are asking themselvesRead more

A day after students returned to the classroom, several municipalities in the south of Israel announced that school will be suspended again on Thursday, after two Grad rockets were fired on Beersheba Wednesday evening. Educational institutions will remain closed in Beersheba, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malachi and Gan Yavne.The Israeli daily (Yediot Ahronoth) reported today.Read more

Health education in schools could lead students to pursue careers in nursing and other allied healthcare courses in future, said a health education expert. May Ghulmiyyah, Manager of Health Education Programmes at the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT), said that through health education and familiarity with the healthcare system, the students will be “more receptive to the idea of beingRead more

Algerian graduates of Persian language who have managed to pass the beginners level of Persian language courses of IRI Cultural Attaché received their certificates from that attaché Wednesday. According to IRNA, these graduates are students of the Faculty of Persian Language of the Central University of Algeria who had enrolled as Persian language major students during the current academic yearRead more

Russian universities have failed to make the grade, in a World Reputation Rankings 2012 survey by The Times newspaper in Britain. The list of the world's top 100 universities ranked by reputation alone, based on the largest international survey of academic opinion, did not include any Russian higher education institute. Last year the country's largest university, the Lomonosov Moscow StateRead more