During a Congressional oversight hearing, witnesses revealed that supervisors in one of the Education Department’s regional offices occasionally instructed employees to convince individuals who had filed civil rights complaints against school districts to drop their charges. This hearing was called …
House, Senate Pass Budget Blueprint For 2000 And Beyond
Last week, Congress approved a compromised budget blueprint that falls $1.1 billion short of the original spending plan for education and related programs proposed by Senate Republicans. This nonbinding plan for fiscal 2000 received criticism from education groups and the …
Here’s What’s Next For Charter Schools, According To Their Chief Advocate
Charter schools, despite the ongoing debate surrounding their status as "state actors" and religious institutions, are undeniably public entities, according to Nina Rees, the CEO of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools. In an interview with Education Week, Rees …
Curtain Goes Up On The Life Of New School
This series is sponsored by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts. One morning during the first week of school, the burglar alarm goes off by accident and no one knows how to turn it off. Even two days into …
English Schools In Areas Worst Hit By Covid To Close For Longer
Due to the heavy impact of Covid-19 on certain areas of England, the majority of primary schools in London and the south-east will remain closed for the first few weeks of January. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed that only …
Peter Widdowson
Peter Widdowson, a pioneering figure in English literary studies, passed away from cancer at the age of 66. Throughout his long career in higher education, which was entirely spent in the old polytechnics and new universities, including his most recent …
Black Students Say They Feel Left Out By ‘white Cliques’ At Universities
A report by the National Union of Students recommends that universities mark coursework anonymously to prevent potential bias against students with "foreign-sounding names" from affecting their grades. The report also calls for universities to minimise "eurocentric bias" when creating curriculums …
Hundreds Of Schools Have Had No Ofsted Inspection For A Decade – Report
Concerns have been raised regarding the quality of some of the most sought-after schools in the country after a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has shown that hundreds labelled as outstanding by Ofsted have not undergone an inspection …
The Conversation: Student Activist V Old Etonian
Apart from being 18 years old, Ellen White and George Norman have little in common. White resides in Central London and is studying A-levels at Westminster Kingsway College, while Norman was educated at Eton and runs his own political website. …
