Archive By Section - Education
SAT scores for 2014 hit their lowest mark in the past 10 years, the College Board reports, leading some observers to fear that a decade of school reforms have amounted to little.
September 17, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
When Becca Arbacher chose to attend a private college, she made a choice different from 80 percent of her peers, according to NPR.
September 16, 2015
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Payton Davis
Deseret News
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Education
Parents who hope their child is using a calculator to do better in math class might be getting fooled, according to BuzzFeed.
September 15, 2015
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Payton Davis
Deseret News
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Education
After deliberating for nearly a year, and waiting until two weeks after school started, the Washington State Supreme Court struck down a charter school law narrowly approved by voters in 2012.
September 15, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Positions available in Washington, D.C., and Kansas offices
September 13, 2015
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Education
Embracing ignorance is the key to expanding knowledge, argues the author of a new book on ignorance, writing in the New York Times.
September 12, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
"Code me some Java" is the new "como se llama."
September 12, 2015
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Herb Scribner
Deseret News
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Education
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. - On Thursday, Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded Eisenhower Elementary School in Great Bend a $2,500 grant to support its VIP Lunch Club program. The local grant is part of over $4 million awarded on Sept. 10 to approximately 870 schools, nonprofits and organizations across the across the 43 states Dollar General serves.
September 11, 2015
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Education
A new Nevada law that would create educational savings accounts that parents could use to mix and match educational needs has come under fire, with the ACLU filing a lawsuit alleging that parents who choose to use those funds to pay tuition at religious schools would be violating the state's Blaine Amendment.
September 11, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Entering kindergarten is an early milestone in a person's life, and a Missouri father didn't want to miss his daughter's first day, according to Daily Mail.
September 10, 2015
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Payton Davis
Deseret News
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Education
What happens when elderly Americans and preschoolers share a building?
September 10, 2015
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Herb Scribner
Deseret News
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Education
Two separate polls revealed Americans want more rigorous standards, just not by way of the Common Core.
September 10, 2015
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Omar Etman
Deseret News
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Education
In Tennessee, bridging the student-teacher gap began with a bus ride, but the roles were reversed.
September 10, 2015
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Payton Davis
Deseret News
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Education
When it comes to school lunches from across the globe, a new clip by Cut Video shows not all of them are created equal — in the eyes of U.S. students, at least.
September 10, 2015
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Payton Davis
Deseret News
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Education
Asian parents pay more for Princeton Review's ACT preparation courses, a new analysis by Pro Publica finds, even when controlling for income. Asians are almost twice as likely as non-Asians to be offered a higher price for the test preparation service, the study found.
September 09, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
