March 25, 2016 5 university trustees resigned after president's comments A Maryland university official says five additional governing board members resigned following an outcry over the former president's comments likening struggling freshmen to bunnies that should be drowned.
March 18, 2016 Teen's lawsuit says he was racially bullied at school An African-American teenager in Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against a school board saying he suffered repeated harassment and racial bullying but school officials failed to stop it.
January 21, 2016 Christian college's faculty opposes effort to fire professor for comparing Christianity to Islam The faculty council at an Illinois Christian college recommended Wednesday that the school end its effort to fire a professor who asserted while wearing a headscarf that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
December 21, 2015 School official urging armed teachers faces recall A recall drive has been approved against a northern Idaho school board chairman who proposed arming teachers as a security measure, setting up a possible election this spring.
December 21, 2015 Wis. taxpayers spend $$ on empty buildings gov't refuses to sell to charter, private schools Wisconsin taxpayers have been forced to spend millions of dollars to take care of empty Milwaukee Public Schools buildings the district refuses to sell to choice school operators.
December 20, 2015 Teachers reprimanded for speaking out against Common Core Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal blasted reports Tuesday that teachers are being reprimanded for speaking out against Common Core standards on social media.
December 20, 2015 Teacher says union resorting to bully tactics in wake of decertification The doom and gloom predictions of the state’s largest teachers union haven’t come to pass more than a year after Deerfield USD 216 faculty opted to boot out the Kansas National Education Association, according to teacher Doug Crandall.
December 20, 2015 ‘Ghost employee:’ High-paid Pennsylvania governor aide to resign amid allegations Ron Tomalis will resign from a job he may not have been doing in the first place.
December 20, 2015 School employees earn ‘wellness’ dollars without breaking a sweat Employees of the Des Moines Public Schools can forget about “no pain, no gain” when it comes to working out.
December 20, 2015 Belief in student ability key to success at Milwaukee charter school Pascual Rodriguez said he won’t hire teachers who feel sorry for the low-income, often Hispanic students his school serves.