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New York Judge Fines Landlord $17,000 for Threatening to Call ICE on Tenant
Lawyers for the city’s human-rights commission said they believe the Queens case is first in the U.S. where an individual was penalized for threatening to call immigration authorities.
What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max?
Malfunctions caused two deadly crashes. But an industry that puts unprepared pilots in the cockpit is just as guilty.
Amy Coney Barrett Is Not a Safe Pick for the Supreme Court.
Her writings on faith and jurisprudence should worry conservatives.
The scourge of education malpractice
What if you were told that elementary schools in the United States are teaching children to be poor readers?
Expanding the Educational Pie
Advanced Placement programs in New York City schools
Choice for Me But Not for Thee
Hypocrisy is the name of the game when it comes elected officials, lobbyists, and influencers who oppose school choice with their votes, rhetoric, and campaign donations and then opt their own children out of the very school systems in which they...
How to Keep Teachers From Leaving the Profession
After 38 years in education, Judith Harper thinks what teachers are missing is more time to learn from one another.
Teachers’ views on learning strategies and research
A new report by Ulrich Boser and The Learning Agency investigates what K–12 educators know—or mistakenly believe—about effective learning strategies and where they obtain information about learning research.
The most important charter school network in America is not what you think
There’s a Texas-spawned education revolution known as IDEA Public Charter Schools that’s spreading to multiple states, yet it remains mostly unnoticed. Meantime, eyeballs keep getting redirected to a controversial group of New York City charter...
A Field Guide to the Literacy Tsunami
An important national conversation about how we teach reading has been gaining major momentum over the last 6 months, as reading instruction has been in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,…
Chicago student with autism at home while CPS, family battle over schools
Oliwier Kluzik’s relatives are fighting to keep him at a suburban therapeutic school where he thrived, but the district said it’s not on an approved list of contracted schools.
New Mexico Announces Plan for Free College for State Residents
Under the plan, tuition to all state colleges would be free for students regardless of family income.
Has the Presidency Skipped Gen X?
Caught between Baby Boomers and Millennials, this generation may have missed its chance.
Breaking A 10-Year Streak, The Number Of Uninsured Americans Rises
Census officials said most of the drop in health coverage was related to a 0.7% decline in Medicaid. The number of people with private insurance remained steady.
Donald Trump to Attend Political Rally for India's Prime Minister
President Donald Trump will appear at a rally with India's prime minister in Texas, amid business efforts to boost the H-1B visa.
Editorial: Firing the judge in Brock Turner sex assault case was a step toward mob rule
The spineless school bureaucrats who fired tennis coach Aaron Persky because of his lenient ruling in a sex assault case when he was a judge is helping turn the quest for justice into mob rule, the law into a popularity contest and the independent...
The Education Exchange: Rebecca Friedrichs' Fight Against Teachers Unions
Rebecca Friedrichs, the lead plaintiff in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case that ended in a four-four split in the Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss her book, "Standing Up to Goliath," and how teachers feel about...
Neighboring schools, worlds apart - The Boston Globe
The opportunity gap in our public schools is vast, a fact made plain in two schools, nearly neighbors but in different worlds. For those on the short end, the road up is made more difficult. The question is: Why?