College completion rates still rising in most states
Dive Brief: Most states increased their six-year completion rates between 2009 and 2013, new data from the National Student Clearinghouse...
Day: March 4, 2020
Research: Charters lack specialized expertise, resources for special ed programs
Dive Brief: Research from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) shows parents of students with disabilities often struggle to find...
New rules limit states’ oversight of online colleges. How will they react?
State attorneys general were left out when the U.S. Department of Education rewrote its state authorization rules for distance education....
Brooklyn’s UFT Charter School requests to transition to traditional public school
Dive Brief: The Board of Trustees for UFT Charter School in Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood voted last week to...
Should school physical fitness tests measure body fat?
Dive Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing an end to the state’s 25-year-old school physical fitness test, dubbed FitnessGram,...
Survey: Most grads would change majors if they could redo college
Dive Brief: Although most college graduates say their degree was worth the money, nearly two-thirds (61%) of them would change...
More governments announce school closures across Asia, Middle East
South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Bahrain and the UAE have joined the list of nations who have suspended in-school studies....
Turkey-based BAU Global invest in British basketball club
UK-based MLA College, which is part of BAU Global, has bought the share of The Plymouth Raiders from owners Richard...
SFU and Navitas extend partnership to 2030
SFU began working with the Australian-based company in 2006 when it launched the on-campus pathway program, Fraser International College. “Fraser...
France becomes latest European country to restrict school trips abroad
As of February 29, France had seen more than 200 cases of COVID-19, which have been particularly concentrated in the...
