Pittsburgh Public Schools has announced plans to cut a total of 183 jobs in the coming year, with the majority of these positions being teaching roles. The decision to make these cuts is due to a decline in student enrollment, …

The highest government attorney informed the U.S. Supreme Court last week that federal judges do not have the power to force local governments to protect the jobs of recently employed black individuals by laying off white individuals with more experience. …

School districts are now receiving a significant amount of federal funding to improve the performance of their consistently underperforming schools. Across many states, educators are choosing the "transformation" method as their preferred intervention strategy, which is the least disruptive among …

Following the controversy surrounding Secretary of Education Rod Paige’s remarks on religion and public schools, the Department of Education has released transcripts of an interview to demonstrate that his comments were misinterpreted. The Education Department prepared the transcripts from a …

During a speech to Hispanic school-board members in this city earlier this month, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell expressed his dissatisfaction with the current state of American school boards, accusing them of neglecting instructional issues. He called upon these …

U.S. Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, has announced a new $100 million federal grant competition for public-private partnerships to develop registered apprenticeship programs in high-skilled, high-tech fields. He believes that these apprenticeships are a pathway towards the middle class. The …

Young primary school children are self-harming in various ways, including rubbing rubber on their skin, banging their heads against walls, and pulling out their hair, according to Suzanne Skeete, founder of Tappy Twins, a non-profit enterprise that provides counselling and …

Ministers have announced that qualified teachers from any part of the world can now work in schools in England, provided they have commensurate credentials and at least one year of classroom experience. This significant change, which takes effect next year, …

Jessica Johnson was travelling to a funeral when she received an email from her university accusing her of plagiarising an essay. She was baffled, insisting she hadn’t done it knowingly, believing that plagiarism was something committed only by individuals who …