Education

ACT ‘superscores’ offered for youths “Superscores” are now available from ACT, the nonprofit company that develops and administers the ACT college entrance exam that is widely used by Arkansas high school students. The organization announced that it will provide an automatically calculated ACT superscore to students who have taken the entrance exam more than once […]

There are times we don’t recognize the hard work of people who provide government services for our benefit. It is time to do so. I would like to thank two local government agencies (both management and staff) who have contributed to improved public health and educational services during our COVID-19 crisis. First, the Lake County […]

Pleasant Grove ISD announces its A Honor Roll for its 5th six weeks of 2020-2021. Sixth Grade Jett Adkinson, Zain Aljammal, Maxton Ashbrooks, Easton Barker, Audrey Boehmke, Eldon Braza, Tyler Breiby, Isabelle Brown, Aubrey Carter, Piper Cashatt, Maddox Cedillo, Miley Cook, Brenley Crabtree, Alexander Dean, Hava Eldridge, Griffin Gibbs, Jonathan Hammons, Wyatt Harris, Browning Harvey, […]

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) released the COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students’ Needs to provide additional strategies for safely reopening all of America’s schools and to promote educational equity by addressing opportunity gaps that have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Building off of Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening […]

Chaisri Taya, a teacher in the mountainous north-west province of Mae Hong Son, is a testament to the power of education. Born stateless, he completed a bachelor’s degree and obtained Thai citizenship. He has since become a role model in his community, sharing his experience with children and youth in a language they can relate […]

The Florida Department of Education issued an emergency order Friday that will allow high school seniors to graduate without taking a required state exam — a move in response to challenges brought on by the pandemic. The order authorizes school districts to waive the mandatory state assessment for graduating seniors. Instead, districts can determine on […]

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Office for General Education is inviting applications for the seven open positions in the General Education Faculty Scholars Program. First piloted in 2016, the General Education Scholars serve in an advisory capacity and help to build the capacity of faculty to use educational change initiatives to advance greater intentionality in […]

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced more political appointees that will lead various parts of the agency. These diverse and accomplished individuals will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the agency, and work to quickly advance key education priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration.  Levi Bohanan, Special Assistant, Office of Elementary and […]

The Hawaii Senate vice president on Friday accused Gov. David Ige of trying to circumvent the public input portion of the nomination process for new Board of Education members by failing to submit sufficient names for upcoming vacancies by an April 1 deadline. The criticism came as the board prepares to choose a replacement for […]