In my blog last week, focusing on the chance that the Dept. of Education may promote some form of merit pay based on standardized test scores, I got a bit more hyperbolic than usual, and wrote the ...

A former student recently sued Monroe College claiming that she had not been able to obtain gainful employment because the college provided inadequate career-placement services. The student, Tina ...

Arkansas educators must join this pep rally for elitism if they want a shot at being named teacher of the year. Credit: Brian Chilson Gov. Sarah Sanders and many legislative leaders tell us that ...

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A glance at the current issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education: The consequences of accountability standards Adopting accountability standards across academe ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many higher education institutions transitioned to remote instruction, causing students to attend classes online, move out of dorms, and forego the traditional college ...

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U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns ruled that the lawsuit against the New Hampshire-based educational publisher Heinemann and three of its top authors was invalidated by a legal doctrine ...

In a recent decision, the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed lower rulings related to federal preemption of state law and Maryland’s educational malpractice doctrine. The ruling could have significant ...