The Latest on Illinois lawmakers’ fight over a stopgap budget and school funding plan for the new fiscal year that begins Friday (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Illinois colleges and universities would receive about $1 billion under stopgap budget plans filed by state Senate Democrats and Republican leaders. The money ... Read More »
A week after the TSR Subramanian committee’s draft report on the New Education Policy (NEP) was leaked, the human resource development ministry is in two minds whether to adopt or reject its recommendations. A section in the ministry is inclined to completely scrap the report and set up a ... Read More »
Emphasising on the need to ensure quality of teachers, HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said many people feel nothing is right in the education sector, but it is the responsibility of those holding a position to send a message that solutions are possible in specific time-frame. Launching a teacher’s education ... Read More »
The well is running dry for Wyoming’s community colleges and the commission that doles out their funding after Gov. Matt Mead announced another round of state budget cuts Tuesday. The Community College Commission will absorb the $20 million cuts announced recently in various ways, including less money for college libraries ... Read More »
Britain is paying the price for a high level of inequality and a chronic lack of investment in education which have prompted a disillusioned population to vote to leave the European Union, Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam said on Sunday. Britain voted in a referendum on June 23 to ... Read More »
TES FE editor Stephen Exley explains what the new Post-16 Skills Plan, resulting from the Sainsbury review of technical education, will mean for colleges, training providers and schools Plans for a radical overhaul of post-16 education, involving the creation of 15 new technical education pathways, are today being unveiled. The wide-ranging ... Read More »
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) – State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, has underscored the importance of adult education and lifelong learning to the growth and development of the Caribbean’s economies and people. Green noted that while the region boasts documented supporting research, countries must act to ensure ... Read More »
Saliq Ansari (28) is a proud father to six children — five daughters and one son — after his wife recently gave birth to triplets (two girls and a boy) at Cama Hospital. Though he is proud and happy with their bundles of joy, at the same time he is ... Read More »
One of the nation’s most troubled school districts is now two. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation this summer that divides the Detroit school district into two separate systems: a new district tasked with educating the city’s 46,000 regular public school students; and the old district left intact solely to ... Read More »
Collaborate PASadena’s Reunion Celebration last Wednesday provided a host of opportunities for individuals, organizations and government agencies in the Pasadena area to further strengthen collaborative efforts to geared to improve educational and health outcomes for families in our community. Attendees took part in a “gallery walk” where they saw the ... Read More »
The Latest on Campaign 2016 ahead of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions (all times EDT): 10:00 a.m. Hillary Clinton is announcing new steps aimed at tackling the rising cost of college tuition and the burden of student loan debt, including a three-month moratorium on loan payments for all federal ... Read More »
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Ruel Reid, says two of the main goals of the ministry are to ensure that teachers are well trained and are given the necessary tools to carry out their tasks. Speaking recently at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) CONFINTEA VI ... Read More »
