Octavia Spencer received some sage wisdom from Whoopi Goldberg early in her career. The Academy Award winner, 52, recounted last week on WTF with Marc Maron her experience interning in the extras casting department on Goldberg’s 1990 film The Long Walk Home when she was just 17.
Audit looking for fraud at Stockton Unified to be ready Feb. 14: Education audit chief
A report addressing potential fraud at Stockton Unified School District will be ready for SUSD’s Feb. 14 board meeting, a state official confirmed.
Darien schools struggle to hire for special education as officials worry existing staff will ‘burn out’
Darien schools. Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media. DARIEN — After losing another special education teacher in January, Darien Public Schools and the Board of Education a
House lawmakers introduce Holocaust education bill on Holocaust Remembrance Day
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill on Friday that would order a study on Holocaust education in U.S. public schools to help ensure that future generations are taught about the genocide as the number of Holocaust survivors decreases.
The State Department of Education seeks sponsors for this year’s Summer Food Service program
The State Department of Education seeks sponsors for this year’s Summer Food Service program. The department hopes with the help of these sponsors; they can help curb hunger over the summer.
Inflation-driven higher education debt increases to hit millions of Australians
Even under the most conservative scenario, modelling suggests average Help debt will increase by at least $1700 when indexed on 1 June
Trump vows to root out ‘Marxists’ and end DEI bloat in 2024 education platform
Former President and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump outlined his education policy platform in a video Thursday, promising to remove “Marxists” in the Education Department and restore local control of schools.
Genocide education grants distributed to local schools
An Act concerning genocide education, a law passed in December 2021, requires all Massachusetts school districts to include genocide education in middle and high schools.
Pioneering teacher Maxine Mimms champions education opportunities for Black adults in WA
A lifelong teacher, Maxine Mimms became the first Black woman to found a four-year college in Washington when she created The Evergreen State College Tacoma in 1982.
Judge orders private special education school to turn over records to Seattle Times
A recent Seattle Times and ProPublica investigation of the Northwest School of Innovative Learning found complaints of abuse and minimal instruction.