Aaron Gifford
Author
Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
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High Schoolers to Be Tested on Nation’s Founding in National Competition Marking America’s 250th
The registration window for the qualifying Presidential 1776 Award online test is still open.
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College and University Tenure Reform Gaining Momentum in Several States
Recent laws require performance reviews that determine whether faculty members are effective teachers, not just researchers and scholarly journal writers.
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San Francisco Teachers Strike Ends After Tentative Deal
About 50,000 students across 120 schools got an unexpected week off from class as the union rejected the district’s counteroffer from earlier negotiations.
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Texas Reports Record Surge of School Choice Program Applications
The $1 billion program funds school vouchers and other options.
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Governments Should Pull Funding If Schools Don’t Address Bullying: Civil Rights Board Vice Chair
Civil rights commissioner is alarmed that no schools were deemed persistently dangerous in 2021–2022 despite 1.2 million violent offenses in K–12 nationwide.
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Some States Eyeing More Extensive Anti-DEI Measures in Higher Education
In Arizona, the Freedom from Indoctrination Act is expected to go to a public referendum, the Goldwater Institute said.
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Why Public Schools Have More Staff, Fewer Students
Only 17 percent of the 200,000 new staff positions added in the past 10 years were teachers.
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California Public Schools Hid ‘Gender Support Plans’ From Parents, Education Department Says
The state Department of Education was issued a corrective action plan that required school leaders to share student records with parents.
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Yale to Offer Free Tuition to Families Earning Less Than $200,000
The Ivy League Institution now offers incentives similar to those offered by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Federal Officials Refer Minnesota to DOJ for Allowing Boys in Girls’ Sports
State education leaders refused to consider a voluntary agreement or negotiate with federal officials, the Education Department said.
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High Schoolers to Be Tested on Nation’s Founding in National Competition Marking America’s 250th
The registration window for the qualifying Presidential 1776 Award online test is still open.
|
College and University Tenure Reform Gaining Momentum in Several States
Recent laws require performance reviews that determine whether faculty members are effective teachers, not just researchers and scholarly journal writers.
|
San Francisco Teachers Strike Ends After Tentative Deal
About 50,000 students across 120 schools got an unexpected week off from class as the union rejected the district’s counteroffer from earlier negotiations.
|
Texas Reports Record Surge of School Choice Program Applications
The $1 billion program funds school vouchers and other options.
|
Governments Should Pull Funding If Schools Don’t Address Bullying: Civil Rights Board Vice Chair
Civil rights commissioner is alarmed that no schools were deemed persistently dangerous in 2021–2022 despite 1.2 million violent offenses in K–12 nationwide.
|
Some States Eyeing More Extensive Anti-DEI Measures in Higher Education
In Arizona, the Freedom from Indoctrination Act is expected to go to a public referendum, the Goldwater Institute said.
|
Why Public Schools Have More Staff, Fewer Students
Only 17 percent of the 200,000 new staff positions added in the past 10 years were teachers.
|
California Public Schools Hid ‘Gender Support Plans’ From Parents, Education Department Says
The state Department of Education was issued a corrective action plan that required school leaders to share student records with parents.
|
Yale to Offer Free Tuition to Families Earning Less Than $200,000
The Ivy League Institution now offers incentives similar to those offered by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
|
Federal Officials Refer Minnesota to DOJ for Allowing Boys in Girls’ Sports
State education leaders refused to consider a voluntary agreement or negotiate with federal officials, the Education Department said.
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