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News from Outside the Educational World

The world of education is so large as to be impossible to capture in a list of articles. The articles provided here relate in some way to alternative techniques of education or significant events within the public education system.

Happenings
12-year-old graduates college in California, setting school record2023-05-26
3 Things Non-Traditional Schooling Gets Right About Your Child’s Mental Health2023-05-18
34% of companies eliminated college degree requirements to increase number of applicants in past year2023-01-30
Arizona State’s Big Bet on Virtual Reality Labs2023-05-10
Backpacking parents who homeschool their kids2022-09-06
Breaking The School-To-Prison Pipeline, One Microschool At A Time2023-02-13
Companies move to drop college degree requirements for new hires, focus on skills2022-08-10
Concordia [University] opening Lutheran microschool in Seward for high school students2023-03-13
Degree requirements for nearly 90 percent of Virginia government jobs to be eliminated2023-05-31
Dropping the Degree as a [Maryland State Government] Hiring Requirement2022-06-02
How Microschool Networks Are Activating Education Entrepreneurs2022-11-14
KaiPod Catalyst starts accelerator for entrepreneurial educators to launch their own microschools with 17 founders from 13 states2023-03-15
No teacher raises, no vouchers: [Texas] Lawmakers fail to reach compromise on school funding bill2023-05-27
One Christian university has decided to welcome ChatGPT, AI trends. Here’s why.2023-04-26
Pennsylvania is axing its college degree requirement for 65,000 state jobs, calling it an ‘arbitrary requirement’2023-01-20
Pleas made for and against dissolving homeschool Anchorage charter2023-03-21
Anchorage School Board votes to eliminate Family Partnership homeschool charter2023-04-04
Private school voucher and charter-friendly bills sail through Tennessee Senate2023-02-27
Tiny schools, big money: Microschools are increasingly popular among some families of children with disabilities2023-04-25
What the Heck Are Microschools?2023-05-31
[Utah] Gov. Spencer Cox removes bachelor’s degree requirement for state government jobs2022-12-13
Texas high school delays its graduation, after only a handful met diploma requirements2023-05-25
Annual Education Report reveals shift in approach to learning2023-03-03
Education Department Takes Steps to Hold Leaders of Risky Colleges Personally Liable2023-03-02
Students at Cape Coral High School accused of using artificial intelligence to cheat on essay2023-02-16
A dwindling number of new U.S. college graduates have a degree in education2022-09-27
Invisible Schools - An investigation from The Seattle Times and ProPublica2022-11-26
NYC education department blocks ChatGPT on school devices, networks2023-01-03
What is a Microschool?2022-04-07
Irked by Skyrocketing Costs, Fewer Americans See K-12 as Route to Higher Ed2023-01-17
As COVID Closed Arizona’s Classrooms, Black Mothers Launched Their Own Microschools With Focus on Personalized Learning, Ending School to Prison Pipeline2022-01-26
What to Know About Unschooling2022-12-28
For Neurodiverse Children, Microschools Can Be An Ideal Learning Environment2022-10-26
Las Vegas has more than 20 microschools. Here’s one of them.2022-09-12
MOOCs are 'massive open online courses,' made popular by platforms like edX and Coursera. Here's how they work — and why they're one of the best ways to learn online2021-05-28
Amazon Wants To Help Community Colleges, HBCUs Teach AI2023-01-20
Moocs face challenge from new generation of course providers2022-03-13
Jubilant Kim Reynolds signs Iowa's seismic 'school choice' bill into law.2023-01-24
Americans' Confidence in Higher Education Down Sharply2023-07-11
Higher education levels linked with civic engagement, better health: Gallup2023-08-30
Discovery Education to Acquire DreamBox’s Math, Reading Tools2023-08-30
Is artificial intelligence the future of education?2023-08-30
Use Your Phone as a Pocket Tutor for Study on the Go2023-08-30
[Pennsylvania] State police see an increase in applicants after waiving college education requirements2023-08-30
Former university financial advisor sentenced for scheme against Department of Education2023-08-30
Prince Edward microschool now set to close in September2023-08-30
For many home-schoolers, parents are no longer doing the teaching2023-08-17
Macro dreams for new ‘microschool’ in Mtn. View2023-07-25
Education Entrepreneurship Is Flourishing Across The U.S.2023-05-30
College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic2023-08-30
For fourth straight year, no students test proficient in math at Baltimore high school2025-09-25
How New Microschool Accreditation Pathways Are Opening Doors for Founders and Families2025-06-18
Education Department Investigates Foreign Funding At University Of Michigan After Arrests of Chinese Scholars2025-07-16
Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall2025-05-27
Denver school closures: These 10 schools are listed for permanent ‘consolidation’2024-11-07
Pennsylvania School District Using AI-Enabled Wi-Fi To Search Students For Firearms2025-11-18
‘Excessive, Exorbitant’ Travel Spending by CPS [Chicago Public Schools] Employees Cited in New Watchdog Report2025-11-12
Illinois Educators Hope to Tackle Thorny Issue of Math Competence2025-12-05
Districts Around the US Are Mulling School Closures as Student Enrollment Falls2025-09-24
Harvard College’s Grading System Is ‘Failing,’ Report on Grade Inflation Says2025-10-27
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say college degree isn’t worth the cost: poll2025-12-02
1 In 4 Unemployed Americans Has A Degree - The Future Of White Collar Jobs2025-12-03
Tracking College Closures and Mergers2025-09-18