Education News, 2017
December 29, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Excerpts from John Jay's Address, 1776
December 29, 2017 - The Shortage of Teachers in Virginia's Government Schools
December 29, 2017 - Will Virginia Law Makers Reform Standardized Testing?
December 28, 2017 - Virtual Active Shooter Training for Teachers
December 27, 2017 - NY Junior High School Includes Hindu/Buddhist Practice in Health Class
December 22, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: School Choice Victory in Final Tax Reform Bill
December 22, 2017 - The Growing Problem of Chronic Teacher Absenteeism
December 21, 2017 - New York Is First State to Require Mental Health Ed for K-12
December 19, 2017 - How Artificial Intelligence May Affect Education
December 15, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Update on Tax Reform: School Choice, Teacher Benefits, and Religious Liberty
December 8, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: School Choice and Teacher Benefits in the Tax Reform Bill
December 7, 2017 - Intact Families May Be Key to Closing the Achievement Gap
December 7, 2017 - 265+ Schools in CA Closed Because of Wild Fires
December 6, 2017 - Should Teachers Have Guns at School?
December 4, 2017 - Portland, ME School Board Adopts Policy Affirming "Gender Expansive" Students
December 1, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: School Choice in the Tax Reform Bill
December 1, 2017 - Betsy DeVos: Lack of School Choice Makes Us "...a Nation at Greater Risk."
November 28, 2017 - Self Driving School Buses?
November 28, 2017 - Supreme Court Declines Case About Prayer at School Board Meetings
November 23, 2017 - Lock Down Drills Now the Norm at Schools
November 22, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Help Needed for AACS Schools in Puerto Rico
November 21, 2017 - Why Do Some Religious Daycares Accept Government Subsidies?
November 21, 2017 - How the Opioid Crisis Is Affecting Students
November 17, 2017 - AACS Washinton Flyer: Amendments in Senate Tax Bill Promote School Choice
November 15, 2017 - ESSA Launches "Innovative Assessment Pilot" - "Performance-Based" Tests
November 14, 2017 - The Aftermath of the Atlanta Test Cheating Scandal
November 14, 2017 - Secretary DeVos: "...a Traditional Four-Year Degree Is [Not] the Only Pathway to Success."
November 13, 2017 - Actress Chooses Home Schooling over Public School System That "Challenges the Parent's Authority"
November 11, 2017 - How Democrat Elections Gains Could Influence K-12 Education
November 10, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: House Tax Plan Includes 529 Expansion for School Choice
November 7, 2017 - Are Science Fairs Worthwhile?
November 3, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Puerto Rico Christian Schools in Need of Help
October 30, 2017 - Paying Students to Get Good Grades
October 28, 2017 - How to Make Blended Learning Work
October 27, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: New Research Shows Support for School Choice Among Military Families
October 26, 2017 - Americans Think Homework Is Important
October 21, 2017 - Enrollment and Funding Controversy at Ohio Online Charter
October 19, 2017 - Should Teachers Rethink the Five Paragraph Essay?
October 19, 2017 - Fighting Chronic Absenteeism
October 18, 2017 - Using "Alternative Credentialing" to Address the Teacher Shortage
October 16, 2017 - Student-centered Learning: "It's Not Clear Whether This Approach Actually Works Better."
October 16, 2017 - Digital Parental Notifications the New Norm
October 13, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Administration Takes Steps to Provide More Religious Liberty Protection
October 12, 2017 - Students in Puerto Rico Returning to School
October 11, 2017 - Feminists Fight "Toxic Masculinity" by Calling for Universal Child Care, Health Care, Etc.
October 9, 2017 - New York Moves Away from Common Core
October 7, 2017 - Students Acknowledge Negative Impact of Social Media
October 6, 2017 - AACS Participates in White House Summit on Deregulation
October 5, 2017 - Training Teachers with "Augmented Reality"
October 3, 2017 - The Growing Popularity of Flipped Learning
September 30, 2017 - The Crisis of Teacher Turnover in Government Education
September 29, 2017 - AACS Participates in Private School Leadership Conference
September 22, 2017 - Comparing U.S. Education Spending with That of Other Countries
September 22, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: AACS Hosts National Legislative Conference
September 21, 2017 - "Transgender" Books in California Elementary Classrooms
September 21, 2017 - Florida Teacher Asks Fifth Graders to Address Her Using Gender-Neutral Pronouns
September 20, 2017 - Using Biometrics for School Security
September 19, 2017 - Schools Switching to 8-man Football Teams
September 18, 2017 - No More Common Core in New York
September 18, 2017 - Maryland Schools, Having Moved Away from Traditional Grades, Now Are Moving Back
September 17, 2017 - Wyth County, VA, Removes Prayer Plaque from Public School - Citizens Protest to School Board
September 16, 2017 - Yale Replaces Terms "Freshman" and "Upper Classman" with Gender Neutral Language
September 15, 2017 - House of Representatives Votes to Cut Education Budget by 3.5%
September 13, 2017 - DeVos Promotes More Individualized Instruction
September 10, 2017 - Houston Public Schools Sustain Damage from Harvey
September 9, 2017 - Using Virtual Reality to Train Teachers
September 8, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Illinois Creates School Choice Tax Credit Program
September 6, 2017 - North Caroline Imposes Stricter Limit of 17 Students Per K-3 Classroom
September 5, 2017 - Using Google Suite to Teach Math
September 5, 2017 - President Trump May Dismantle DACA After Six Months
September 4, 2017 - How Would the Gubernatorial Candidates Address Virginia's Teacher Shortage?
September 1, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: New Statistics Show a Rise in Enrollment in Private Schools
September 1, 2017 - Hurricane Harvey's Impact on 1,000,000 Students
September 1, 2017 - Will Feds Use ESSA to Force States to Change How They Calculate Graduation Rates?
August 30, 2017 - School Is About to Start, but Richmond Public Schools Are 90 Teachers Short
August 29, 2017 - How to Battle High Tech Cheating in High School
August 25, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: School Choice Battle in the States
August 24, 2017 - LGBT Rights Group Sues Trump Administration Over "Transgender" Bathroom Policy
August 23, 2017 - Private Schools Are Small Schools
August 22, 2017 - Persistent Teacher Shortages
August 22, 2017 - Achieving "Gender Equity" in Reading
August 21, 2017 - A Laptop for Every Student in Maine, but Grades Are No Better
August 18, 2017 - No State Budgets Passed in CT, IL, WI; School Funding Affected
August 18, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Poll Shows Growing Support for Tax Credit Scholarship Programs
August 17, 2017 - Dress Code Controversy at Tennessee Public School
August 17, 2017 - Solar Eclipse Causes Some Public Schools to Close
August 15, 2017 - Can FAFSA Be Hacked?
August 11, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Expanding an Existing Program Could Help Create National School Choice
August 8, 2017 - School Cancels Awards Because of Their "Exclusionary Nature"
August 7, 2017 - Using Technology to Cheat in School
August 5, 2017 - Virginia Public Schools Teach Curriculum Entitled "Access Islam"
August 4, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Strong Conservative Nominated to Be Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Liberty
August 4, 2017 - Suicide Rate Among Teenage Girls Doubles
August 3, 2017 - Has Common Core Led to Improved Writing Skills?
August 2, 2017 - Pros and Cons of Virtual Schools
July 28, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Debate over Federal Tax Credit for School Choice
July 27. 2017 - Texas Senate Passes Bathroom Bill, Limits Access Based on Sex Listed on Birth Certificate
July 25, 2017 - Minnesota DOE Supplies "Transgender Toolkit," Suggests Teachers Stop Saying "Boys and Girls"
July 22, 2017 - Texas School District to Reinstate Corporal Punishment
July 21, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: AACS Hosts Youth Legislative Training Conference in Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2017 - Gen Z Watches Videos, Does Not Read Blogs
July 19, 2017 - Fixing Student Teaching and Teacher Shortages
July 19, 2017 - "Mal-employed" College Grads
July 18, 2017 - Trump Administration Cuts Off Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants
July 18, 2017 - Banning Homework
July 14, 2017 - Should High School Seniors Be Required to Give Proof of Future Plans?
July 14, 2017 - Vouchers Are Racist, Argue Opponents
July 13, 2017 - "Mobile Classroom" Coming to San Fransisco
July 13, 2017 - NEA Does Not Trust Secretary DeVos
July 12, 2017 - More Schools Adopting "Bring Your Own Device" Policies
July 11, 2017 - Helping Students Who Are Introverts
July 8, 2017 - Does Religion Belong in Public School Classrooms?
July 7, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Celebrating America's Fight for Freedom
July 6, 2017 - NEA Changes Position on Charter Schools
June 30, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Religious Liberty Victory in Supreme Court Ruling
June 27, 2017 - Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trinity Lutheran Preschool
June 23, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Supreme Court Holds Hearing on Campus Free Speech
June 19, 2017 - The Negative Educational Impact of Fatherlessness
June 18, 2017 - Rethinking the Parent-Teacher Conference
June 16, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Senator Sanders Criticizes Christian Faith During Confirmation Hearing
June 16, 2017 - Number of Students Eating Federally Funded Summer Meals Is Declining
June 15, 2017 - Students Using Texting Shortcuts in Typewritten Classroom Projects
June 14, 2017 - "Earn While You Learn" - Trump Touts Educational Apprenticeships
June 13, 2017 - Will the Graphing Calculator Soon Be Obsolete?
June 9, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: AACS Joins Meeting with Education Secretary DeVos
June 8, 2017 - "Mere $34B" Needed from Taxpayers in Order to Make College "Affordable"
June 8, 2017 - Students Benefiting from Chromebooks and G Suite
June 7, 2017 - Mississippi #1 in "Preschool Quality"
June 6, 2017 - Harvard Rescinds Admission for 10 Students Because of Offensive Facebook Memes
June 3, 2017 - Apps for Parents and Teachers to Look Out For
June 2, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: The Seventh Circuit Court Advances Transgender Rights
June 1, 2017 - Why Faith-Based Schools Are Important
May 28, 2017 - Government Schools in Oklahoma Change to Four-Day School Week
May 27, 2017 - Is Observation the Best Kind of Professional Development?
May 26, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: President's Budget Proposal Decreases Federal Footprint in Education
May 25, 2017 - DeVos Won't Say No Vouchers for Schools That Don't Admit LGBT Students
May 22, 2017 - Hacker Shuts Down FAFSA App
May 20, 2017 - Do Social Media Sites Have a Negative Effect on Students' Mental Health?
May 19, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: New Poll Shows Americans Are Fine with School Choice
May 16, 2017 - Wisconsin: Career Planning Services for All 6th - 12th Graders
May 12, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Executive Order for Religious Liberty Received Mixed Reviews
May 5, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Education and Life Provisions in the Omnibus
April 28, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Trump Executive Order Calls for Review of Federal Overreach in Education
April 27, 2017 - Not Enough Preschool Data to Help with Targeted Expansion
April 21, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Oral Arguments Presented to Supreme Court on Religious Liberty and School Choice Case
April 20, 2017 - Does Science Really Prove Long-Term Benefits of Preschool?
April 18, 2017 - Starting the School Day Later in Order to Prevent Depression
March 21, 2017 - Wifi on School Buses
March 10, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: AACS Seeks Repeal of Overreaching Regulation
March 4, 2017 - Minecraft in the Classroom
March 1, 2017 - Trump to Congress: Education Is "Civil Rights Issue of Our Time"
February 23, 2017 - Trump Administration Undoes Obama's "Transgender" Guidance for Schools
January 18, 2017 - Lawsuit Claim: Google Violates Privacy of Students
January 17, 2017 - Students Using Social Media Instead of Sleeping
January 14, 2017 - "Flexible Learning Spaces"
January 13, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer: Attorney General Nominee Confirms Support for Religious Liberty
January 10, 2017 - Study: Infant Simulators Increase Teen Pregnancy Rather Than Preventing It
January 4, 2017 - "Free" College Tuition in New York