Joel Osteen’s popular Lakewood Church is planning to partner with Houston ISD to open a charter school for autistic children. The school, expected to serve students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, is slated to open for the 2011-2012 academic year, according to Nancy Manley, an HISD executive principal. The Houston school board must approve the […]

From WashingtonPost.com: Legislation hailed by supporters as the most significant change to college student lending in a generation passed the House on Sunday night. The student aid initiative, which House Democrats attached to their final amendments to the health-care bill, would overhaul the student loan industry, eliminating a $60 billion program that supports private student […]

Via NewsOne: Recently, President Barack Obama pledged his efforts as well as $900 million to stop the national high school drop out crisis. The efforts of one leader and money are not enough to stop the problem, but it is a start. The current education system offers no skills or career opportunities to the many […]

New York City bureaucrats won't let Rosa Bracero graduate from high school because her family is homeless.

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From the NY Times: COLUMBIA, S.C. — Until 1923, the only school in the largely black farm settlement of Pine Grove was the one hand-built by parents, a drafty wooden structure in the churchyard.

A conversation last week with South Korea’s president apparently showed President Obama the stark difference between how Asian nations and the United States value education. Obama said Monday that the U.S. needs to restore the nation’s leadership in educating children in math and science to meet future challenges, and he announced a new Educate to […]

Tucked between warehouses and woods in west Houston, the Rainard School for Gifted Students is a sanctuary for children who have felt alienated and ostracized at other campuses. Students must have an IQ of at least 135 to be admitted to the nonprofit campus, where educators strive to provide an abundance of patience, sensitivity and […]