The Latest Breaking News from Education

Jan Tinetti wouldn’t say no to education minister, but for now she is happy with a beefed-up workload to let Chris Hipkins focus on his new police portfolio

WASHINGTON — A group of federal student loan borrowers agreed on Wednesday night to settle a class-action lawsuit they filed against the United States Education Department.

The new rules would drop live hearings, bring back the single-investigator model, and limit accused students' options.

The Biden administration just proposed new rules that would undermine basic fairness in college sexual misconduct disputes.

The administration proposed a dramatic overhaul of campus sexual assault rules, acting to expand protections for LGBTQ students, and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct.

The changes would mark a major extension of protections provided by the anti-discrimination legislation.

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi lashed out at the NEU union who has said it will be “strongly encouraging" members to back industrial action over pay and workload

Brazil's former top education official was arrested on corruption charges, the president said on Wednesday, noting his former aide will answer for his actions ahead of elections later this year in which graft scandals loom large for voters.

Dominic Raab said the “militant activity” of unions taking industrial action cannot be allowed to win

The National Education Union demanded a hike based on Wednesday's inflation figure - which could top 10% - and said the Education Secretary has until October to negotiate. But Boris Johnson is already indicating he will not do that

Australia’s two most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, have set the target of delivering an extra year of learning for all children before they start school. Billed as “the greatest transformation of early education in a generation”, last Thursday’s announcement follows close on the heels of the new…