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• Senator says he had PTSD when he wrote thesis
• Newark, N.J., schools probed after claims of race discrimination
• Montana US senator's thesis appears to plagiarize
• Stray Decimal Points Put Thousands of Students' Financial Aid in Jeopardy
• Montana senator's thesis appears to plagiarize
• Lawsuit challenges Louisiana governor's plan to ditch Common Core

Senator says he had PTSD when he wrote thesis Posted: 23 Jul 2014 04:07 PM PDT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Sen. John Walsh's thesis written to earn a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College contains unattributed passages taken word-for-word from previously published papers.

Newark, N.J., schools probed after claims of race discrimination Posted: 23 Jul 2014 04:05 PM PDT By David Jones NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it was investigating complaints that a plan to reorganize public schools in Newark, New Jersey, discriminates against black students. A parent-led group in New Jersey's largest city has said that school closings and conversions to charter schools under the "One Newark" plan disproportionately affect black students. "We can confirm that the Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether the Newark Public Schools' enactment of the 'One Newark' plan at the end of the 2013-2014 school year discriminates against black students on the basis of race," an Education Department spokesman said in a statement.

Montana US senator's thesis appears to plagiarize Posted: 23 Jul 2014 03:27 PM PDT Montana Sen. John Walsh's thesis written to earn a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College contains unattributed passages taken word-for-word from previously published papers.

Stray Decimal Points Put Thousands of Students' Financial Aid in Jeopardy Posted: 23 Jul 2014 03:24 PM PDT A mistake in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application forms could cost tens of thousands of students their financial aid.  The Department of Education told The Associated Press that a change in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, resulted in many students incorrectly entering their personal income levels. They estimate up to 200,000 people were wrongly declared eligible and others were incorrectly denied.  The DOE is trying to identify who was incorrectly selected for the Pell Grants and have since corrected the error on the online form, which stemmed from rogue decimal points.

Montana senator's thesis appears to plagiarize Posted: 23 Jul 2014 02:33 PM PDT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Sen. John Walsh's thesis written to earn a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College contains unattributed passages taken word-for-word from previously published papers.

Lawsuit challenges Louisiana governor's plan to ditch Common Core Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:26 AM PDT By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A group of charter schools, teachers and parents filed suit on Tuesday against Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, asserting that he overstepped his authority and has sown chaos by moving last month to ditch the Common Core education standards for teaching English and math which he helped usher in four years ago. "The governor is acting beyond the scope of his powers under the state constitution," said Stephen Kupperman, attorney for the plaintiffs. Louisiana Education Superintendent John White has said the state must use the tests despite the governor's plan. "The Louisiana Department of Education needs to stop delaying, issue an RFP (request for proposal) and follow the law," Jindal said in a statement.

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