President Barack Obama signed Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaces former President Bush's No Child Left Behind. ESSA is said to bring major changes in the nation, as it will assign more authority to certain states interms of education control.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has one last chance to stem a growing political and economic crisis before being forced to step down, one of the country's leading daily newspapers said on Sunday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off his second term on Thursday, saying he is governing in “troubled times” and that education, the economy and rebuilding public trust in law enforcement would top his agenda over the next four years.
A grand jury indicted about three dozen educators Friday in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals to ever hit America's public schools.
