Even Online Tutors Need to be Screened, Says Dept. of Ed.

City public schools allow students at high-poverty schools to take advantage of online tutoring, which the Department of Education contracts out to a number of firms. But now it turns out that one of the firms may be off the list of tutoring firms because it used tutors in India. Read more…

Lawmakers consider criminal background checks for college students
RALEIGH — Your child may have to pass a criminal background check to enter state universities. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would do just that.In 2004, two students were killed at UNC-Wilmington. One suspect lied on his application about his criminal past, now lawmakers want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

Lawmakers consider criminal background checks for college students
RALEIGH — Your child may have to pass a criminal background check to enter state universities. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would do just that.In 2004, two students were killed at UNC-Wilmington. One suspect lied on his application about his criminal past, now lawmakers want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
“If you were a parent and your 17-18-year-old was going to college, I think you’d be willing to pay $20 to $40 to make sure her dormmate had no criminal background history,” Sen. Neal Hunt (R-Wake) said.