Education Head lines
Obama refuses to budge on Race to the Top education reforms
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama made it clear Thursday morning that he has no intention of backing down from his education reform agenda, despite criticism from core constituencies in his own party.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:22:10 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama made it clear Thursday morning that he has no intention of backing down from his education reform agenda, despite criticism from core constituencies in his own party.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:22:10 GMT
Obama defends education policies to critics
(AP)
AP - Challenging civil rights organizations and teacher's unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation's schools.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:22:31 GMT
AP - Challenging civil rights organizations and teacher's unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation's schools.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:22:31 GMT
Obama to deliver education reform speech Thursday
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama will deliver an education reform speech Thursday morning at the National Urban League's 100th Anniversary Convention in the nation's capital.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:06:51 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama will deliver an education reform speech Thursday morning at the National Urban League's 100th Anniversary Convention in the nation's capital.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:06:51 GMT
Obama to defend education plan
(Politico)
Politico - President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver major speeches this week on their $4.35 billion Race to the Top school reform program, pushing back against complaints that it promotes unproven methods and ignores long-standing inequities in public education.
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:32:00 GMT
Politico - President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver major speeches this week on their $4.35 billion Race to the Top school reform program, pushing back against complaints that it promotes unproven methods and ignores long-standing inequities in public education.
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:32:00 GMT
Do Elite Universities Discriminate Against Poor Whites?
(Time.com)
Time.com - A Q&A with Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade on his decade-long investigation into college admissions practices at eight elite schools
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:50:00 GMT
Time.com - A Q&A with Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade on his decade-long investigation into college admissions practices at eight elite schools
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:50:00 GMT
Founder of Harvey Milk High School Dies
(The Advocate)
The Advocate - Nathan Quinones, the one time New York City Schools chancellor who helped to found Harvey Milk High School, died Sunday, July 25 of a stroke. He was 79.Â
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:02:00 GMT
The Advocate - Nathan Quinones, the one time New York City Schools chancellor who helped to found Harvey Milk High School, died Sunday, July 25 of a stroke. He was 79.Â
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:02:00 GMT
Government taps 19 states for education grant finals
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Department of Education has selected 19 states to vie for $3.4 billion in grants aimed at improving their schools, Secretary Arne Duncan said in a speech on Tuesday.
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:26:45 GMT
Reuters - The Department of Education has selected 19 states to vie for $3.4 billion in grants aimed at improving their schools, Secretary Arne Duncan said in a speech on Tuesday.
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:26:45 GMT
Fewer parents to cut back-to-school budget
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fewer parents plan to cut their back-to-school budgets, but they will count on smartphones and social networking to find the best bargains during the second biggest shopping season of the year, according to a Deloitte survey released on Tuesday.
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:26:17 GMT
Reuters - Fewer parents plan to cut their back-to-school budgets, but they will count on smartphones and social networking to find the best bargains during the second biggest shopping season of the year, according to a Deloitte survey released on Tuesday.
Pubished :Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:26:17 GMT
Ed Dept, civil rights leaders discuss reform
(AP)
AP - Civil rights leaders are criticizing a number of Obama administration education reforms aided at turning around low performing schools and closing the achievement gap for minority students.
Pubished :Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:50:56 GMT
AP - Civil rights leaders are criticizing a number of Obama administration education reforms aided at turning around low performing schools and closing the achievement gap for minority students.
Pubished :Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:50:56 GMT
Educated people cope better with dementia
(Reuters)
Reuters - Educated people are better able to cope with the physical effects of dementia, and even one extra year of education can significantly cut the risk of developing the brain-wasting disease, scientists said on Monday.
Pubished :Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:06:16 GMT
Reuters - Educated people are better able to cope with the physical effects of dementia, and even one extra year of education can significantly cut the risk of developing the brain-wasting disease, scientists said on Monday.
Pubished :Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:06:16 GMT
Sector Snap: For-profit education shares rise
(AP)
AP - Shares of for-profit education companies soared Friday after the Department of Education proposed new rules that should allow most schools in the industry to continue to receive federal loan funds.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:30:50 GMT
AP - Shares of for-profit education companies soared Friday after the Department of Education proposed new rules that should allow most schools in the industry to continue to receive federal loan funds.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:30:50 GMT
Public sector losing jobs in this recession: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - State and local governments have cut fewer jobs than the private sector during the recession, but public education is still facing its worst job losses in 30 years, according to a report.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:05:38 GMT
Reuters - State and local governments have cut fewer jobs than the private sector during the recession, but public education is still facing its worst job losses in 30 years, according to a report.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:05:38 GMT
Hundreds of DC school employees to be dismissed
(AP)
AP - The D.C. Public Schools are firing 241 teachers and warning more than 700 other employees that they could be fired in the next year if their performance doesn't improve.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:04:28 GMT
AP - The D.C. Public Schools are firing 241 teachers and warning more than 700 other employees that they could be fired in the next year if their performance doesn't improve.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:04:28 GMT
Education inventors get boost under new programs
(AP)
AP - A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:48:47 GMT
AP - A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:48:47 GMT
Proposed federal rules target for-profit colleges
(AP)
AP - The Education Department will propose much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:06:20 GMT
AP - The Education Department will propose much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:06:20 GMT
Police: Decomposed body is missing Calif. teen
(AP)
AP - Authorities identified a decomposed body Wednesday as that of a 17-year-old girl who was likely kidnapped while walking home from school last week in Southern California.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:55:09 GMT
AP - Authorities identified a decomposed body Wednesday as that of a 17-year-old girl who was likely kidnapped while walking home from school last week in Southern California.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:55:09 GMT
Rural schools from apartheid cloud S.Africa's future
(Reuters)
Reuters - A tap with running water came when apartheid ended, electricity came 14 years later but the text books for each student have yet to arrive at Knoppiesfontein Primary Farm School.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:21:03 GMT
Reuters - A tap with running water came when apartheid ended, electricity came 14 years later but the text books for each student have yet to arrive at Knoppiesfontein Primary Farm School.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:21:03 GMT
'Common Core' standards clearer, more rigorous
(AP)
AP - An analysis by an education policy think tank finds that the common academic standards many states will be adopting are clearer and more rigorous than those currently used in most states.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:30:25 GMT
AP - An analysis by an education policy think tank finds that the common academic standards many states will be adopting are clearer and more rigorous than those currently used in most states.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:30:25 GMT
Research firm forecasts muted back-to-school sales
(AP)
AP - Retailers will see fewer customers visits during the critical back-to-school season, a research firm forecast Tuesday, but it expects shoppers will spend more than last year.
Pubished :Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:25:11 GMT
AP - Retailers will see fewer customers visits during the critical back-to-school season, a research firm forecast Tuesday, but it expects shoppers will spend more than last year.
Pubished :Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:25:11 GMT
NBC hosting education summit in September
(AP)
AP - NBC News is convening its own summit with education and political leaders in September to talk about ways to improve schools in light of statistics showing the U.S. lagging in student achievement.
Pubished :Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:50:03 GMT
AP - NBC News is convening its own summit with education and political leaders in September to talk about ways to improve schools in light of statistics showing the U.S. lagging in student achievement.
Pubished :Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:50:03 GMT
School funds fight ramps up, Obama threatens veto
(Reuters)
Reuters - The fight to win extra federal funding for states for education jobs is growing fiercer in the U.S. Congress, just as President Barack Obama threatens to veto a $10 billion schools measure if the money is taken from a stimulus education program.
Pubished :Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:51:57 GMT
Reuters - The fight to win extra federal funding for states for education jobs is growing fiercer in the U.S. Congress, just as President Barack Obama threatens to veto a $10 billion schools measure if the money is taken from a stimulus education program.
Pubished :Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:51:57 GMT
Glenn Beck U. to debut next week
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - Glenn Beck has conquered most media platforms going, from radio and book publishing to public speaking gigs. He even has an eponymous magazine. What new worlds are there for the conservative cable talker to annex? Why, higher education, of course. …
Pubished :Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:03 GMT
The Upshot - Glenn Beck has conquered most media platforms going, from radio and book publishing to public speaking gigs. He even has an eponymous magazine. What new worlds are there for the conservative cable talker to annex? Why, higher education, of course. …
Pubished :Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:03 GMT
Illegal immigrants hold DC 'teach-in' to push bill
(AP)
AP - They can't get citizenship or in-state tuition rates, so they're taking the next steps — the Capitol and White House steps, that is.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:59:22 GMT
AP - They can't get citizenship or in-state tuition rates, so they're taking the next steps — the Capitol and White House steps, that is.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:59:22 GMT
Use an Aid Calculator to Get the Real Cost of College
(U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - It's a sad reality that most families with teenagers believe that a school's price tag is priced just like a box of Corn Flakes.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:54:08 GMT
U.S. News & World Report - It's a sad reality that most families with teenagers believe that a school's price tag is priced just like a box of Corn Flakes.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:54:08 GMT
Detroit teachers to principals: We don’t need you
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - What if teachers started running the schools where they taught? That's what a group of educators at Barbara Jordan Elementary are going to find out next year, when they open their Detroit charter school without a principal in charge. The …
Pubished :Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:00:15 GMT
The Upshot - What if teachers started running the schools where they taught? That's what a group of educators at Barbara Jordan Elementary are going to find out next year, when they open their Detroit charter school without a principal in charge. The …
Pubished :Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:00:15 GMT
Researchers Find Privacy Flaws in Chatroulette
(PC World)
PC World - Perhaps there is finally something to deter Chatroulette.com users from their more offensive behavior: University researchers say that users of the popular video-chat site may not be as anonymous, or as private, as they think.
Pubished :Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:50:12 GMT
PC World - Perhaps there is finally something to deter Chatroulette.com users from their more offensive behavior: University researchers say that users of the popular video-chat site may not be as anonymous, or as private, as they think.
Pubished :Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:50:12 GMT
Calif. schools seek Hollywood deals to raise cash
(AP)
AP - In an era of yawning budget deficits and teacher layoffs, schools in the Los Angeles area are looking at a nontraditional source for some extra cash — Hollywood.
Pubished :Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:59:15 GMT
AP - In an era of yawning budget deficits and teacher layoffs, schools in the Los Angeles area are looking at a nontraditional source for some extra cash — Hollywood.
Pubished :Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:59:15 GMT
Cash-hungry LA schools seek movie shoots on campus
(AP)
AP - In an era of yawning budget deficits and teacher layoffs, schools in the Los Angeles area are looking at a non-traditional source for some extra cash — Hollywood.
Pubished :Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:23:46 GMT
AP - In an era of yawning budget deficits and teacher layoffs, schools in the Los Angeles area are looking at a non-traditional source for some extra cash — Hollywood.
Pubished :Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:23:46 GMT
Financial Aid: Help Is on the Way
(BusinessWeek)
BusinessWeek - Students taking out federal student loans will be confronted with a bevy of changes when they visit their school's financial aid office this fall. This spring, the U.S. Senate passed a student loan bill -- the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act -- that led to a major revamping of the federal student loan program, shifting everything from how students obtain their loans to the amount of aid doled out through such programs as the Pell Grant.
Pubished :Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:08:41 GMT
BusinessWeek - Students taking out federal student loans will be confronted with a bevy of changes when they visit their school's financial aid office this fall. This spring, the U.S. Senate passed a student loan bill -- the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act -- that led to a major revamping of the federal student loan program, shifting everything from how students obtain their loans to the amount of aid doled out through such programs as the Pell Grant.
Pubished :Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:08:41 GMT
DREAM Act receives renewed interest in immigration debate
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A pared-down immigration bill that would give as many as 2.1 million undocumented immigrants under 35 a shot at higher education and legal status is receiving renewed interest because of the short time frame before the November midterm elections.
Pubished :Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:41:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A pared-down immigration bill that would give as many as 2.1 million undocumented immigrants under 35 a shot at higher education and legal status is receiving renewed interest because of the short time frame before the November midterm elections.
Pubished :Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:41:00 GMT
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