THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Chicago School Draws Scrutiny Over Student Fines
Tammy Webber | Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — A sense of order and decorum prevails at Noble Street College Prep as students move quickly through a hallway adorned with banners from dozens of colleges. Everyone wears a school polo shirt neatly tucked into khaki trousers. There’s plenty of chatter but no jostling, no cellphones and [...]
Education: States Should Do More to Reach Students
Christine Armario | AP Education Writer MIAMI (AP)
February 8, 2012
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MIAMI (AP) — In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students. The Obama administration praised the [...]
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Florida Senate Denies In-State Tuition for US Citizens
MIAMI – The Florida Senate Committee on Higher
February 1, 2012
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Higher Education voted Tuesday afternoon against passing SB 1018, a bill that would guarantee in-state tuition eligibility for U.S. born citizens and legal permanent residents regardless of the immigration status of their parents. Because of a flaw in the existing law, when students who are still financially dependent [...]
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Obama Decries Rising Cost of College Education
Jim Kuhnenn | Associated Press
January 28, 2012
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds. The election year proposal was also a political appeal to young people and working [...]
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Education Law’s Promise Falls Short After 10 Years
Kimberly Hefling | AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP)
January 9, 2012
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TON (AP) — The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world. Yet after a decade on the books, President George W. Bush’s [...]
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2011 Job Hopes Improved Most for Worst-Hit Groups
Derek Kravitz | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)
January 6, 2012
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NGTON (AP) — For many people whose job prospects faded most during the recession, 2011 brought a small dose of relief. When unemployment was surging, the youngest U.S. workers, the oldest, those without college degrees and men as a whole all suffered disproportionately. Last year, those groups — whose unemployment [...]
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Calif. Schools Lead the Way Preparing Next Generation of Workers: Latinos
Kathy Mulady | Equal Voice News
December 22, 2011
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In 2011, for the first time, more Latino students than white students applied for admission to California State University’s 23 campuses. The numbers reflect not only the state’s growing Latino population, but also the impact of early education programs that are paying off with more Latinos graduating from high [...]
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Report: Half of Schools Fail Federal Standards
Dorie Turner | AP Education ATLANTA (AP) —
December 15, 2011
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ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday. The Center on Education Policy report shows more than [...]
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purpose room at Longwood Elementary School in Hayward, Calif., each one was recognized and honored as they graduated from the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) program. The parents, who all have elementary school-age children, took the course to learn how to be more involved and knowledgeable about [...]
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The Other Student Loan Problem: Too Little Debt
Justin Pope | AP Education Writer LONG BEACH,
November 29, 2011
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Calif. (AP) — Jesse Yeh uses the University of California-Berkeley library instead of buying textbooks. He scrounges for free food at campus events and occasionally skips meals. He’s stopped exercising and sleeps five to six hours per night so he can take 21 credits — a course [...]
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