Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:53pm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Department of Education are asking college students and their parents for help designing a worksheet on college costs.
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:44pm
A Minnesota school district must report to the federal government any future allegations of harassment against Somali students as part of a tentative agreement to end a civil rights investigation, the district's superintendent said Monday.
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:32pm
<p>Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in Wake County, N.C. yesterday promoting President Obama's jobs plan. He visited Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, where he talked about the importance of community colleges to the economic recovery.</p>
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:06pm
Illinois education officials are investigating whether some students may have received improper help on the state's standardized exams.
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 11:35am
President Obama will pitch a plan today to help ease the burden of loans on college students, as a new report shows that higher education is becoming more expensive for many young Americans.
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Submitted by Marion Herbert on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:15am
An Oklahoma Bible club, that tries to reach elementary school children with the message of Jesus Christ, is suing a school district for allegedly censoring their freedom of religious speech by preventing them from promoting the club within district schools, even though other community organizations are allowed to do so.
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Submitted by Marion Herbert on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:13am
The Massachusetts education board voted to seek a waiver from the requirements of No Child Left Behind, the federal law once championed by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy but now viewed by the Obama administration and most states as an unrealistic measure of academic progress.
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Submitted by Marion Herbert on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:11am
The Austin school district might move students out of schools but won't officially close campuses in 2012-13, Superintendent Meria Carstarphen said Monday during a school board meeting.
Submitted by Marion Herbert on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:09am
If you have listened to the radio lately, you've probably heard advertisements touting the Florida Virtual School.
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Submitted by Marion Herbert on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:05am
The Occupy Wall street movement expanded to classroom politics, as a group disrupted a special meeting of the panel for education policy in Manhattan.
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