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Google News on Arizona Education
Governors, educators push uniform teaching standards - Arizona Republic
March 11, 2010
District programs ranked among top 7 in state - TriValley Central
March 11, 2010
Students to rally in support of one-cent tax increase - Arizona Daily Wildcat
March 11, 2010
Republican lawmakers begin push on Arizona budget - BusinessWeek
March 09, 2010
Will 'innovative' schools work? - Hattiesburg American
March 11, 2010
CNN Education
Why subsidize wealthy college kids?
March 09, 2010
I mentor a student who is a senior in a low-performing high school. About 50 percent of the students at his school drop out, while less than 25 percent go to college. His parents didn't graduate from high school, and his father earns about $14,000 a year. His grade point average is good enough to qualify him for admission at a few University of California schools.
Why we protest education cuts
March 05, 2010
Today, in California and other states across the nation, students, teachers, faculty and workers have been protesting, striking, walking out of classes and staging sit-ins and teach-ins. They are protesting budget cuts, tuition hikes, compensation reductions, layoffs and privatizations affecting public K-12 schools and universities.
CNN Fact Check: How do California's hikes in college costs stack up?
March 04, 2010
Students and college professors in California and around the country protested Thursday over the drastic cuts imposed on cash-strapped state colleges and universities.
Contest win fuels fierce debate over race
March 02, 2010
What does it mean when a white sorority wins a competition that African-American fraternities and sororities not only created but also consider an essential part of their cultural expression? It means an uncomfortable discussion about race, history, culture and inclusivity that is not black and white.
Obama highlights federal funds to lower high school dropout rate
March 01, 2010
President Obama highlighted stronger federal efforts Monday to help lower a high school dropout rate that, according to the president, is undermining America's future economic potential.
U.S. News & World Report's Education Center
Warning! Bad Students Ahead
March 10, 2010
Here are 13 types of college students that professors would love to avoid.
Syracuse Student Redefines Dorm Comfort
March 10, 2010
Entrepreneurial instincts help student invent more comfortable dorm chairs.
Northwestern Dance Marathon Nets Close to $1 Million
March 10, 2010
Earnings will be sent to an organization that helps homeless youth.
Harvard Student Locked in Library Gets Creative
March 09, 2010
New technology saves one Harvard undergrad a treacherous night in a school library.
Virginia College Students Fight States Attorney General
March 09, 2010
Virginias public university students are angry with states attorney general over gay rights.
NPR's Education News
Mass School Closures Approved In Kansas City, Mo.
March 11, 2010
Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools.
L.A.'s Inner City Schools Struggle With Layoffs
March 11, 2010
Teacher layoff's in the Los Angeles school system have hit inner city schools especially hard, and more layoff notices are being sent out this week. Markham Middle School in Watts has lost at least half its faculty since the last round of layoffs. In many cases, school officials haven't been able to find new full-time teachers and have to rely on subs.
Draft National Education Standards Unveiled
March 10, 2010
Schools took another big step toward an elusive goal: establishing basic education standards that could apply to nearly every student in the US. The draft proposal released Wednesday tries to unify what students need to know about English and math at each grade level. But supporters of the effort still face skepticism.
Chicago Tries Management-Style On Schools
March 10, 2010
Some urban school systems are turning to the tough tactics businesses and law enforcement use to improve employee performance. The sometimes-contentious approach, known as performance management, has yielded promising results in Houston, New York and some other districts. In Chicago, it's forcing city educators to embrace a cultural revolution in how they go about their work.
Good Teaching Is About Hard Work, Not A Halo
March 10, 2010
Doug Lemov, a teacher himself, believes passionately that champion teachers are made, not born. He studied successful teachers, and describes specific classroom management techniques that could help all teachers be more effective educators.
New York Times Education
Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks
March 11, 2010
Diana Gomez, center, and Garrett Mize, right, and other University of Texas students rallied against conservatives at a State Board of Education meeting Wednesday in Austin, Tex.
Obama's Student Loan Overhaul Endangered
March 11, 2010
House Democrats were desperately trying to prevent an ambitious overhaul of student loan programs from becoming a casualty of the health care battle.
Kansas City to Close Nearly Half Its Schools
March 11, 2010
The Board of Education in Kansas City, Mo., accepted a sweeping and contentious plan to shrink its school system in the face of dwindling enrollment, budget cuts and a $50 million deficit.
Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools
March 11, 2010
The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation's checkerboard of locally written standards.
Pressed by Charters, Harlem Public Schools Turn to Marketing
March 10, 2010
Rafaela Espinal, facing camera, the principal of Public School 125 in Harlem, takes prospective parents on a tour. One selling point is the school's swimming pool.
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