| Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools |
(Reuters) - Louisiana is embarking on the nation's boldest experiment in privatizing public education, with the state preparing to shift tens of millions in tax dollars out of the public schools to pay private industry, businesses owners and church pastors to educate children. Starting this fall, thousands of poor and middle-class kids will get vouchers covering the full cost of tuition at more than 120 private schools across Louisiana, including small, Bible-based church schools. ...
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| Two L.A. education groups back test scores as part of teacher reviews |
Teach Plus and Our Schools, Our Voice announce separate proposals to incorporate student test scores into teacher evaluations in the LAUSD.Pressure to improve teacher evaluations deepened Thursday, when two separate Los Angeles education groups endorsed the use of student test scores as one measure to review instructors — a controversial element that many unions have fought.
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| Teaching and Training Tomorrow's Workforce: GRAPHIC |
HIGHER EDUCATIONObama says that the United States should lead the world in college graduation rates by 2020. He has pushed to expand the size of, and access to, Pell Grants for students from low-income families, increasing the maximum per-student amount. Recently, Obama shifted attention to student loans, spending a week this spring advocating congressional action to prevent the 3.4 percent student-loan interest rate from doubling. Obama has launched an aggressive campaign promoting community colleges. ...
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| Women prefer Obama, but warning signs on deficit in new poll |
A new Kaiser Foundation finds people think President Obama would be better for women than Mitt Romney on a host of issues, including who's looking out for their best interests, who'd be best to deal with the future of the health-care law, education, and even national security.
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| Is the Recession Hurting College Enrollment? |
Harvard, Yale and a few other selective universities may be announcing record numbers of applicants for the semester beginning in the fall, but higher-education officials are fretting about ominous signs that overall college enrollment is starting to drop.
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| California neglects education of English learners, lawsuit claims |
The suit accuses California of poor oversight and says the state must, by law, act to make sure students who are learning English are keeping pace academically with their peers.State officials are neglecting their legal obligation to ensure that students who are learning English are receiving an adequate and equal education, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the ACLU of Southern California and other advocates.
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| Diddy Son Scholarship Controversy Should Focus Debate on Scholarships |
COMMENTARY | The debate over America's love-hate relationship with higher education has increased a notch with news that an expensive full-ride scholarship to UCLA has been awarded to a teenager who hardly needs the cash: Justin Combs.
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| 5 Reasons Community Colleges Make Sense Right Now |
Whether you're a parent or a high school student researching college options, community college should be high on the list. With higher education rising to exorbitant levels in the past few years, many students are mortgaging their futures to pay for degrees that may not be worth the investment. Yet despite alarming trends in the student loan debt arena, the competition is as fierce as ever for a seat at top schools. Cost seems to be a secondary consideration at this point, which is all the more reason you should consider a community college and sit out on the degree hunter's bidding war.
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| Sex Ed For Teens With Intellectual Disabilities |
The Aaron Academy follows an educational framework based on research in cognitive neurosciences. The method encourages flexible learning environments that accommodate individual learning differences, and sex education is a key modality in the school's education mission.
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| Obama administration gives 8 states waivers on No Child Left Behind |
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