| Obama Credits Education With Boosting 'Mixed Kid' and 'Little Black Girl' to White House |
GOLDEN, Colo. -Â President Obama today credited an affordable college education with helping a "mixed kid from Hawaii" and a "little black girl from the South Side of Chicago" make history in the White House. "education was a gateway of opportunity for me," Obama told...
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| Agreement near in Chicago teachers strike, no school Friday |
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district were close to a deal on Thursday to end a four-day strike over education reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but school will not be open on Friday. "We are optimistic, but we are still hammering things out. Schools will not open Friday," union president Karen Lewis said. Lewis, a former high school chemistry teacher, said the union House of Delegates will meet at 2 p.m. local time Friday (3 p.m. EDT) to provide an update on the talks. ...
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| Slovak teachers demand higher pay in biggest walkout in a decade |
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovak teachers walked out on Thursday in their biggest strike in almost a decade to demand a 10 percent wage hike, posing a challenge to government efforts to cut spending this year and next. Officials from the Trade Union of Workers in education and Science of Slovakia said between 80 and 90 percent of primary and high schools and 30 percent of universities shut their doors as a result of the strike, the largest since 2003. ...
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| The firebrand leading Chicago's striking teachers |
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Karen Lewis, the fiery, frumpy former teacher leading striking Chicago teachers, has carefully built support for her cause of challenging education orthodoxy through community organizing in poor neighborhoods of the inner city. Critics call her a throwback to the blustering, confrontational union bosses of the past. School district and union officials have said she was spoiling for a bare-knuckled fight in a town with a long history of union activism. ...
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| Both sides 'dug in' as Chicago teachers strike drags on |
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers stayed away from public schools for a third day on Wednesday in a strike over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for tough teacher evaluations that U.S. education reform advocates see as crucial to fixing urban schools. With more than 350,000 children out of school, the patience of parents and labor negotiators began to fray as hopes of a quick resolution to the biggest U.S. labor strike in a year were dashed. ...
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| Conquer the College Hunt |
Take a deep breath and try to relax. This won't be as bad as you think. That goes for parents as well as students. Finding the college that's best for you is an education in itself. It's a journey--physical, intellectual, and emotional--that will help you learn about yourself and your family, as well as that scary but necessary American subculture we call higher education.
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| Why Obama wants Chicago teachers strike to go away â€" fast |
Everyone knows a teacher strike is bad for a mayor, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel surely never envisioned that his attempts to push through certain education reforms would lead to this.
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| Florida probes online school company over teachers |
MIAMI (Reuters) - The largest operator of online schools in the United States is being investigated by the Florida Department of education over allegations the company may employ teachers who are not properly certified, a state official said on Tuesday. K12, a company founded by former U.S. education Secretary William Bennett, is one of a dozen for-profit companies operating full-time, online public elementary and high schools across the country. ...
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| Ed secretary is neutral in Chicago teachers strike |
 education Secretary Arne Duncan isn't taking sides in the Chicago teachers' strike that is keeping more than 350,000 students out of the classroom.
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| In Chicago strike, teachers draw a line on education reform |
The image of 29,000 teachers and support staff striking, just a week into the school year, and nearly 400,000 students in the nation's third-largest district left without classes is not one that any mayor wants.
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| Luna's budget for next year boosts teacher pay |
Public schools chief Tom Luna detailed Thursday a proposed budget for next year that increases teacher base pay by $14.8 million, restoring the last of funding that was being shifted from salaries to help pay for his education overhaul.
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| Romney's radical vision for education |
His voucher plan could transform the way we organize and fund public schools.As schools around the country open their doors for the fall term, here's a quick end-of-summer quiz: Which major presidential candidate has offered the most radical proposal to change public education?
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| At War Blog: Making the G.I. Bill Work for Veterans |
The Post 9/11 G.I. Bill has helped tens of thousands of veterans attend college, but the potentially lucrative source of guaranteed student tuition needs to be safeguarded from less the scrupulous actors in the higher education market.
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| London's Metropolitan University: is higher-ed door too easy to open? |
With an intake drawn from more than 150 countries at last count, London's Metropolitan University has long been a magnet for overseas students attracted not only by the world-class reputation of Britain's higher-education system but the prospect of going to school in one of the world's most multicultural cities.
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| Pressuring Children To Eat Increases Risk Of Obesity |
New research in the September issue of Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, suggests that children's risk of obesity may become reduced if parents join an education program that shows them how to take the pressure off their kids to eat...
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| Which Is Worse? Hungry Kids or Fat Kids? |
The latest conflict over New York City school cafeterias has the city dishing out fewer calories than federal nutrition guidelines recommend, leading critics to argue that the city is more worried about fat kids than starving ones. "Our mentality is to feed food to children, not nutrients to astronauts," the New York Department of education's Eric S. Goldstein told Baker. ...
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| World's most beautiful universities |
 University designs are deeply tied to a nation's history and identity. They can also be seen as architectural monuments to a country's relationship with learning and education.
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| Plan for ‘National Education’ Stirs Protests in Hong Kong |
Controversy erupted over the introduction of high school courses in modern Chinese history that opponents say amount to pro-Beijing indoctrination.
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| Appealing Apps for Educators: The Back to School Edition |
According to Apple, in January of this year, at least 1.5 million iPads were adopted by educational institutions and an astounding 20,000+ education-related apps were found in the App Store. Those numbers continue to explode, and more recently, the company announced that 1 million more iPads were purchased by the education market in the third quarter alone in 2012.
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| Back to school: From rural Africa to the Ivy League |
In early 2008, Joshua Foromera was a talented Zimbabwean high school graduate living as a refugee in South Africa. He fled Zimbabwe because of political and economic collapse, seeking higher education opportunities.
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| Obama, GOP duel over rising college expenses |
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama would make tax credits for college expenses permanent and expand Pell grants for students from lower-earning families. The Republican team of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would emphasize the need to curb rising tuitions and federal education spending that are burdening families and the government....
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| California teacher evaluation bill abandoned by lawmakers |
Legislative time runs out on the bill that education advocates said would have weakened initiatives in Los Angeles and elsewhere to improve the quality of public school instructors.education advocates Friday hailed the eleventh-hour defeat of controversial efforts to rewrite state rules on teacher evaluations that they said would have weakened initiatives in Los Angeles and elsewhere to improve the quality of public school instructors.
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| Arizona reaches deal over education of English language learners |
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona has agreed to offer targeted reading and writing instruction to tens of thousands of public school students who were wrongly denied services under an English Language Learner program, the Justice Department said on Friday. The settlement resolves a complaint filed with the Department of education's Office of Civil Rights and the Department of Justice that students had been incorrectly identified as fluent in English over the past five school years or prematurely moved out of the language assistance program. ...
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| Nearly 900 districts to apply for Race to the Top |
Nearly 900 school districts across the nation intend to apply for a slice of close to $400 million in grants that the U.S. Department of education will distribute in support of local initiatives that help close achievement gaps and prepare students for college and a career.
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| Diversity Roundup: Jobs Abound but Education Hinders Applicants |
To keep up on the latest diversity news from the Republican National Convention, check out our dedicated gallery of related coverage.Jobs Abound, But education Hinders Applicants: Despite plenty of job openings in the U.S., the people who are closest to those jobs are also the most likely to lack the skills or education to quality, according to a new study as reported on by The Atlantic. Of the vacant jobs in the U.S., 43 percent require a bachelor's degree or more; only 24 percent are open for applicants without at least some higher education. ...
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| Great apps to get your kindergartner ready for school |
 Sending your child off to school for the first time? These educational apps geared toward kindergartners will help them get ready for the big time by helping them brush up on their letters, numbers and more.
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| Parent's Dilemma: Are You Raising Tech-Addicted Kids? |
 Rebecca Levey is a co-founder of KidzVuz.com, a video review site by and for tweens. She writes about technology and education at Beccarama and is a White House Champion of Change for education. Follow her at @beccasara.
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| Best jobs you can get with a high school diploma |
 Having a college education dramatically improves one's chances of finding employment, a recent report released by Georgetown University shows.
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| Diversity Roundup: Jobs Are Abound But Education Hinders Applicants |
To keep up on the latest diversity news from the Republican National Convention, check out our dedicated gallery of related coverage.Jobs Abound, But education Hinders Applicants: Despite plenty of job openings in the U.S., the people who are closest to those jobs are also the most likely to lack the skills or education to quality, according to a new study as reported on by The Atlantic. Of the vacant jobs in the U.S., 43 percent require a bachelor's degree or more; only 24 percent are open for applicants without at least some higher education. ...
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The city's teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines, ending a spiteful stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that put teacher evaluations and job security at the center of a national debate about the future of public education.