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Obama's new education plan
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 08:36
Education Secretary Arne Duncan talks with CNN's Campbell Brown abo ...
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 08:36
Education Secretary Arne Duncan talks with CNN's Campbell Brown abo ...
No more Senior Year?
03/11/2010
by annie
Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars initially proposed that the 12th grade be hacked from the education system statewide, CNNMoney reports. But the senator is now suggesting that Utah make senior year of high school optional. Butter hopes to provide financial incentives for students who opt to graduate early, which could save the state $102 million annually.
Buttars hopes his program will help spread the word about early graduation, provide students with grants up to $2,000 toward a college education, and ultimately reduce the school district's $30 million deficit by a third.
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Protests defend higher education
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 13:53
Nationwide protests are bringing attention to tuition hikes and bud ...
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 13:53
Nationwide protests are bringing attention to tuition hikes and bud ...
And the protests over tuition, education begin
03/04/2010
by annie
Students in at least 32 states are expected to join the grass-roots campaign, USA Today reports. This has been boiling up since demonstrations last fall in California, where students, faculty and unions protested plans for a 32 percent tuition increase amid the state's fiscal crisis.
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Compete to get President Obama to come to your high school graduation
02/24/2010
by annie
The White House and the Education Department are giving public high schools the opportunity to compete to have the president speak at their commencement ceremony this spring, USA Today reports.
The winning school must demonstrate how it's helping prepare students to meet Obama's goal of the U.S. having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
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School spies on students at home?
Tue, 02/23/2010 - 10:35
The FBI is investigating a student's claim that the ...
Tue, 02/23/2010 - 10:35
The FBI is investigating a student's claim that the ...
The movement to whitewash history
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 09:34
Conservatives say there's too many minorities in the curriculum. ...
Four reasons Black history is left out
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 02:01
Black history might be included but it could always be better. ...
The politics of Black history
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 02:00
Black history is woven into curriculum, but it's not enough. ...

