Education
Do Colleges Favor Male Applicants?
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Education
College Graduates Struggle To Repay Loans
November 23, 2009 The abysmal job market is making it hard for some to start making student loan payments, which come due this month for May graduates. A new law could ease the pain for some: It limits monthly payments to 15 percent of a graduate's income.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Education
More Colleges Turn To Uncle Sam For Student Loans
October 22, 2009 If President Obama's plan to change the student loan system passes the Senate, college students will get loans directly from the federal government instead of private lenders. More than 500 colleges have already made the switch in the past year. Consumer banks aren't happy about it.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Education
Layoffs At Ailing D.C. Schools Spark Union Outrage
October 16, 2009 Washington, D.C., schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's reform program for the city's school system involves changing the way teachers are evaluated. Tensions escalated between Rhee and the teachers union earlier this month when more than 200 teachers were laid off only months after 900 new teachers had been hired.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Education
Report: School Stimulus Funds Not Used As Intended
October 11, 2009 The Education Department's inspector general says some states are using stimulus funds to plug holes in education budgets. This despite the fact that the Obama administration said that stimulus dollars earmarked for education were meant to supplement school funding.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Lesson Plans: What Makes A Great Teacher?
What Should Go Into A Teaching Degree?
September 30, 2009 The majority of classroom teachers are trained in traditional colleges of education. But that training has come under intense scrutiny. Critics say too many teachers leave poorly prepared for the enormous changes taking place in the real world of teaching.
Friday, September 11, 2009
National Security
Post-Sept. 11, Colleges Take On Law Enforcement Role
September 11, 2009 Since the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. colleges have assumed new responsibilities for reporting information about foreign students. Some school officials feel a tension between a university's mission of openness and Homeland Security's mission of keeping out problematic people.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Latina High School Dropout Rate Rises
August 31, 2009 Many Latinas have high aspirations, but a new study suggests that the majority of them are unable to reach these dreams because of educational barriers. Forty-one percent of Hispanic female students do not complete high school with a standard diploma, part of which is attributed to the Latinas having the highest teen pregnancy rates of "of any racial or ethnic group."
Friday, August 28, 2009
Television
Children's TV Helps But Can't Teach Reading Alone
August 28, 2009 How successful are television programs like Reading Rainbow and Sesame Street at helping kids learn to read? The head of the International Reading Association says TV is not a tool to teach explicit reading skills. Richard Long says that's a job for schools and parents, but he says children's programs are better than nothing.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
