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College/University Newspapers
Commentaries and Reports
 An Interview with Diana Sheets: Education, History, and Politics
 Commentary: Education and the Candidates
 No campaign education advisor left behind
 Remarks By Governor Sarah Palin On The McCain-Palin Commitment To Children With Special Needs
 Public Accountability Missing in Education
 Teacher Unions and School Reform
 PARALLEL UNIVERSE
 DO MAGNET SCHOOLS OUTPERFORM TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND REDUCE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP?
 Anatomy of an Evil Agenda - Teaching for social justice, a la William Ayers, is intended to subvert more than educate.
 Education, responsibility, and values in the black community
 MEET THE WORLD BANK COLLABORATORS PROMOTING ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN FOR AGES 3-5
 A Tale of Two Gaps: Achievement and Home Ownership, or How Political Correctness is Unraveling America
 Veteran Educators Say Closing Public Schools Is In The Best Interest of Both Children & Nation
 Web Broadcast: Public School Choice: From Research to Practice
 In Defense of Testing Series
 Why Our Economic Recovery Needs an Authoritative Standard Dictionary: The Case for Random House Unabridged
 Daily News High-Jinks Jinx
 An Interview with Linda Collins: About Gifted Education
 Vote Because You Can!
 A Model of Successful Education Reform
 We Shouldn't Pay Kids To Learn
 The Accountability Dilemma
 An Interview with Kathy Cox: On Being Smarter than a 5th Grader
 School Budgets and Staffing
 How about a National High Tech Vocabulary Competition? — Some Preliminary Notes
 Preaching to the GT Choir
 Argument Against 8th Grade Algebra Doesn’t Add Up
 Education Flux is Barrier to Truth
 An Interview with Michael Gurian: Leadership- and the Sexes
 One Day at School, Mr. President
 Machinations of What Works Clearinghouse
 The What Works Clearinghouse Beginning Reading Reports and Rating of Reading Mastery: An Evaluation and Comment
 In Defense of Testing series, thirdeducationgroup.org
 An Interview with Harold House: On Incarcerated Juveniles
 Public Schools Are a Threat to Our Freedom
 I Want Baby-Sitting Wages!
 An Interview with Golden Keyes Parsons: In The Shadow of the Sun King
Daily EdNews
 New math requisite concerns high-school counselors
 'Defining Your Path' conference helps girls onto career tracks
 When it came to the crunch, MBAs didn't help
 Most of Microsoft settlement for California school computers untouched
 Colorado State colleges take a gamble for funding
 'Elitism' row student graduates
 College threatens students for even discussing guns
 Michelle Rhee and Teach for America: Live Q&A: Monday, October 27, Noon ET
 Doubt Surrounds New School Board's Value
 A Plan to Cut the High School Dropout Rate
 One-size-fits-none school
 Report says Latinos still lag peers in academics
 ACCA Futurists contest draws 1,800 students
 City schools tries to boost early-childhood numbers
 Big leap in charter schools?
 Pa. education hearing probes rising tuition costs
 Student grants at risk after botched costing
 Anti-exam school to target urban youth
 Parents, teachers mull textbook options
 Schools' Measure Q brings in $704,800
 Utah higher ed a bit pinched
 Alan Bennett criticises Oxford for demanding higher fees
 U of Dayton, its college academy lauded for impact on learning
 State education chief won't rule out intervention in troubled Dallas ISD
 German Libraries Hold Thousands of Looted Volumes
 Showcase of Schools puts options on display
 GCSE standards 'deliberately lowered'
 Memphis City Schools graduation rates decline
 French accuse English of Agincourt war crimes
 Shakespeare treasure returns home 10 years after theft from British university
 David Mitchell receives the 2008 Preserve America History Teacher of the Year
 Warning over exam change 'chaos'
 More pupils on repeat suspensions
 Ayers, Dohrn: 'White supremacy' responsible for America's troubles
 Long Battle Expected On Teacher Firing Plan
 Students suffer when migrants rounded up
 Oral Roberts Settlement
 As Schools Face Cuts, Delays on Data System Bring More Frustration
 Palin Promises Choice for Disabled Students
 Facing Race Conference
 Deaf school on track
 Deaf students take on cheerleading
 When Academic Freedom Lost its Meaning
 Texas community college enrollment up 4.4%
 Higher education tries to cope with 15% hit
 Parents fear Internet addiction
 Teacher tribunal on table
 UNLV gives merit pay as it shows others door
 The Big Question: How do schools teach children about sex, and does it need to change?
 Anger at sex lessons for five-year-olds
 Iran holds CSUN student prisoner
 Hinojosa says most bilingual teachers protected from layoffs
 New group aims to fix school woes
 Educators see growing need for bilingual teachers
 University presidents' bonuses now linked to goals
 Hispanics lead rise on Utah's school rolls
 Heads' trip to Arizona criticised
 'No Child' leaving charter school behind?
 Condoleezza Rice cites education as top concern
 Report: Kids less likely to graduate than parents
 Library Backs Book On Same-Sex Parents
 Deasy Lieutenant Takes Over School System
 HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory
 Family of UT hazing victim gets $16.2 million
 Obama, McCain differ on education
 Applicants flocking to Cal State campuses
 Grade-point revisions are revised
 Pricey devices command a following
 U.S. university shut down following campus shooting
 Students finding new path to university
 B.C. worst in country at giving student grants
 Pa. universities facing budget cuts
 HEADSCARF: The ban on headscarves at universities is a major cause of anger among the grassroots of the ruling AKP.
 Boys need HPV vaccine, too
 STUDY RIPS STUPID TEST FOR SMART SCHOOLS
 Mom's shock: New school unfit, too
 5 failing South Florida schools could be closed
 Kaine Seeks to Improve State's On-Time Graduation
 University Uses 'Social Norming' To Curb Drinking
 CalPERS' portfolio value rocked by market volatility
 More sexually aggressive behavior among students reported
 Why MBA Spells "More Bitterness Ahead"
 USC to train social workers to deal with military families
 Seven students suspended in SAT cheating
 KC School District has a new interim superintendent
 Some Hartford Teachers Still Don't Have Classroom Homes
 Ban on fast food outlets near schools
 Parents attack bully claims
 Overseas students want to study near London
 More parents use lawyers to secure school places
 Student's altruism flows into his calling
 Facebook creates 'friend addicts'
 University academics 'told to mark up poor work'
 Sex education for five-year-olds
 Students eye cheaper colleges as crisis deepens
 Democrat senator thinks America 'well-served' by Fairness Doctrine
 Credit-Rating Firms Grilled Over Conflicts: Risks Were Known, Documents Show
 Audits Show More Misspent Funds
 Educated Immigrants Look for Work
 Dons fear degrees are dumbed down
 U.S. cities' math scores split compared to rest of the world
 Lessons on sex to be compulsory
 Schools, libraries see hundreds of requests to ban books
 Schools in need employ teachers from overseas
 Autism Breakthrough: Girl's Writings Explain Her Behavior and Feelings
 Why We Educate Our Children
 College Board Will Offer a New Test Next Fall
 With rubber balls and jump ropes, area schools rescue recess
 2,500 dropouts a week in Texas Public Schools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Teaching English to primary school students: nothing prepared
 Soaring tuition, grim outlook drive students to Obama fold
 Youth training program launched
 Vote pushes taxes to the limit for Milwaukee Public Schools
 $1 million pledge to boost literary efforts
 It's time we tackled boys' educational failure
 Teens from a struggling L.A. public campus get a chance to shine at prestigious private schools
 Queen briefed on Chile education plan targeting underprivileged communities
 Dallas school board will get Hinojosa evaluation next week
 Nearly 600 hunt for jobs at Dallas schools fair
 We must spot learning problems earlier, says thinktank
 Rise in families caught cheating for school places
 More schools failing No Child Left Behind goals
 Retired Clayton teachers to Perdue: Don't mess with our money
 Hitler planned 'Big Brother' style television to broadcast Nazi propaganda
 Children from broken homes are five times more likely to suffer mental troubles, says Government study
 Fenty Is in for Fight on University Board Picks
 Economy Slices Into Internships
 Education cuts protested in Paris
 College's attempt at fundraising gives alumni the blahs
 Primary schools face Sats threat
 Survey: Students stop, slow degree work due to economy
 Teachers take test scores to the bank as bonuses
 Father prevents girls from going to school
 Flu Vaccine for Preschoolers
 Houston CC says school contributes $4.1 billion to area yearly
 '09 Legislature expected to consider lightening up on TAKS
 New Teachers Learn the Ropes in New Orleans' Troubled Schools
 Candidates vying for helm of state school system disagree on WASL
 Wanted: a place for kids to go
 Teaching kids competition, not conflict
 Study: Black/white gap persists in schools
 Schools face health care worker crisis
 Schools raise state grades by excluding some students' scores
 Say so long to 2:1s
 Meet Britain's best teachers
 Nurseries are serving toddlers 25p 'junk food' meals that are banned from school menus
 Has NCLB’s Fannie Mae Arrived?
 Maths and science 'end decline'
 Universities try new grading plan
 Students 'lust for destruction'
 Staff No-Shows Decried As Rhee Aide Testifies
 Expanded GI Bill Too Late for Some
 Revolutionalise Education [editorial]
 Some experts call school time-out rooms 'abuse'
 Report Cites Chronic Absenteeism in City Schools
 Local New Orleans college enrollments bouncing back
 Colombian Brings 4,800 Books With 10 Legs
 Drug Killings Haunt Mexican Schoolchildren
 Parents press states for autism insurance laws
 Utah higher education system hires on two administrators
 Exit exams again under fire in Pennsylvania
 Milwaukee School Board faces tough choices on mergers, funds
 Students participate in handwashing campaign
 Learning from the age of 3…
 Majoring in video games
 GED often viewed as less valuable
 Dads give kids a minute a weekday
 A boy's own view of success
 Stereotypes alive and well in classrooms
 Politicians should leave history to the teachers
 Kuwait, Egypt discuss education issues
 Is the credit crunch good news for UK universities?
 School that hands out iPods wins award
 Getting parents involved: Schools engaging kids' caretakers
 Schools try to find right mix to keep students interested
 Scouts condoms plan criticised
 Half of trainee teachers fail basic maths test
 One million children are addicted to gambling under New Labour's lenient gaming laws, say experts
 Under the 'No Child' Microscope
 Vigorous Debate Over AP vs. IB Curriculum
 Eco-friendly schools offer students fresh lessons
 Unannounced fee hikes in schools put parents in a dilemma
 With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus
 UH is first Texas school to offer queer, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies minor
 Veteran Birmingham politician Katopodis testifies before grand jury probing bond deals
 Adjuncts' academic freedom snuffed out
 7th grader called racist for wearing Palin t-shirt...
 Self-evaluation helps Barrington teachers succeed
 Parents protest mandatory religious course for students
 Canada to grant VN students 1,000 visas a year
 Reform school alumni recount severe beatings, rapes
 Will gay marriage be taught in schools?
 Tough times put the squeeze on colleges
 A raw deal for LAUSD students: $13,000 sushi maker sits on shelf
 Apple for the teacher, but luxury for execs
 Americans of Arab descent also see Obama as a dream come true. It could be because of his background
 Child obesity spurs changes
 Looking ahead after Dallas ISD layoffs
 Dan Rodricks: It's a 30-year sneak attack in America's class war
 No Hijab At Schools: UK Minister
 Daley defends paying students for grades
 TUSD staffers to get Disney training
 Schools pitch levies in tough economy
 Grading Bar Too High, Loudoun Parents Say
 Texas schools told to keep closer tabs on teacher savings
 Plea in Sales of Cadavers by U.C.L.A.
 Safety Concerns Eclipse Civic Lessons as Schools Cancel Classes on Election Day
 Grads fret about jobs, low pay
 Europe leads in literature
 Report touts benefits of fully regionalizing schools
 Washington SU did not verify provost's references
 Universal preschool hasn't delivered results
 Scanning teens' brains for scary signs
 Alfie Kohn rips testing, other sacred classroom concepts
 Solomon Jones: Dear pros: Can you take my kids?
 Lessons burdening students
 Tough new policies in Florida schools target bullies
 High school to let pupils have extra hour of sleep
 Spelling out what's best
 School violence alarms ignored
 Day after layoffs, Dallas ISD schools try to get back to normal
 I think, therefore I am: In Year Three
 Majority of schools to become 'self-governing', says Knight
 Retired Georgia teachers upset over proposed change to pension
 Muammar Gadhafi: Obama a Muslim who studied in Islamic schools
 Vouching for Vouchers
 The College Credit Card Trap
 Delighted -- or Deflated -- by Dollars
 Rising Criticism as Rutgers Invests in Athletics
 A Builder of Dreams, in Brick and Mortar
 Reaching an Autistic Teenager
 Judge Says No to Teachers’ Campaign Buttons, but Yes to Certain Politicking
 Oxford lecture tops iTunes chart
 Students 'would quit without EMA'
 Seniors feeling the stress of competition for college
 Experts question benefit of school time-out rooms
 Teachers told education change starts with them
 Global Handwashing Day: Campaigning to save children lives
 Vietnam to introduce advanced tertiary training programs
 Pledge on class sizes hit by fall in teacher numbers
 Mom asks for new school evaluation of son, but gets copy of old one
 University slashes 250 staff
 Young learners still waiting for promised financial support
 70 failing schools to be turned into academies
 Parents pay for advice on schools
 Dallas district fires 375 teachers
 Children should start thinking about their careers at the age of 10, says Balls
 CHILDREN SUFFER AS TRADITIONAL FAMILIES VANISH
 Classics, grammar to make comeback
 Boys trail girls 'at age of five'
 Engineering Academics' Flight Worries Deans
 Failing Grade for Free Primary Education?
 D.C.'s School Reform Efforts Draw Attention
 $1,000 for 50 Points
 Its Native Tongue Facing Extinction, Arapaho Tribe Teaches the Young
 To Keep Mount Vernon’s High School Sports Alive, Even Rivals Contribute Money
 In Downturn, Families Strain to Pay Tuition
 Still behind: HISD comes up short, but No Child still failure
 TEA names superintendent for North Forest turnaround
 JROTC - Leadership course or recruiting tool?
 400 UC professors and staffers object to Schwarzenegger veto
 Economic crisis upsets students' college plans
 Single-sex classes crop up in Richmond area
 Phila. schools to expel most violent students
 SCHOOLS IN ART FAILURE
 Girl's nude cell photo roils school
 Official nabs video of Iowa school bus fight; family balks
 Foreign language centres mushrooming
 Another Quest teacher admits to sex with student
 Dallas ISD teachers to learn fate today
 Health and education reform facing the next president
 Balls eyes New York's way of grading schools
 No bogus teachers in universities, says Anqari
 Why home schooling must be saved from the bureaucrats
 Do you have an Oxbridge mind?
 3 evolution critics on panel that reviews science curriculum in Texas schools
 Teacher pension fund's hiring of law firm blocked
 Oxford University has £30m stuck in Iceland
 Common Sense Left Behind
 Teacher who spanked pupil, 14, and called her 'naughty girl' in class may be sent for 'retraining'
 Rhee Fires Shepherd Principal
 Some professionals bail out of finance and into teaching
 Leap forward for school sports
 It Bears Repeating - autistic children and their repetitive speech patterns
 GCSE attainment has risen again
 The Anti-Schoolers
 S.D. school trustees regain right to criticize chief
 Joint-training programmes: Good universities wary of shady partnerships
 Parents, teens in Mobile learn effects of alcohol and drug use
 Schools are for learning, not imprisonment
 Students sell, borrow, invest, learn
 Dorsey High rejects aid from Riordan group
 Michigan colleges brace for shrinking pool of students
 Some want MIT to shed notorious nerd image
 Cricket has a spin-off in class
 Experts: Texas schools will need an infusion of almost $5 billion
 Tests scrapped for 14-year-olds - would develop a system of assessment by teachers
 U. Arizona overhaul could form new college of world culture and language
 Women students beat men to clinch more foreign scholarships
 General education to get a major facelift
 Schools' wind turbines power learning
 Economy, costs force students to rethink college choices
 Texas District Wins Prize for Schools
 Baylor Rewards Freshmen Who Retake SAT
 Houston ISD, North Forest cited for No Child Left Behind failures
 Putting the nature back in the nurture of our children
 East Baton Rouge Parish School officials defend plan
 Leon County schools struggle to keep up with PE mandates
 School Board to address bullying on campuses
 More colleges stamp out smoking
 Growing number of English learners in county threatens pass-rate progress
 Many schools could get left behind
 Phila. district lags in filling teacher vacancies
 Business on top of popular college majors
 New parents group wants city school board's ear
 City $chooled On Pushing Kids Out
 Cuts seen as a ceiling
 DPS student count grows
 School teachers: lacking somewhere, redundant elsewhere
 School for deaf children faces hurdles
 Parents lie for the right school place
 Government defends slow progress on diplomas
 Schools hit by rebuilding delays
 Schools 'face governor shortage'
 Disabled pupils 'need safe areas'
 Obama believes women should register for draft
 What About the Children?
 Deasy's Departure Hints Of Friction
 Pr. George's Plans June Hire for Schools Chief
 Vocations of Service
 Attendance Law Vexes Maryland School
 Charter Success in L.A.
 Where they stand: McCain, Obama split on education
 Milk Cartoon
 Charter schools create believers
 Web site lets students report problems anonymously
 Report: Magnet programs need big changes
 CHARTERING NEW COURSE SCHOOLS' THEME DREAMS
 MPS offers uniquely generous fringe benefits, report says
 East goes west for brain gain
 A New York state of mind
 To Liberal Female College Students, Palin No Feminist
 Utah ed officials in limbo on tests
 Parents urged to limit kids’ screen time, fast food intake
 Insurance offered to parents of children denied first-choice school
 Revamp for top school blocked by planners
 Arrested New Britain, Connecticut Teacher Remains On Payroll
 TUSD spending $550,000 to recruit minority teachers
 Children, teens advised to double vitamin D intake
 Scaling Advanced Math Summits
 'Students should know Britain shaped world'
 Digging Out Roots of Cheating in High School
 Bringing Special-Needs Schools Closer to Home
 Under ‘No Child’ Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
 Teachers criticize test monitoring
 The Next Page: The triumph of the gamer
 Waiver allows failing grades to be counted as passing for some grades in schools in Shelby and Jefferson counties
 Doyle, Barrett plan review of Milwaukee schools
 Schools forced to raise own funds
 Pando, Bolivia Free of Illiteracy
Education Organizations
Featured Articles
Gifted and Talented
 STUDY RIPS STUPID TEST FOR SMART SCHOOLS
 Scaling Advanced Math Summits
International Headlines
 When it came to the crunch, MBAs didn't help
 'Elitism' row student graduates
 ACCA Futurists contest draws 1,800 students
 Student grants at risk after botched costing
 Anti-exam school to target urban youth
 Alan Bennett criticises Oxford for demanding higher fees
 German Libraries Hold Thousands of Looted Volumes
 GCSE standards 'deliberately lowered'
 French accuse English of Agincourt war crimes
 Shakespeare treasure returns home 10 years after theft from British university
 Warning over exam change 'chaos'
 More pupils on repeat suspensions
 Parents fear Internet addiction
 Teacher tribunal on table
 The Big Question: How do schools teach children about sex, and does it need to change?
 Anger at sex lessons for five-year-olds
 Heads' trip to Arizona criticised
 U.S. university shut down following campus shooting
 Students finding new path to university
 B.C. worst in country at giving student grants
 HEADSCARF: The ban on headscarves at universities is a major cause of anger among the grassroots of the ruling AKP.
 Boys need HPV vaccine, too
 Ban on fast food outlets near schools
 Parents attack bully claims
 Overseas students want to study near London
 More parents use lawyers to secure school places
 Facebook creates 'friend addicts'
 University academics 'told to mark up poor work'
 Sex education for five-year-olds
 Dons fear degrees are dumbed down
 Lessons on sex to be compulsory
 Teaching English to primary school students: nothing prepared
 It's time we tackled boys' educational failure
 Queen briefed on Chile education plan targeting underprivileged communities
 Top-up fees 'generating interest in sciences'
 We must spot learning problems earlier, says thinktank
 Rise in families caught cheating for school places
 Hitler planned 'Big Brother' style television to broadcast Nazi propaganda
 Children from broken homes are five times more likely to suffer mental troubles, says Government study
 Primary schools face Sats threat
 Father prevents girls from going to school
 Schools face health care worker crisis
 Say so long to 2:1s
 Meet Britain's best teachers
 Nurseries are serving toddlers 25p 'junk food' meals that are banned from school menus
 Maths and science 'end decline'
 Universities try new grading plan
 Students 'lust for destruction'
 Revolutionalise Education [editorial]
 Students participate in handwashing campaign
 Learning from the age of 3…
 Dads give kids a minute a weekday
 A boy's own view of success
 Stereotypes alive and well in classrooms
 Politicians should leave history to the teachers
 Australian schools to lose under the Blair test project
 Kuwait, Egypt discuss education issues
 Is the credit crunch good news for UK universities?
 School that hands out iPods wins award
 Scouts condoms plan criticised
 Half of trainee teachers fail basic maths test
 One million children are addicted to gambling under New Labour's lenient gaming laws, say experts
 Unannounced fee hikes in schools put parents in a dilemma
 Parents protest mandatory religious course for students
 Canada to grant VN students 1,000 visas a year
 Americans of Arab descent also see Obama as a dream come true. It could be because of his background
 No Hijab At Schools: UK Minister
 Lessons burdening students
 High school to let pupils have extra hour of sleep
 Spelling out what's best
 Majority of schools to become 'self-governing', says Knight
 Oxford lecture tops iTunes chart
 Students 'would quit without EMA'
 Global Handwashing Day: Campaigning to save children lives
 Vietnam to introduce advanced tertiary training programs
 Pledge on class sizes hit by fall in teacher numbers
 University slashes 250 staff
 Young learners still waiting for promised financial support
 70 failing schools to be turned into academies
 Parents pay for advice on schools
 Children should start thinking about their careers at the age of 10, says Balls
 CHILDREN SUFFER AS TRADITIONAL FAMILIES VANISH
 Classics, grammar to make comeback
 Boys trail girls 'at age of five'
 Engineering Academics' Flight Worries Deans
 Failing Grade for Free Primary Education?
 Foreign language centres mushrooming
 Another Quest teacher admits to sex with student
 Balls eyes New York's way of grading schools
 No bogus teachers in universities, says Anqari
 Why home schooling must be saved from the bureaucrats
 Do you have an Oxbridge mind?
 Oxford University has £30m stuck in Iceland
 Teacher who spanked pupil, 14, and called her 'naughty girl' in class may be sent for 'retraining'
 Leap forward for school sports
 GCSE attainment has risen again
 Joint-training programmes: Good universities wary of shady partnerships
 Schools are for learning, not imprisonment
 Cricket has a spin-off in class
 Tests scrapped for 14-year-olds - would develop a system of assessment by teachers
 Women students beat men to clinch more foreign scholarships
 General education to get a major facelift
 School teachers: lacking somewhere, redundant elsewhere
 School for deaf children faces hurdles
 Parents lie for the right school place
 Government defends slow progress on diplomas
 Schools hit by rebuilding delays
 Schools 'face governor shortage'
 Disabled pupils 'need safe areas'
 East goes west for brain gain
 A New York state of mind
 Parents urged to limit kids’ screen time, fast food intake
 Insurance offered to parents of children denied first-choice school
 Revamp for top school blocked by planners
 'Students should know Britain shaped world'
 Schools forced to raise own funds
 Pando, Bolivia Free of Illiteracy
Organizations
Press Releases on EducationNews.org
 Web Broadcast: Public School Choice: From Research to Practice
 Leading Education Associations Urge a New Federal Role in Public Education
Behavioral Health
 A Plan to Cut the High School Dropout Rate
 More pupils on repeat suspensions
 Parents fear Internet addiction
 The Big Question: How do schools teach children about sex, and does it need to change?
 HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory
 Boys need HPV vaccine, too
 More sexually aggressive behavior among students reported
 Ban on fast food outlets near schools
 Parents attack bully claims
 Facebook creates 'friend addicts'
 Sex education for five-year-olds
 Lessons on sex to be compulsory
 With rubber balls and jump ropes, area schools rescue recess
 2,500 dropouts a week in Texas Public Schools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Children from broken homes are five times more likely to suffer mental troubles, says Government study
 Wanted: a place for kids to go
 Teaching kids competition, not conflict
 Some experts call school time-out rooms 'abuse'
 Report Cites Chronic Absenteeism in City Schools
 Drug Killings Haunt Mexican Schoolchildren
 Students participate in handwashing campaign
 Scouts condoms plan criticised
 One million children are addicted to gambling under New Labour's lenient gaming laws, say experts
 UH is first Texas school to offer queer, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies minor
 Reform school alumni recount severe beatings, rapes
 Child obesity spurs changes
 Scanning teens' brains for scary signs
 Tough new policies in Florida schools target bullies
 School violence alarms ignored
 Experts question benefit of school time-out rooms
 Global Handwashing Day: Campaigning to save children lives
 CHILDREN SUFFER AS TRADITIONAL FAMILIES VANISH
 Phila. schools to expel most violent students
 Girl's nude cell photo roils school
 Official nabs video of Iowa school bus fight; family balks
 Another Quest teacher admits to sex with student
 Teacher who spanked pupil, 14, and called her 'naughty girl' in class may be sent for 'retraining'
 Leap forward for school sports
 Parents, teens in Mobile learn effects of alcohol and drug use
 Schools are for learning, not imprisonment
 Cricket has a spin-off in class
 Putting the nature back in the nurture of our children
 School Board to address bullying on campuses
 Attendance Law Vexes Maryland School
 Milk Cartoon
 Web site lets students report problems anonymously
 Parents urged to limit kids’ screen time, fast food intake
 Arrested New Britain, Connecticut Teacher Remains On Payroll
 Children, teens advised to double vitamin D intake
Book Reviews on EducationNews.org
 Veteran Educators Say Closing Public Schools Is In The Best Interest of Both Children & Nation
Class Size
 Pledge on class sizes hit by fall in teacher numbers
Curriculum
 57 Schools' Tests Too Tot To Handle
Early Childhood Learning
 City schools tries to boost early-childhood numbers
 Anti-exam school to target urban youth
 Flu Vaccine for Preschoolers
 Nurseries are serving toddlers 25p 'junk food' meals that are banned from school menus
 Learning from the age of 3…
 Universal preschool hasn't delivered results
English Language Learners
 Students suffer when migrants rounded up
 Hinojosa says most bilingual teachers protected from layoffs
 Educators see growing need for bilingual teachers
 Teaching English to primary school students: nothing prepared
Higher Education
 When it came to the crunch, MBAs didn't help
 Colorado State colleges take a gamble for funding
 'Elitism' row student graduates
 College threatens students for even discussing guns
 ACCA Futurists contest draws 1,800 students
 Pa. education hearing probes rising tuition costs
 Student grants at risk after botched costing
 Utah higher ed a bit pinched
 Alan Bennett criticises Oxford for demanding higher fees
 U of Dayton, its college academy lauded for impact on learning
 French accuse English of Agincourt war crimes
 Shakespeare treasure returns home 10 years after theft from British university
 Ayers, Dohrn: 'White supremacy' responsible for America's troubles
 Oral Roberts Settlement
 Deaf students take on cheerleading
 Texas community college enrollment up 4.4%
 Higher education tries to cope with 15% hit
 UNLV gives merit pay as it shows others door
 Iran holds CSUN student prisoner
 University presidents' bonuses now linked to goals
 Family of UT hazing victim gets $16.2 million
 U.S. university shut down following campus shooting
 Students finding new path to university
 B.C. worst in country at giving student grants
 Pa. universities facing budget cuts
 HEADSCARF: The ban on headscarves at universities is a major cause of anger among the grassroots of the ruling AKP.
 University Uses 'Social Norming' To Curb Drinking
 CalPERS' portfolio value rocked by market volatility
 Why MBA Spells "More Bitterness Ahead"
 USC to train social workers to deal with military families
 Overseas students want to study near London
 Student's altruism flows into his calling
 Facebook creates 'friend addicts'
 University academics 'told to mark up poor work'
 Students eye cheaper colleges as crisis deepens
 Democrat senator thinks America 'well-served' by Fairness Doctrine
 Credit-Rating Firms Grilled Over Conflicts: Risks Were Known, Documents Show
 Educated Immigrants Look for Work
 Dons fear degrees are dumbed down
 New Jersey assembly bill would curtail tuition-free programs
 Soaring tuition, grim outlook drive students to Obama fold
 Youth training program launched
 $1 million pledge to boost literary efforts
 Fenty Is in for Fight on University Board Picks
 Economy Slices Into Internships
 Education cuts protested in Paris
 College's attempt at fundraising gives alumni the blahs
 Survey: Students stop, slow degree work due to economy
 Father prevents girls from going to school
 Houston CC says school contributes $4.1 billion to area yearly
 Say so long to 2:1s
 Maths and science 'end decline'
 Universities try new grading plan
 Students 'lust for destruction'
 Expanded GI Bill Too Late for Some
 Local New Orleans college enrollments bouncing back
 Utah higher education system hires on two administrators
 Majoring in video games
 Is the credit crunch good news for UK universities?
 With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus
 UH is first Texas school to offer queer, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies minor
 Adjuncts' academic freedom snuffed out
 Canada to grant VN students 1,000 visas a year
 Tough times put the squeeze on colleges
 Dan Rodricks: It's a 30-year sneak attack in America's class war
 Plea in Sales of Cadavers by U.C.L.A.
 Grads fret about jobs, low pay
 Europe leads in literature
 Washington SU did not verify provost's references
 The College Credit Card Trap
 Rising Criticism as Rutgers Invests in Athletics
 Oxford lecture tops iTunes chart
 Students 'would quit without EMA'
 Seniors feeling the stress of competition for college
 Vietnam to introduce advanced tertiary training programs
 University slashes 250 staff
 $1,000 for 50 Points
 400 UC professors and staffers object to Schwarzenegger veto
 Economic crisis upsets students' college plans
 No bogus teachers in universities, says Anqari
 Oxford University has £30m stuck in Iceland
 Joint-training programmes: Good universities wary of shady partnerships
 Michigan colleges brace for shrinking pool of students
 Some want MIT to shed notorious nerd image
 U. Arizona overhaul could form new college of world culture and language
 Women students beat men to clinch more foreign scholarships
 Economy, costs force students to rethink college choices
 Baylor Rewards Freshmen Who Retake SAT
 More colleges stamp out smoking
 Business on top of popular college majors
 Where they stand: McCain, Obama split on education
 East goes west for brain gain
 To Liberal Female College Students, Palin No Feminist
 Digging Out Roots of Cheating in High School
 The Next Page: The triumph of the gamer
Home School
 Obama, McCain differ on education
 Why home schooling must be saved from the bureaucrats
 The Anti-Schoolers
K-12
 New math requisite concerns high-school counselors
 'Defining Your Path' conference helps girls onto career tracks
 Most of Microsoft settlement for California school computers untouched
 Michelle Rhee and Teach for America: Live Q&A: Monday, October 27, Noon ET
 Doubt Surrounds New School Board's Value
 A Plan to Cut the High School Dropout Rate
 One-size-fits-none school
 City schools tries to boost early-childhood numbers
 Big leap in charter schools?
 Anti-exam school to target urban youth
 Parents, teachers mull textbook options
 Schools' Measure Q brings in $704,800
 U of Dayton, its college academy lauded for impact on learning
 State education chief won't rule out intervention in troubled Dallas ISD
 Showcase of Schools puts options on display
 GCSE standards 'deliberately lowered'
 Memphis City Schools graduation rates decline
 David Mitchell receives the 2008 Preserve America History Teacher of the Year
 Warning over exam change 'chaos'
 More pupils on repeat suspensions
 Long Battle Expected On Teacher Firing Plan
 Students suffer when migrants rounded up
 As Schools Face Cuts, Delays on Data System Bring More Frustration
 Palin Promises Choice for Disabled Students
 Deaf school on track
 When Academic Freedom Lost its Meaning
 Parents fear Internet addiction
 Teacher tribunal on table
 UNLV gives merit pay as it shows others door
 The Big Question: How do schools teach children about sex, and does it need to change?
 Anger at sex lessons for five-year-olds
 Hinojosa says most bilingual teachers protected from layoffs
 New group aims to fix school woes
 Educators see growing need for bilingual teachers
 Hispanics lead rise on Utah's school rolls
 Heads' trip to Arizona criticised
 'No Child' leaving charter school behind?
 Condoleezza Rice cites education as top concern
 Report: Kids less likely to graduate than parents
 Library Backs Book On Same-Sex Parents
 Deasy Lieutenant Takes Over School System
 HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory
 Obama, McCain differ on education
 Applicants flocking to Cal State campuses
 Grade-point revisions are revised
 Pricey devices command a following
 Boys need HPV vaccine, too
 STUDY RIPS STUPID TEST FOR SMART SCHOOLS
 Mom's shock: New school unfit, too
 5 failing South Florida schools could be closed
 Kaine Seeks to Improve State's On-Time Graduation
 More sexually aggressive behavior among students reported
 Seven students suspended in SAT cheating
 KC School District has a new interim superintendent
 Some Hartford Teachers Still Don't Have Classroom Homes
 Ban on fast food outlets near schools
 Parents attack bully claims
 More parents use lawyers to secure school places
 Facebook creates 'friend addicts'
 Sex education for five-year-olds
 Audits Show More Misspent Funds
 U.S. cities' math scores split compared to rest of the world
 Lessons on sex to be compulsory
 Schools, libraries see hundreds of requests to ban books
 Schools in need employ teachers from overseas
 Autism Breakthrough: Girl's Writings Explain Her Behavior and Feelings
 Why We Educate Our Children
 College Board Will Offer a New Test Next Fall
 Democracy withers if civics not taught
 With rubber balls and jump ropes, area schools rescue recess
 S.F. school trustees propose JROTC alternative
 2,500 dropouts a week in Texas Public Schools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Teaching English to primary school students: nothing prepared
 Youth training program launched
 Vote pushes taxes to the limit for Milwaukee Public Schools
 It's time we tackled boys' educational failure
 Teens from a struggling L.A. public campus get a chance to shine at prestigious private schools
 Queen briefed on Chile education plan targeting underprivileged communities
 Dallas school board will get Hinojosa evaluation next week
 Nearly 600 hunt for jobs at Dallas schools fair
 We must spot learning problems earlier, says thinktank
 Rise in families caught cheating for school places
 More schools failing No Child Left Behind goals
 Retired Clayton teachers to Perdue: Don't mess with our money
 Children from broken homes are five times more likely to suffer mental troubles, says Government study
 Economy Slices Into Internships
 Primary schools face Sats threat
 Teachers take test scores to the bank as bonuses
 Flu Vaccine for Preschoolers
 '09 Legislature expected to consider lightening up on TAKS
 New Teachers Learn the Ropes in New Orleans' Troubled Schools
 Candidates vying for helm of state school system disagree on WASL
 Wanted: a place for kids to go
 Teaching kids competition, not conflict
 Study: Black/white gap persists in schools
 Schools face health care worker crisis
 Schools raise state grades by excluding some students' scores
 Meet Britain's best teachers
 Nurseries are serving toddlers 25p 'junk food' meals that are banned from school menus
 Has NCLB’s Fannie Mae Arrived?
 Staff No-Shows Decried As Rhee Aide Testifies
 Revolutionalise Education [editorial]
 Some experts call school time-out rooms 'abuse'
 Report Cites Chronic Absenteeism in City Schools
 Colombian Brings 4,800 Books With 10 Legs
 Drug Killings Haunt Mexican Schoolchildren
 Parents press states for autism insurance laws
 Exit exams again under fire in Pennsylvania
 Milwaukee School Board faces tough choices on mergers, funds
 Students participate in handwashing campaign
 Learning from the age of 3…
 GED often viewed as less valuable
 Dads give kids a minute a weekday
 A boy's own view of success
 Stereotypes alive and well in classrooms
 Politicians should leave history to the teachers
 Kuwait, Egypt discuss education issues
 School that hands out iPods wins award
 Getting parents involved: Schools engaging kids' caretakers
 Schools try to find right mix to keep students interested
 Scouts condoms plan criticised
 Half of trainee teachers fail basic maths test
 One million children are addicted to gambling under New Labour's lenient gaming laws, say experts
 Under the 'No Child' Microscope
 Vigorous Debate Over AP vs. IB Curriculum
 Eco-friendly schools offer students fresh lessons
 Unannounced fee hikes in schools put parents in a dilemma
 Veteran Birmingham politician Katopodis testifies before grand jury probing bond deals
 7th grader called racist for wearing Palin t-shirt...
 Self-evaluation helps Barrington teachers succeed
 Parents protest mandatory religious course for students
 Reform school alumni recount severe beatings, rapes
 Will gay marriage be taught in schools?
 A raw deal for LAUSD students: $13,000 sushi maker sits on shelf
 Apple for the teacher, but luxury for execs
 Americans of Arab descent also see Obama as a dream come true. It could be because of his background
 Child obesity spurs changes
 Looking ahead after Dallas ISD layoffs
 Dan Rodricks: It's a 30-year sneak attack in America's class war
 No Hijab At Schools: UK Minister
 Daley defends paying students for grades
 TUSD staffers to get Disney training
 Schools pitch levies in tough economy
 Grading Bar Too High, Loudoun Parents Say
 Texas schools told to keep closer tabs on teacher savings
 Safety Concerns Eclipse Civic Lessons as Schools Cancel Classes on Election Day
 Report touts benefits of fully regionalizing schools
 Universal preschool hasn't delivered results
 Scanning teens' brains for scary signs
 Alfie Kohn rips testing, other sacred classroom concepts
 Solomon Jones: Dear pros: Can you take my kids?
 Lessons burdening students
 Tough new policies in Florida schools target bullies
 High school to let pupils have extra hour of sleep
 Spelling out what's best
 School violence alarms ignored
 Day after layoffs, Dallas ISD schools try to get back to normal
 I think, therefore I am: In Year Three
 Majority of schools to become 'self-governing', says Knight
 Retired Georgia teachers upset over proposed change to pension
 Muammar Gadhafi: Obama a Muslim who studied in Islamic schools
 Vouching for Vouchers
 Delighted -- or Deflated -- by Dollars
 A Builder of Dreams, in Brick and Mortar
 Reaching an Autistic Teenager
 Judge Says No to Teachers’ Campaign Buttons, but Yes to Certain Politicking
 Experts question benefit of school time-out rooms
 Teachers told education change starts with them
 Global Handwashing Day: Campaigning to save children lives
 Pledge on class sizes hit by fall in teacher numbers
 Mom asks for new school evaluation of son, but gets copy of old one
 Young learners still waiting for promised financial support
 70 failing schools to be turned into academies
 Parents pay for advice on schools
 Dallas district fires 375 teachers
 Children should start thinking about their careers at the age of 10, says Balls
 CHILDREN SUFFER AS TRADITIONAL FAMILIES VANISH
 Classics, grammar to make comeback
 Boys trail girls 'at age of five'
 Engineering Academics' Flight Worries Deans
 Failing Grade for Free Primary Education?
 D.C.'s School Reform Efforts Draw Attention
 Its Native Tongue Facing Extinction, Arapaho Tribe Teaches the Young
 To Keep Mount Vernon’s High School Sports Alive, Even Rivals Contribute Money
 In Downturn, Families Strain to Pay Tuition
 Still behind: HISD comes up short, but No Child still failure
 TEA names superintendent for North Forest turnaround
 JROTC - Leadership course or recruiting tool?
 Single-sex classes crop up in Richmond area
 Phila. schools to expel most violent students
 SCHOOLS IN ART FAILURE
 Girl's nude cell photo roils school
 Official nabs video of Iowa school bus fight; family balks
 Foreign language centres mushrooming
 Another Quest teacher admits to sex with student
 Dallas ISD teachers to learn fate today
 Health and education reform facing the next president
 Balls eyes New York's way of grading schools
 Why home schooling must be saved from the bureaucrats
 Do you have an Oxbridge mind?
 3 evolution critics on panel that reviews science curriculum in Texas schools
 Teacher pension fund's hiring of law firm blocked
 Common Sense Left Behind
 Teacher who spanked pupil, 14, and called her 'naughty girl' in class may be sent for 'retraining'
 Rhee Fires Shepherd Principal
 Schools' wind turbines power learning
 Some professionals bail out of finance and into teaching
 Leap forward for school sports
 It Bears Repeating - autistic children and their repetitive speech patterns
 GCSE attainment has risen again
 The Anti-Schoolers
 S.D. school trustees regain right to criticize chief
 Parents, teens in Mobile learn effects of alcohol and drug use
 Schools are for learning, not imprisonment
 Students sell, borrow, invest, learn
 Dorsey High rejects aid from Riordan group
 Cricket has a spin-off in class
 Experts: Texas schools will need an infusion of almost $5 billion
 Tests scrapped for 14-year-olds - would develop a system of assessment by teachers
 General education to get a major facelift
 Texas District Wins Prize for Schools
 Houston ISD, North Forest cited for No Child Left Behind failures
 Putting the nature back in the nurture of our children
 East Baton Rouge Parish School officials defend plan
 Leon County schools struggle to keep up with PE mandates
 School Board to address bullying on campuses
 Growing number of English learners in county threatens pass-rate progress
 Many schools could get left behind
 Phila. district lags in filling teacher vacancies
 New parents group wants city school board's ear
 City $chooled On Pushing Kids Out
 Cuts seen as a ceiling
 DPS student count grows
 School teachers: lacking somewhere, redundant elsewhere
 School for deaf children faces hurdles
 Parents lie for the right school place
 Government defends slow progress on diplomas
 Schools hit by rebuilding delays
 Schools 'face governor shortage'
 Disabled pupils 'need safe areas'
 Obama believes women should register for draft
 What About the Children?
 Deasy's Departure Hints Of Friction
 Pr. George's Plans June Hire for Schools Chief
 Vocations of Service
 Attendance Law Vexes Maryland School
 Charter Success in L.A.
 Where they stand: McCain, Obama split on education
 Milk Cartoon
 Charter schools create believers
 Web site lets students report problems anonymously
 Report: Magnet programs need big changes
 CHARTERING NEW COURSE SCHOOLS' THEME DREAMS
 MPS offers uniquely generous fringe benefits, report says
 A New York state of mind
 Utah ed officials in limbo on tests
 Parents urged to limit kids’ screen time, fast food intake
 Insurance offered to parents of children denied first-choice school
 Revamp for top school blocked by planners
 Arrested New Britain, Connecticut Teacher Remains On Payroll
 TUSD spending $550,000 to recruit minority teachers
 Children, teens advised to double vitamin D intake
 Scaling Advanced Math Summits
 'Students should know Britain shaped world'
 Digging Out Roots of Cheating in High School
 Bringing Special-Needs Schools Closer to Home
 Under ‘No Child’ Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
 Teachers criticize test monitoring
 Waiver allows failing grades to be counted as passing for some grades in schools in Shelby and Jefferson counties
 Doyle, Barrett plan review of Milwaukee schools
 Schools forced to raise own funds
 Pando, Bolivia Free of Illiteracy
No Child Left Behind
 Memphis City Schools graduation rates decline
 No campaign education advisor left behind
 'No Child' leaving charter school behind?
 More schools failing No Child Left Behind goals
 Schools raise state grades by excluding some students' scores
 Has NCLB’s Fannie Mae Arrived?
 Under the 'No Child' Microscope
 Alfie Kohn rips testing, other sacred classroom concepts
 Texas District Wins Prize for Schools
 Houston ISD, North Forest cited for No Child Left Behind failures
 East Baton Rouge Parish School officials defend plan
 Growing number of English learners in county threatens pass-rate progress
 Many schools could get left behind
 Utah ed officials in limbo on tests
 Digging Out Roots of Cheating in High School
 Under ‘No Child’ Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
 Teachers criticize test monitoring
 Waiver allows failing grades to be counted as passing for some grades in schools in Shelby and Jefferson counties
Reading/Reading Disabilities
 $1 million pledge to boost literary efforts
 Wanted: a place for kids to go
 Spelling out what's best
 Pando, Bolivia Free of Illiteracy
School Choice
 Big leap in charter schools?
 Showcase of Schools puts options on display
 Teens from a struggling L.A. public campus get a chance to shine at prestigious private schools
 70 failing schools to be turned into academies
 D.C.'s School Reform Efforts Draw Attention
 Charter Success in L.A.
 Charter schools create believers
 CHARTERING NEW COURSE SCHOOLS' THEME DREAMS
School Finance
Special Education
 More pupils on repeat suspensions
 Palin Promises Choice for Disabled Students
 Deaf school on track
 Autism Breakthrough: Girl's Writings Explain Her Behavior and Feelings
 We must spot learning problems earlier, says thinktank
 Staff No-Shows Decried As Rhee Aide Testifies
 Some experts call school time-out rooms 'abuse'
 Parents press states for autism insurance laws
 Reaching an Autistic Teenager
 Experts question benefit of school time-out rooms
 Mom asks for new school evaluation of son, but gets copy of old one
 Common Sense Left Behind
 It Bears Repeating - autistic children and their repetitive speech patterns
 School for deaf children faces hurdles
 Disabled pupils 'need safe areas'
 Attendance Law Vexes Maryland School
 Arrested New Britain, Connecticut Teacher Remains On Payroll
 Bringing Special-Needs Schools Closer to Home
Teacher Profession
Vouchers
 Vouching for Vouchers
Workforce Development
 Youth training program launched
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