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High court hears Arizona school case (AP)

Published on November 3, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court seems closely divided about an Arizona tax-break program that provides millions of dollars in scholarships for students at private religious schools. The conservative justices indicated they are likely to rule against a challenge to the Arizona program that says it amounts to an unconstitutional state endorsement of religion. The court’s liberals suggested they have problems with the state’s tax credit.

Army ending its GED program for aspiring soldiers (AP)

Published on August 26, 2010 By

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – The Army is ending a program that helped nearly 3,000 high school dropouts earn high school equivalency certificates and become soldiers

Refugees prepare for next challenge: School in US (AP)

Published on August 13, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – For their first fire drill, students at the Refugee Youth Summer Academy trooped out of the building behind their teachers. All that was missing were the sirens. The blaring alarms had been muted, for fear they could trigger terror in children who recently arrived from war zones and other conflict areas

New refugee students in NY get ready for US school (AP)

Published on August 12, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – For their first fire drill, teachers at the Refugee Summer Youth Academy gathered their students, leading them out of the building to show them what to do during drills in the upcoming school year. But one thing was missing: the sirens.

Obama to defend education policies to critics (AP)

Published on July 29, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is defending his administration’s education policies, responding to criticism that so far they have not substantially helped minority students.

Obama to defend education plan (Politico)

Published on July 28, 2010 By

President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver major speeches this week on their $4.35 billion Race to the Top school reform program, pushing back against complaints that it promotes unproven methods and ignores long-standing inequities in public education. Speaking at the National Press Club on Tuesday, Duncan is expected to name a list of state finalists for the controversial grant program’s second round of funding and to explain why Race to the Top — the crown jewel of the administration’s education agenda — must continue.?And on Thursday, Obama will talk about education at the annual gathering of the National Urban League, one of seven civil rights organizations that blasted Race to the Top in a report made public Monday. The highly competitive initiatives “distribute resources by competition in the midst of a severe recession,” effectively reducing standard, formula-based federal education funding, according to the report.

Government taps 19 states for education grant finals (Reuters)

Published on July 27, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Education has selected 19 states to vie for $3.4 billion in grants aimed at improving their schools, Secretary Arne Duncan said in a speech on Tuesday. He added that 10 to 15 of those states are expected to win money from the federal stimulus-funded program known as “Race to the Top.” The program is President Barack Obama’s pet project, offering federal grants to states for improving education and supporting semi-autonomous charter schools – in what Duncan called the “quiet revolution” in education. The money primarily covers adoption of standards and assessments, boosting of low-performing schools, creating teaching jobs and building better data systems.

Senior-Student Mentoring Can Be Great Win-Win (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on July 6, 2010 By rohit

Effectively pairing senior volunteers with students is one of the big win-win opportunities in virtually every community in the country. There is great need in the schools, and it’s gotten more acute during the recession.

High court to hear Arizona school case (AP)

Published on May 24, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court says it will consider ending a lawsuit that challenges Arizona’s tax breaks for donations for private school scholarships . The court on Monday said it will hear an appeal filed by the state and supporters of the 13-year-old program that provides dollar-for-dollar income tax breaks for donations to school tuition organizations. Some Arizona taxpayers challenged the program as unconstitutional because religious organizations award most of the scholarships and require children to enroll in religious schools.

For more children, dinner is coming from Uncle Sam (AP)

Published on May 9, 2010 By

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – More low-income school kids could soon have access to free nutritious dinners. The U.S