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McCance up for Re-Election Nov. 2 (The Advocate)

Published on October 28, 2010 By rohit

Los Angeles – Arkansas’s education department director Tom Kimbrell is losing faith in Facebook gay-basher Clint McCance, who is running unopposed for reelection November 2nd. But Kimbrell stopped short of calling for his resignation

South Africa clears employee of Oprah’s school of sex charge (Reuters)

Published on October 12, 2010 By rohit

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court on Monday found a former employee of a school founded by U.S. TV star Oprah Winfrey not guilty of sexually assaulting students, a prosecutor’s office spokesman said. “She was found not guilty,” Mthunzi Mhaga, a spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority, told Reuters

South Africa clears employee at Oprah school of sex charges (Reuters)

Published on October 11, 2010 By rohit

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court on Monday found a former employee of a school founded by U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey not guilty of sexually assaulting students, a prosecutor’s office spokesman said.

Tim McGraw Talks Bullying at School (The Advocate)

Published on October 8, 2010 By rohit

Los Angeles – Country music star Tim McGraw made a surprise visit to Grassland Middle School in Tennessee to talk with students about bullying last Friday. According to the Tennessean , the singer spoke about Asher Brown, the 13-year-old Houston boy who shot himself in the head after antigay bullying went unaddressed at his school.

Govt. delays rule opposed by for-profit colleges (AP)

Published on September 24, 2010 By rohit

The U.S. Education Department said Friday it will take more time to finalize new regulations targeting for-profit college job-training programs, but emphasized it was intent on moving forward and holding the sector accountable. For-profit colleges have campaigned hard against the “gainful employment” rule, which would cut off federal aid to college vocational programs with high student debt levels and poor loan repayment rates.

Dad who stormed bus apologizes for actions (AP)

Published on September 21, 2010 By

LAKE MARY, Fla. – A central Florida father who stormed onto a school bus and threatened children because his 13-year-old disabled daughter had been bullied apologized to other students on the bus “who had nothing to do with this.” James Willie Jones appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday. He also said parents shouldn’t react the way he did.

College loan default rates rise, report says (AP)

Published on September 13, 2010 By rohit

The number of college students defaulting on their federal student loans is climbing, and those who attend for-profit schools remain the most likely group to default, according to new government data released Monday. The U.S

Wen says rote learning must go in Chinese schools (Reuters)

Published on August 31, 2010 By

BEIJING (Reuters Life!) – Chinese schools have to get their students to be creative and think for themselves, Premier Wen Jiabao told officials, in reference to the rote-learning deeply ingrained in the national education system. Students in China perform well in exams and tests in which they are required to memorize answers, but rate less well in creativity and critical thinking, hampering the country’s ambitions to move its economy up the value chain.

For-profit education shares dive on loan data (AP)

Published on August 16, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – Shares of for-profit education companies slid Monday as government data showed that many of their students aren’t repaying school loans, which could imperil the ability of their students to receive federal financial aid, the bulk of the schools’ revenue. Several schools contested the government’s methodology, but that couldn’t stop shares of the companies from tumbling to their lowest points in a year or more.

Hundreds of DC school employees to be dismissed (AP)

Published on July 23, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – The D.C. Public Schools are firing 241 teachers and warning more than 700 other employees that they could be fired in the next year if their performance doesn’t improve