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With divided Congress, tough road for ed reform (AP)

Published on November 16, 2010 By

The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many locations through the Race to the Top competition. But none of the major initiatives pushed by President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have been bipartisan. Most were approved through large spending bills that Republicans opposed

They Blew Through Millions (The Daily Beast)

Published on November 14, 2010 By

NEW YORK – Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina claimed they wanted to help the world by dipping their toes into politics—but their failed races were mostly about ego. How could they have better spent a combined $217 million? How about college tuition for 23,000?

Online Universities: Government Cracks Down on For-Profit Schools (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on November 2, 2010 By

Starting next year, for-profit schools, including some of the nation’s biggest online colleges–like the University of Phoenix , Kaplan University , and Strayer University –will have to provide graduation rate and job placement figures to new students and applicants, the Department of Education has ordered. That’s a sample of more than a dozen reforms the government will impose on for-profit schools beginning July 1, 2011. Students will now be able to make more informed decisions, the Department says

Put a Face to Your Name (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on November 1, 2010 By rohit

It’s not all about shaking hands. Taking time to go to a LSAC recruiting forum or a law school recruiting fair can be worth your while if you use the time wisely. Law school admissions personnel read thousands of files every year, but they don’t get to meet more than a couple hundred applicants face to face

Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren’t Flukes (or Cherrypickers) (Time.com)

Published on October 14, 2010 By

Charter schools are all the rage these days.

Despite fiery rhetoric, largest teachers union spending big for Dems (The Upshot)

Published on October 6, 2010 By

Over the summer, the president of the nation’s largest teachers union told thousands of members that Obama’s education policies were “not the change I hoped for.” “Today our members face the most anti-educator, anti-union, anti-student environment I have ever experienced,” National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel said at group’s annual convention in New Orleans, according to the New York Times’ Sam Dillon .

Online Universities: 5 Tips Before You Pursue a Degree (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on October 5, 2010 By rohit

Online universities–particularly for-profit institutions–are under a congressional and regulatory microscope. Lawmakers and officials at the Department of Education have raised concerns over these schools’ ability to ensure that graduates can parlay their degrees into steady jobs.

Ala. prof won’t be charged in 1993 Mass. mail bomb (AP)

Published on September 30, 2010 By

BOSTON – A former professor accused of killing three colleagues in a shooting rampage in Alabama earlier this year won’t be charged in an attempted mail-bombing in Massachusetts 17 years ago. The chief federal prosecutor in Boston said the initial investigation into two pipe bombs that were mailed to a scientist in 1993 was “appropriate and thorough.” The case has never been solved. Amy Bishop was charged in February with the University of Alabama-Huntsville shootings and in June with her brother’s 1986 killing in Massachusetts.

Calls for longer school years face budget reality (AP)

Published on September 28, 2010 By

NEW YORK – President Barack Obama’s call for a longer school day and year for America’s kids echoes a similar call he made a year ago to little effect, illustrating just how deeply entrenched the traditional school calendar is and how little power the federal government has to change it. Education reformers have long called for U.S.

Newark mayor’s crime-fighting led to $100M gift (AP)

Published on September 24, 2010 By rohit

NEWARK, N.J. – Just two months ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, and found himself seated at dinner with Newark Mayor Cory Booker.