Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Hundreds of DC school employees to be dismissed (AP)
• Proposed federal rules target for-profit colleges (AP)
• Sector Snap: For-profit education shares rise (AP)
• Public sector losing jobs in this recession: report (Reuters)
• 2 more plead guilty in Obama student loan case (AP)
• Education inventors get boost under new programs (AP)

Hundreds of DC school employees to be dismissed (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:04 PM PDT AP - 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.

Proposed federal rules target for-profit colleges (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.

Sector Snap: For-profit education shares rise (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:30 AM PDT AP - Shares of for-profit education companies soared Friday after the Department of Education proposed new rules that should allow most schools in the industry to continue to receive federal loan funds.

Public sector losing jobs in this recession: report (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT Reuters - State and local governments have cut fewer jobs than the private sector during the recession, but public education is still facing its worst job losses in 30 years, according to a report.

2 more plead guilty in Obama student loan case (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:56 AM PDT AP - Two former employees of a U.S. Department of Education contractor in Iowa have pleaded guilty to illegally viewing President Barack Obama's student loan records.

Education inventors get boost under new programs (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:48 AM PDT AP - A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms.

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