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- Judge rules against gag order in Idaho prison suit (AP)
- Indiana legislature approves statewide school voucher program (Reuters)
- NY parents seek $100 million from Bloomberg over schools (Reuters)
- Gates to help schools adopt common core standards (AP)
- Indiana lawmakers OK broadest voucher plan in US (AP)
- Conn. mom pleads not guilty over school enrollment (AP)
- 5 charged in Mass. bullying case strike deals (AP)
- US women outpace men in higher ed: census (AFP)
- A List of the Degrees the Media Say Are Worthless (The Atlantic Wire)
- Considering 'Good Debt' And How to Use It (U.S. News & World Report)
- LA school head joins chef Oliver on TV after clash (AP)
- Donald Trump's New Obama Conspiracy Theory (The Daily Beast)
- Adrien Brody superb in harrowing "Detachment" (Reuters)
- Oklahoma passes tax credit for private school scholarships (Reuters)
- Haiti's Martelly seeks new taxes to help schools (AP)
| Judge rules against gag order in Idaho prison suit (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:32 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has agreed with The Associated Press and rejected Correction Corporation of America's request for a sweeping gag order in a lawsuit between Idaho inmates and the private prison company. |
| Indiana legislature approves statewide school voucher program (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - The Indiana legislature approved bills on Wednesday that would usher in sweeping changes to the state's educational system by creating a statewide private school voucher program and expanding the state's charter school program. |
| NY parents seek $100 million from Bloomberg over schools (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg should be fined $100 million of his own money over his unpopular education chief's short and controversial tenure, a group of parents said in legal papers on Wednesday. |
| Gates to help schools adopt common core standards (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:34 PM PDT AP - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it would be investing $20 million to bring new national education standards into the classroom using game-based learning, social-networking and other approaches to capture the imagination of bored or unmotivated students. |
| Indiana lawmakers OK broadest voucher plan in US (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:28 PM PDT AP - Indiana will create the nation's broadest private school voucher system and enact other sweeping education changes, making the state a showcase of conservative ideas just as Gov. Mitch Daniels nears an announcement on whether he will make a 2012 presidential run. |
| Conn. mom pleads not guilty over school enrollment (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:50 PM PDT
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| 5 charged in Mass. bullying case strike deals (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:20 PM PDT AP - Five teenagers have agreed to plead guilty to a minor charge in the bullying of a 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who later committed suicide. |
| US women outpace men in higher ed: census (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:20 AM PDT
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| A List of the Degrees the Media Say Are Worthless (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Reminder: if you got a law degree, or an MBA, or an undergraduate degree, or if you stayed in school a minute longer than it took to complete the fifth grade, you're an optimistic fool and you've wasted your time! That's the common refrain these days, at least. We've seen a spate of stories in recent weeks and months about how higher education simply isn't worth it anymore; the latest chatter about the law school bubble and the Ph.D. glut puts it over the edge. Below, a roundup of the cases against institutional learning: |
| Considering 'Good Debt' And How to Use It (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:38 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - With all the attention on the growing menace of educational debt, there is an irony to "investing" in higher education. Excitement turns bittersweet when faced with borrowing money to fulfill this dream. |
| LA school head joins chef Oliver on TV after clash (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:25 PM PDT AP - The superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District says he wants to stop offering chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milk to students as part of an attempt to curb childhood obesity. |
| Donald Trump's New Obama Conspiracy Theory (The Daily Beast) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:36 PM PDT The Daily Beast - President Obama may have released his birth certificate on Wednesday, but Donald Trump and other wingnuts have already moved on to a new conspiracy: how the president got into the Ivy League. Michelle Goldberg traces the far-right history of the claim. |
| Adrien Brody superb in harrowing "Detachment" (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:23 PM PDT Reuters - Movies have been depicting the horrors of the American educational system for more than half a century, from "The Blackboard Jungle" to "Dangerous Minds" to others too numerous to mention. |
| Oklahoma passes tax credit for private school scholarships (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 05:39 PM PDT Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) -- The Oklahoma House passed a bill on Tuesday supporters said was designed to increase the number of low-income students who can attend private schools by creating a state tax credit for gifts made to scholarship groups. |
| Haiti's Martelly seeks new taxes to help schools (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT
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