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• More colleges and employers requesting applicants’ Facebook passwords than ever before
• CHP releases dozens arrested at Capitol protest
• 6 Ways College Students Can Find Summer Jobs
• Dozens arrested in day of Capitol protests
• Minority Students Get Arrested, Suspended More Than White Students
• Today’s Top Stories: iPad HD Rumors, Colleges Demand Applicants' Facebook Data
• Calif. troopers arrest dozens in state Capitol
• Racial divide runs deep in U.S. schools, study finds
• Students protest education cuts at Capitol rally
• California College Students Protest Tuition Rate Hikes
• Teachers begin first day of three day strike vowing to vigorously resist Bill 22
• Santorum Backs Down After Criticizing Obama on Education
• School Shootings and Weapons Crimes 2012 Comparison
• Transcript: Rick Santorum on Fox News Sunday
• Santorum Backs Down on Criticism of Obama on Education
• Teacher, student, parent offer opinions on B.C. teachers' strike
• At some colleges, parental recommendations welcome
• ‘I Could Say I Rented an Apartment From the President’: College Students Surprised to Discover Their Landlord Is…
• Mass. appeals judge to decide fate of 351-year-old
• Detroit Schools to help run ailing Highland Park
• Newt Gingrich and President Obama Agree: Everyone Deserves a Higher Education Opportunity
• California college students protest education cuts
• Parents and students across B.C. prepare for provincewide teachers strike
• The Reason Rally: Godless Doesn't Mean Voiceless
• Student protesters shut down most of UC Santa Cruz
• B.C. teachers to strike for 3 days next week as bitter dispute continues
• Biden: It's Santorum Against America on Higher Education
• British Columbia teachers vote 87 per cent in favour of escalating job action
• Looming B.C. teachers strike rooted in flawed bargaining model: experts
• Court extends NYC church access to public schools
• Community College Students Mistakenly Placed in Remedial Courses
• Teachers return to Ohio shooting rampage scene
• Innovation and Community Colleges - The Overlooked National Asset
• Rick Santorum’s Michigan speech: ‘A month ago they didn’t know who we are, but they do now’
• Are Virtual Academies Better Than Traditional Public Schools?
• Santorum Should Be Ashamed for Denigrating Higher Education
• Canadian Press NewsAlert:B.C. teachers given go-ahead for 3-day walkout
• Ohio Issue 2 Remorse
• Are Santorum's comments on higher ed out of step?
• Obama rebukes Santorum on education ‘snob’ charge, points to policy on community colleges, worker training

More colleges and employers requesting applicants’ Facebook passwords than ever before Posted: Last year, we reported that a police department in North Carolina was requiring applicants to provide their social network passwords to interviewers to be considered for a job. What was once an isolated practice has begun to spread, with more and … Continue reading →

CHP releases dozens arrested at Capitol protest Posted: Nearly all of the 72 people arrested during this week's protests over funding for higher education at the state Capitol have been released, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday.

6 Ways College Students Can Find Summer Jobs Posted: Finding a job in this economy is difficult for anyone, but some evidence suggests teens are among the hardest hit. If a summer job for yourself or your college student is on your to-do list, consider these ideas to help make it happen.

Dozens arrested in day of Capitol protests Posted: A day of boisterous protests over cuts to higher education that included thousands of students swarming the state Capitol ended with dozens of arrests after demonstrators refused to leave the building.

Minority Students Get Arrested, Suspended More Than White Students Posted: A new study of large school systems shows that the racial gap in the punishment of students is similar to the disparities found in the criminal justice system for adults. Data from the Department of Education show that African-american students are suspended or "referred" to law enforcement by school officials far more often that white students, even with in the same school. (Referred does not always mean arrested or cited, but merely that outside authorities were called in to deal with an on-campus problem.)

Today’s Top Stories: iPad HD Rumors, Colleges Demand Applicants' Facebook Data Posted: Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories.

Calif. troopers arrest dozens in state Capitol Posted: California Highway Patrol officers arrested dozens of protesters who refused to leave the state Capitol Monday night after repeated warnings, capping a day of protests over cuts to higher education that saw thousands descend upon Sacramento.

Racial divide runs deep in U.S. schools, study finds Posted: (Reuters) - Black and Latino students across the United States are far more likely to be suspended than white students - and far less likely to have access to rigorous college-prep courses, according to a sweeping study released on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. The trove of data, collected from 72,000 schools serving 85 percent of the nation's students, revealed tremendous disparities in the public school experiences of minority and white students. ...

Students protest education cuts at Capitol rally Posted: Chants, shouts and earnest proposals reverberated in the marble halls of the state Capitol on Monday as hundreds of protesters held a sit-in after a boisterous rally outside protesting state budget cuts to higher education.

California College Students Protest Tuition Rate Hikes Posted: The Sacramento Bee reported the planned California college student protest at the state capitol went off without a hitch. An estimated 10,000 attendees registered their support for "making government properly fund higher education."

Teachers begin first day of three day strike vowing to vigorously resist Bill 22 Posted: VANCOUVER - BC Teachers' Association President Susan Lambert says her members will vigorously resist all efforts by the B.C. Liberal government to impose legislation restricting job action.

Santorum Backs Down After Criticizing Obama on Education Posted: Rick Santorum, who spent days attacking President Obama's higher education policies and called him a "snob, " said on Sunday he may have mischaracterized the president's position and that, with a new understanding of Obama's statements, he agrees with him.

School Shootings and Weapons Crimes 2012 Comparison Posted: Multiple school shootings and incidents of weapon possession have occurred at public schools during the first two months of the year. Bureau of Justice Statistics experts feel the recent increase does not indicate a trend and say school murders and weapons violence uncommon, according to NewsNet 5.

Transcript: Rick Santorum on Fox News Sunday Posted: On Fox News Sunday, Rick Santorum walked back his attacks on Obama over higher education in which he called the president a "snob" and Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talked about the threat Iran poses to U.S. national security. Read the full transcript here.

Santorum Backs Down on Criticism of Obama on Education Posted: Rick Santorum, who spent days attacking President Obama's higher education policies and called him a "snob, " said on Sunday he may have mischaracterized the president's position and that, with a new understanding of Obama's statements, he agrees with him.

Teacher, student, parent offer opinions on B.C. teachers' strike Posted: VANCOUVER - British Columbia's classrooms will be barren come Monday, as teachers escalate a six-month labour feud with their heftiest weapon yet: a three-day strike.

At some colleges, parental recommendations welcome Posted: The letter recommending Christianne Beasley for admission to Smith College didn't come from the most unbiased of sources. But there was no disputing the writer knew this applicant as well as anyone.

‘I Could Say I Rented an Apartment From the President’: College Students Surprised to Discover Their Landlord Is… Posted: "I didn't think that someone running for president would be the landlord of this small apartment..."

Mass. appeals judge to decide fate of 351-year-old Posted: A Massachusetts appeals court judge has pledged to issue a quick ruling on efforts to tear up a 351-year-old will that was intended to raise funds for Ipswich public schools.

Detroit Schools to help run ailing Highland Park Posted: The financially troubled Detroit Public Schools will help manage the ailing Highland Park school district for the rest of the academic year.

Newt Gingrich and President Obama Agree: Everyone Deserves a Higher Education Opportunity Posted: COMMENTARY | Do Newt and Obama actually see eye to eye on higher education? Commenting on President Obama's 2009 call for Americans to "commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training," Newt Gingrich responded that it seemed "perfectly reasonable."

California college students protest education cuts Posted: Students, educators and Occupy Wall Street activists held demonstrations Thursday across California to protest state budget cuts to education, partially shutting down at least one college campus.

Parents and students across B.C. prepare for provincewide teachers strike Posted: VANCOUVER - Fresh out of the education program at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, it's been a tough school year looking for work for Peter Hartwick.

The Reason Rally: Godless Doesn't Mean Voiceless Posted: COMMENTARY | The news reports some politician insisting on ideas that have more harm than good. We hear him suggest relying heavily on extremely pollutant oil and coal while we are on the cusp of electric cars. He claims promoting higher education for everyone by our country's leader was very snobbish; despite the country falling behind in aspects of learning. Then there is the idea that everyone in the nation needs to be religiously freed by having the nation's government indoctrinated into religious law. ...

Student protesters shut down most of UC Santa Cruz Posted: Student protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shut down most of the campus Thursday as part of statewide demonstrations against budget cuts to higher education.

B.C. teachers to strike for 3 days next week as bitter dispute continues Posted: VANCOUVER - British Columbia teachers will hold a three-day strike starting Monday, but their union president says the job action could be averted if the education minister agrees to jumpstart negotiations.

Biden: It's Santorum Against America on Higher Education Posted: Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who called President Obama a "snob" for promoting higher education, is out of step with both parties on the subject.

British Columbia teachers vote 87 per cent in favour of escalating job action Posted: VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Teachers' Federation says 87 per cent of its teachers have voted in favour of a strike.

Looming B.C. teachers strike rooted in flawed bargaining model: experts Posted: VANCOUVER - The looming teachers strike that threatens to send parents and school officials across British Columbia scrambling as early as next week is rooted in a two-decade-old decision to fundamentally change the way the province bargains with its educators, according to experts who have spent years repeatedly diagnosing the problem.

Court extends NYC church access to public schools Posted: A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by New York City to keep churches out of its public schools while a judge decides whether a city law banning them from its school buildings can be enforced.

Community College Students Mistakenly Placed in Remedial Courses Posted: COMMENTARY | Recent studies conducted by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University found that about 25 percent of students at community colleges are mistakenly assigned to remedial courses when they could actually be successful in college-level courses. Most community colleges place students based on the scores they receive on a placement test administered at the college - usually the College Board's Accuplacer or the ACT's Compass. ...

Teachers return to Ohio shooting rampage scene Posted: Grief counselors are on hand as teachers return to an Ohio school where a 17-year-old allegedly shot five students, fatally wounding three.

Innovation and Community Colleges - The Overlooked National Asset Posted: Throughout his administration, President Obama has made higher education a priority. As far back as 2009, Obama lamented America's nearly 40 percent college dropout rate. More recently, the president called a college degree "an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford." I don't doubt that the [...]

Rick Santorum’s Michigan speech: ‘A month ago they didn’t know who we are, but they do now’ Posted: Rick Santorum finished second to Mitt Romney in the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Tuesday. He addressed his supporters from Grand Rapids, Mich., after Arizona had been called for Romney by the Associated Press, but before Michigan had been called. Santorum praised college education and, citing his mother as an inspiration, women working outside the [...]

Are Virtual Academies Better Than Traditional Public Schools? Posted: COMMENTARY | Are virtual or e-schools better than traditional brick and mortar public schools? In many ways the answer would be a resounding yes. More states are offering alternatives to the typical public education, according to PBS. Until recently learning from your kitchen table evoked stereotypical images of a home-school environment fueled by strictly religious beliefs. Modern parents are not intimidated by technology and most children by the age of 8 can type as quickly as an accomplished secretary.

Santorum Should Be Ashamed for Denigrating Higher Education Posted: COMMENTARY | Rick Santorum's observation that President Barack Obama is a "snob" for wanting people to seek education beyond high school has brought into being an eclectic group of people who have taken him to task over the statement.

Canadian Press NewsAlert:B.C. teachers given go-ahead for 3-day walkout Posted: VANCOUVER - B.C.'s Labour Relations Board says teachers can walk off their jobs, starting with a three-day strike, but parents need two days warning.

Ohio Issue 2 Remorse Posted: COMMENTARY | The highly publicized public employees union battles in Ohio and Wisconsin might be over, but funding problems still remain. The short-lived triumph claimed by teachers unions after the failure of Ohio Senate Bill 5 -- Issue 2 might be coming back to haunt them during contract negotiations.

Are Santorum's comments on higher ed out of step? Posted: When Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum calls President Barack Obama "a snob" for wanting all Americans to attend college, he may be out of step with the public's overall view of higher education.

Obama rebukes Santorum on education ‘snob’ charge, points to policy on community colleges, worker training Posted: The White House on Monday rolled out a "no-drama" response to Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's charge that Barack Obama is a "snob" intent on pushing "everybody in America" to go to college. By the superheated standards of recent election-year Republican attacks on the president — they've called him a socialist waging war on organized [...]

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