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Traditional or charter schools? Actually, they help each other, study says
How higher education may be easing the global recession
Rights group files complaint over entry test for elite NY high schools
The 5 most educated countries in the world
California Community Colleges names new chancellor
EXCLUSIVE -- Arne Duncan Would Stay for 2nd Obama Term
EXCLUSIVE-Arne Duncan Would Stay In 2nd Obama Term
High School in Less Than Four Years?
NAACP to file complaint over entry test for elite New York high schools
Students Are Choosing Colleges With Social Media Clout [STUDY]
Romney Says He Won't Gut Teachers' Power to Strike
DC Sets Bar for Firing Teachers Over Performance

Traditional or charter schools? Actually, they help each other, study says

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:18 PM PDT

Charter schools are not a silver bullet for education reform, a new report says, but applying the best practices from some charter schools to low-performing public schools may increase student achievement.

How higher education may be easing the global recession

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, which examines education in OECD and G20 countries (where the data was available). Here are the five most educated countries in the world.

Rights group files complaint over entry test for elite NY high schools

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:18 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A civil rights group filed a complaint on Thursday over the admissions test at New York City's specialized high schools, among the nation's most elite public schools, citing effective discrimination against black and Latino students, it said. The complaint with the U.S. Department of Education focuses on eight schools, particularly Stuyvesant High and Bronx Science which boast stellar alumni including Nobel laureates, famed actors and musicians and Attorney General Eric Holder. While more than half the city's population is black or Latino, black students made up only 1. ...

The 5 most educated countries in the world

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report. The report examines OECD and G20 countries where the data was available. According to the report, which includes vocational training as part of higher education/post-secondary education, here are the five most educated countries in the world:

California Community Colleges names new chancellor

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:31 PM PDT

California Community Colleges on Thursday named a veteran administrator to lead the nation's largest system of public higher education as it confronts a host of financial and academic challenges.

EXCLUSIVE -- Arne Duncan Would Stay for 2nd Obama Term

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT

If President Obama wins a second term, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will stay in his job, he told National Journal on Thursday. Duncan is likely to spend much of his time in a second term focusing on ways to rein in spiraling college tuition costs—a significant barrier toward the president's goal of doubling college graduations by 2020.

EXCLUSIVE-Arne Duncan Would Stay In 2nd Obama Term

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT

If President Obama wins a second term, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will stay in his job, he told National Journal Thursday.

High School in Less Than Four Years?

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

In Arizona, hundreds of high school students are now being offered the opportunity to graduate after their sophomore year — as long as they prove their academic mettle.

NAACP to file complaint over entry test for elite New York high schools

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 08:02 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The largest U.S. civil rights group plans to file a complaint on Thursday over the admissions test at New York City's specialized high schools, among the nation's most elite public schools, citing effective discrimination against black and Latino students, the group said. The complaint with the U.S. Department of Education focuses on eight schools in the city, particularly on Stuyvesant High and Bronx Science, which boast stellar alumni including several Nobel laureates, famed actors and musicians, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. ...

Students Are Choosing Colleges With Social Media Clout [STUDY]

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 01:51 PM PDT

Efforts by higher education institutes to gain Twitter followers, Facebook likes and YouTube views, while connecting with students on blogs and message boards, are paying off.