Yahoo! News: Education News

---

• The Ascension of Dr. Phil
• Senate GOP fails to bring up immigration bill
• Quality of Texas teachers dropping with low pay

The Ascension of Dr. Phil Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:16 PM PST Though he is basically a bowl of chili with a master's degree, teevee mind-guru Dr. Phil McGraw continues to perform ably as a dispenser of daytime issues-based television. In fact, right now he reigns supreme. For the first time in its eleven-year history, Dr. Phil was at the top of the November sweeps pile, averaging a 3.2 rating, which apparently comes out to some 4.3 million viewers a day. That's a lot of people looking for self-help in the middle of the day. What could be causing that? Oh, right. But, yes, Dr. Phil has finally found himself as the king of daytime. ...

Senate GOP fails to bring up immigration bill Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked Republicans from bringing up an immigration bill offering permanent residence visas for foreigners with advanced degrees that passed the House last week despite the opposition of most Democrats.

Quality of Texas teachers dropping with low pay Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:40 AM PST The quality of Texas' teachers is dropping largely because of low pay in a competitive market, an expert economist testified Tuesday in the public school finance trial.Duke University professor Jacob Vigdor ...

You are subscribed to email updates from Education News Headlines - Yahoo! News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610