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• Leaders in Deception: For-Profit Colleges Pocket $32 Billion in Taxpayer Dollars
• Teacher union boss bends to school reform winds
• No Jeans, Flip-Flops or Tattoos: Teachers Get a New Dress Code
• New Report Blasts Poor Retention Rates for Irreplaceable Teachers
• Spectacular Photo: Humpback Whale Surprises Fishing Trip
• An Apple a Day Is Great, But Teachers Really Want More Tech
• Nobel writer scorns S.Africa education as 'a wreck'

Leaders in Deception: For-Profit Colleges Pocket $32 Billion in Taxpayer Dollars Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:06 PM PDT For-profit colleges are charging students hefty tuition prices and consuming billions in taxpayer dollars, concluded a two-year Senate investigation into the industry.

Teacher union boss bends to school reform winds Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:42 PM PDT DETROIT (Reuters) - In the maelstrom of criticism surrounding America's unionized public teachers, the woman running the second-largest educator union says time has come to collaborate on public school reform rather than resist. Randi Weingarten, re-elected this week for a third term as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) with 98 percent of the vote, wants her 1.5 million members to be open to changes that might improve public schools. ...

No Jeans, Flip-Flops or Tattoos: Teachers Get a New Dress Code Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:18 PM PDT Teachers may need to rethink their wardrobe choices this fall. Due to complaints about teachers dressing inappropriately, school districts across the country are pushing for stricter dress codes.

New Report Blasts Poor Retention Rates for Irreplaceable Teachers Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:06 PM PDT Anyone who has ever watched a beloved teacher permanently leave school knows well the gap that is left behind. Sadly, for millions of urban students, this emptiness is a far-too common reality. The nonprofit TNTP (formerly known as The New Teacher Project) has just released a fascinating report on this trend called The Irreplaceables: Understanding the Real Retention Crisis in Schools.

Spectacular Photo: Humpback Whale Surprises Fishing Trip Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:32 AM PDT Melissa Pelaez was visiting Panama to do research on yellowfin tuna for her master's degree in aquaculture, the cultivation or farming of fish. One fine morning she and her University of Miami classmates set out from the Achotines Laboratory to catch adult tuna, which they planned to bring back to the station from the Pacific Ocean to breed.

An Apple a Day Is Great, But Teachers Really Want More Tech Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:35 AM PDT In the days of yore, teachers routinely wanted paper towels and art supplies for their classrooms. Now, in this era of trying to teach to digital natives, they just want more technology in the classroom, according to the results of a survey of teachers across the country.

Nobel writer scorns S.Africa education as 'a wreck' Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:58 PM PDT Nobel literature prize winner Nadine Gordimer poured scorn on South Africa's education system on Tuesday as "a wreck" over the failure to deliver textbooks to thousands of public schools.

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