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• Panel approves Michigan contract for 'iLottery'
• 3 Potential Student Loan Changes to Eye in 2014
• Obama Throws a Gut Punch to the Teachers Unions
• Government Releases New Guidelines to Fix School-to-Prison Pipeline. What Do Teachers Think?
• White House summit on college affordability: Live chat

Panel approves Michigan contract for 'iLottery' Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:40 AM PST A state panel has approved a Michigan Lottery contract for "iLottery," billed as a way to help fund public schools and keep the lottery relevant. The Michigan Lottery announced that the action ...

3 Potential Student Loan Changes to Eye in 2014 Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:34 AM PST Student loans garnered a lot of attention in 2013. Interest rates on federal student loans became a political playing card - again - and debt loads and borrower default rates captured headlines. The pending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act could usher in myriad changes to federal student loan programs and interest rates for 2014-2015 loans likely won't remain the same. Below are three potential student loan changes borrowers should keep an eye on in 2014.

Obama Throws a Gut Punch to the Teachers Unions Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:45 AM PST A funny thing happened on the way to President Obama's "Promise Zones." He stepped off track and delivered quite a smack to the teachers unions. In rolling out his newest anti-poverty program, Obama pledged federal support for five targeted communities, which share high unemployment and poverty and cited as a model the Harlem Children's Zone. That neighborhood initiative, led by founder Geoffrey Canada, is best known for bringing charter schools to Harlem. As Obama pointed out, "Last year, a study found that students who win a spot in one of the charter schools score higher on standardized tests than those who didn't." It's that simple.

Government Releases New Guidelines to Fix School-to-Prison Pipeline. What Do Teachers Think? Posted: 14 Jan 2014 04:22 PM PST Awareness around the role schools play in priming young people for jail has become acute enough that last week the Obama Administration's Department of Education and Department of Justice released new disciplinary guidelines to stem what has come to be known as the school-to-prison pipeline. The new Federal guidelines are intended to support lucid and fitting expectations and consequences for students, as well as equity in how discipline is distributed. They demonstrate a shift away from policies of zero-tolerance, a trend that began in the 1990s after the Columbine shooting, towards the creation of more welcoming school climates.  "With restorative practices, students are drawn into building a sense of community within their class and their school, and they begin to behave appropriately because of the relationships they have with each other and with teachers, not because of some severe consequence that is dangled over their heads."Effective teaching and learning cannot take place unless students feel safe at school," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said at a January 8 event when the guidelines were released.

White House summit on college affordability: Live chat Posted: 14 Jan 2014 01:09 PM PST President Barack Obama and Michele Obama are hosting a high-profile White House summit of college and university presidents, and leaders from non-profits, state governments and the private sector as part of a push to find ways to make higher education more affordable.

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