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• How two words stir controversy on federal plan to rate US colleges
• White House releases snapshot of plan to rate U.S. colleges
• Ed Dept. releases 'framework' to rate colleges
• Lawmakers push for changes to higher education
• Newtown teachers want continued mental health funding

How two words stir controversy on federal plan to rate US colleges Posted: 19 Dec 2014 02:21 PM PST It's just a two-word phrase, but it goes to the heart of what's both controversial and promising about an Education Department proposal for rating of US colleges.

White House releases snapshot of plan to rate U.S. colleges Posted: 18 Dec 2014 09:06 PM PST By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday released a draft of its plan to rate U.S. colleges and tie federal aid to performance as a way to coax institutions to pull up their socks. The U.S. Education Department will rate institutions on their performance, intake of low-income students, completion rates, affordability, employment prospects and student loan repayment rates. ...

Ed Dept. releases 'framework' to rate colleges Posted: 18 Dec 2014 09:05 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Colleges and universities have fretted over how they will be judged under a new college ratings system President Barack Obama announced last year would be developed to encourage transparency and affordability.

Lawmakers push for changes to higher education Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:02 PM PST Gov. Jerry Brown isn't expected to release his new budget until next month but higher education has already emerged as a contentious topic with legislators introducing competing plans to avoid tuition ...

Newtown teachers want continued mental health funding Posted: 02 Dec 2014 03:45 PM PST NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Sandy Hook Elementary School teachers told top union leaders on Tuesday they are worried what will happen once various pots of funding for mental health services run out in 2016.

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