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• State Takes Over Arkansas School District That Had To Make Teachers Wear Underwear
• Experts Debate Graduation Rates for Online Students
• China education minister demands rejection of Western values

State Takes Over Arkansas School District That Had To Make Teachers Wear Underwear Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:31 AM PST Things have gone from bad to worse for the public school system in Little Rock, Ark. In August 2013, the district announced — to the great dismay of the teachers union — a dress code that would require teachers to wear underwear. Now, a mere 18 months later, the Arkansas Department of Education has voted to assume control over management of the school district, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. The narrow 5-4 vote on Wednesday by the state school board effectively wrests control of the district from the local school board (but keeps Superintendent Dexter Suggs on the job on an interim basis).

Experts Debate Graduation Rates for Online Students Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:30 AM PST Prospective students have a variety of factors to think about when they're choosing their online programs: accreditation, faculty credentials and prestige, among others. Graduation rates rarely make the top of the list. The public can be forgiven for associating online education with low completion and graduation rates. There has been little national research comparing completion rates for online and on-campus college and graduate programs, says Peter Shea, associate provost for online learning and an education professor at University of Albany--SUNY.

China education minister demands rejection of Western values Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:33 AM PST BEIJING (AP) — China's education minister has issued a stern warning against threats to communist ideological purity in higher education, saying Western values must never be permitted to infiltrate the classroom.

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