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'ObamaCore'? Common Core ed reforms don't scare GOP voters, poll finds.Common Core standards have been derided as a federal takeover of state education by some conservative critics. But a poll shows support for the reforms, even among GOP primary voters.
FocusThe 'transfer' deficit: Push is on to propel students past community collegeEighty percent of community college students say they want to go on to four-year schools. But only 15 percent earn bachelor's degrees within six years. Model programs are tackling this transfer gap.聽
Minnesota school massacre averted: template for community vigilance?How police caught John LaDue, who allegedly planned to kill his family and bomb his school, offers a lesson in communal vigilance: how one watchful person had the power to stop a tragedy.
55 colleges with Title IX sexual violence cases pending: Is yours listed?In a bid to increase awareness, the US Department of Education, for the first time, released the list of schools under investigation for how they dealt with reports of sexual violence on campus.
The great college aid game: College choice deadline dramatizes family riskCollege aid was the deciding factor for five New Rochelle High School seniors who had to pick a college by the聽May 1 deadline.聽Interpreting the financial aid packages was a difficult 鈥� even financially risky 鈥� drama, as some hesitated until the last minute.
State college tuition skyrocketed during recession, study findsStrapped from the recession, states foisted more of the cost of public college tuition onto students. In 45 states, tuition rose more than 20 percent since 2008. The trend is only now starting to ease.
Sexual assault on campus: 'No more turning a blind eye' to it, Biden saysThe first report from the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault was released Tuesday as the Obama administration increases pressure on colleges to better address the problem.
Progress WatchUS high school graduation rates hit historic highFour-year high school graduation rates hit 80 percent, capping a decade of significant improvement and suggesting that US schools can hit even more ambitious goals by 2020.
Players union vote at Northwestern could change more than college footballFootball players on scholarship at Northwestern University are voting Friday whether to unionize, which could allow them to negotiate pay and other benefits. It could mean big changes in college athletics.
Smaller share of US high school grads entering college. Why?College enrollment of a graduating high school class peaked in 2009, at 70.1 percent. Now the number is down to 65.9 percent, the Labor Department reports.
Supreme Court ruling gives affirmative action foes more room to maneuverTuesday's US Supreme Court decision upholds a ban on affirmative action in college admissions only in Michigan. Experts say it opens the door for lawmakers or voters in other states to establish bans of their own.
Cover StoryBlended learning revolution: Tech meets tradition in the classroomBlended learning combines the best of online learning with traditional teaching. The educational trend is showing results 鈥� higher test scores, happier teachers and students 鈥� as more schools adopt and adapt it.聽
House votes to amend Obamacare: how it would affect community collegesThe Save American Workers Act trims employer obligations to provide health care by redefining who is a full-time worker under Obamacare. Community colleges rely heavily on part-time adjunct faculty.
New index reveals sobering picture of how much African-American children lagThe composite index used data on education, family resources, and neighborhood by race and by state 鈥� key indicators that predict how likely a child is to succeed in life.
Closing arguments in major California education reform caseNine California public school students say the state's laws for hiring and firing teachers has led to substandard teaching and education. They want the laws thrown out.
What happens at school when a girl doesn't act like a girlHow schools dealt with Grayson Bruce and Sunnie Kahle, two young students who didn't act according to gender norms, has drawn outrage. But such cases are complicated, and many schools are making progress toward being more understanding, experts say.聽
Racial gap in discipline found in preschool, US data showAmid聽growing concern about inequities in school discipline, data show that black children 鈥� 18 percent of total preschool enrollment in 2011-2012 鈥� made up 48 percent of those suspended more than once.
In clashes with Cuomo, de Blasio taken to school on pre-K, chartersWhen N.Y. Mayor de Blasio went to Albany to lobby for a tax increase to pay for pre-K, his rally for his progressive troops was upstaged by a pro-charter school rally attended by Cuomo.
Will your degree get you a good job? US proposes test for for-profit colleges.The proposed 'gainful employment' regulations would take away a program's eligibility for federal student aid if too many of its students defaulted on student loans or had debts too high relative to earnings.
When school discipline is unfair: four ways to do betterA new set of reports dives deep into the complex causes of inequities in school discipline and offers details on what schools can do to create a climate that is both orderly and fair.
