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California teacher tenure ruling: Not as earthshaking as it seems?A California judge on Tuesday struck down state teacher tenure protections, prompting sweeping statements from both sides. But the practical significance might lie somewhere in between.
At pioneering high school, Obama plays role model in chiefPresident Obama spoke at Worcester Tech High School, calling it a model for how to prepare students for the global economy. But for many minority kids, Obama is the model.
California court strikes down teacher tenure rules in major rulingSuperior Court Judge Rolf Treu said the five California rules on teachers' protections he struck down 'impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.'
Common Core, battered by midterm politics, gets higher-ed support. Too late?The midterms 'can't come soon enough' for Common Core, which has been taking fire from both the left and right. Higher Ed for Higher Standards says it hopes to debunk Common Core myths.
Cover StoryThe great college aid game: Landing a full ride after a year of suspenseCollege costs were make or break for New Rochelle High School senior Matisse Clayton: With a lot of help from Mom and her color-coded files, she applied to 18 colleges, was accepted at four, and won a full ride at one.聽
The great college aid game: How five high school seniors won scholarshipsFew students pay the full sticker price for college. Here's how five New Rochelle High School seniors found ways to start college in the fall without bankrupting their parents.
Mark Zuckerberg, wife give $120 million to Bay Area schools. To what end?Facebook鈥檚 Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, will give $120 million to public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. In Newark, N.J., a similar gift drew grass-roots resistance.
Workforce of the future? Bipartisan bill would overhaul job training.The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the result of months of negotiations,聽addresses everything from adult literacy and job training to preparing youths with disabilities for employment.
Ohio school lockdown puts officials at nexus of violence and race: Lessons?Authorities have locked down聽a Cincinnati-area elementary school to protect students from frequent gunfire. Some parents see it as a racist move to eventually close the school.
US schools largely re-segregated 60 years after Brown v. Board of EducationMany black and Latino students are still concentrated in racially isolated schools with high concentrations of low-income students, limiting their opportunities and achievement, a new report says.
Less than 40 percent of 12th-graders ready for college, analysis findsResults from NAEP, also known as the 'nation's report card,' have now been linked with academic preparedness for college. Currently, at least a quarter of college students need to take remedial-level courses.
Christine Lagarde won't be commencement speaker: What happened to free speech on campus?Christine Lagarde joins several high-profile commencement speakers who have withdrawn or been 'disinvited' because of protests. Free-speech advocates worry that today's students only want speech they like.
Illegal immigration: Feds tell schools what they can and can't doThe update is necessary, civil rights groups say, because the initial guidance hasn鈥檛 prevented some schools from discouraging students whose families lack legal status. Groups concerned about illegal immigration see it differently.
What are kids reading? Books like 'Hunger Games,' but classics, too.The reading habits of 9.8 million students in Grades 1 to 12 are detailed in the 鈥榃hat Kids Are Reading鈥� report by Renaissance Learning. The annual report tries to identify enjoyable books and encourage more reading.- US 'report card': stagnation in 12th-grade math, reading scoresCommenting on the 2013 NAEP 'report card' for US 12th-graders, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, 'achievement gaps among ethnic groups have not narrowed.'
Aiming for a Top 100 college? It's not at all necessary to thrive, poll finds.Furthering the debate over the state of US higher education, a Gallup survey of college graduates found that it's what you do at school, not where you go, that matters for your future well-being.
'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.
