Education Jan 23 Critics say Obama proposal will hurt families saving for college About 12 million people across the U.S. have money socked away, in most cases by their parents, in special savings accounts meant to be used to pay for college.
Education Jan 20 Obama: Community college should be ‘as free and universal in America as high school’ As expected, President Obama outlined his proposal to offer two years of free community college tuition for students, first detailed two weeks ago in Tennessee. Or as he put it in the speech, "to lower the cost of community college…
Education Jan 09 Obama to outline plan for free community college President Barack Obama will announce a proposal today to make two years of community college free for eligible students with the goal of making a two-year college degree as universal as a high school diploma.
Education Jan 07 With number of English learners growing, school districts get federal guidance on honoring students’ civil rights For the first time this year, non-white children make up a larger portion of the country’s public school students than white children. Within that growing racial diversity is an increasing linguistic diversity. There are about 5 million public school students…
Nation Dec 22 Rolling Stone announces independent review of discredited UVA rape article Rolling Stone Editor and Publisher Jan Wenner released an editor’s note saying the magazine will enlist administrators at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism to conduct an independent review of the editorial process that led to the publication of a…
Nation Dec 05 Rolling Stone: ‘Our trust in her was misplaced’ over woman’s account of alleged UVa gang rape Rolling Stone magazine published a note to readers this afternoon saying they no longer have confidence in the account given by the woman featured in the piece of a rape that allegedly took place at a University of Virginia…
Nation Dec 03 Critics question why Rolling Stone reporter did not contact men accused of UVA gang rape Last month, Rolling Stone magazine published an article detailing the gang rape of a University of Virginia freshman, Jackie, by seven men in one of the campus’ fraternity houses and the university’s failure to investigate once the attack was reported…
Education Nov 26 Obama administration releases plan to grade teacher prep programs Too many new teachers are under-prepared for the classroom and left figuring out how to reach students on their own. That’s the problem proposed regulations from the Department of Education mean to solve, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told reports during…
Education Nov 20 Why Obama’s immigration announcement is also about education The day after President Barack Obama unveils his plans for new changes to enforcement of the country’s immigration laws, he’ll make his case for the changes at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. Talking about what is on its…
Education Nov 17 Number of international students on U.S. campuses at an all-time high While the number of internationals students coming to the U.S. has increased in most of the last dozen years, that growth picked up during the recession. Schools like the University of California’s campuses looked to other countries for students who…