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Arizona State U. has problems, just how its president likes it
Since Michael Crow was named president of Arizona State University eight years ago, the university has increasingly organized itself with an ...
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TV, movies shoot 'on location' at L.A. schools needing funds
In an era of yawning budget deficits and teacher layoffs, schools in the Los Angeles area are looking at a nontraditional source for some extra ...
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Duncan: Congress needs to act now on school funding
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is urging Congress to act soon to increase education funding because cash-strapped states can't wait until ...
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Miami University sororities' antics spur alcohol debate
Sorority spring formals call up visions of young women in colorful dresses dancing the night away -- not vomiting on tables, urinating in sinks ...
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Some schools grouping students by skill, not grade level
Forget about students spending one year in each grade, with the entire class learning the same skills at the same time. Districts from Alaska ...
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Budget cuts likely to widen gap between rich, poor L.A. schools
The Los Angeles Unified School District has grappled with $1.5 billion in budget cuts and nearly 3,000 teacher layoffs during the past two years. ...
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New York public schools top nation in per-student spending
New York spent $17,173 per student for public education in 2007-08, more than any other state and 67% more than the U.S. average, according to ...
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Teachers become the students in U.S. Supreme Court
From Elena Kagan to choosing the court's docket, the Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers covered a range of topics for a group of 30 ...
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Small schools up graduation rates for struggling NYC kids
They were known as dropout factories: Big high schools in poor neighborhoods where only a quarter to a third of students graduated. Now, small, ...
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4 charged in Texas videotaped school beating
A teacher and three other educators at a Houston charter school were charged Monday in connection with the videotaped beating of a 13-year-old ...
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Going for grants: 31 states join to create national academic tests
A group of 31 states has banded together to compete for a federal grant to create a series of new national academic tests to replace the current ...
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Microsoft 'School of the Future' in Philly finally in a groove?
When the Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened, the facility was a paragon of contemporary architecture, with a green roof, light-filled ...
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Professor pushes return to slow reading
At a time when people spend much of their time skimming websites, text messages and e-mails, an English professor at the University of New Hampshire ...
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'Rap teacher' uses hip-hop to school L.A. kids in algebra
The class of eighth graders at a Los Angeles middle school tap their rulers and nod their heads to the rhythm of the rap video projected on a ...
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U.S. colleges see highest enrollment jump in 40 years
Freshman enrollment surged 6% in 2008 to a record 2.6 million, mostly due to rising minority enrollment, particularly from Hispanic students ...
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Early school start times may raise risk of teen car crashes
Starting the school day earlier may lead to more car accidents involving teenagers, new research suggests.
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More school friends may equal better grades
School friends may play a major role in your teen's academic success, a new study suggests.
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Job outlook brightens for new grads, but barely
To get a sense of the job market new college graduates face, consider the latest crop of nurses from Santa Rosa Junior College. Just eight of ...
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Man accused of duping Harvard got into Stanford
A Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard was accepted at Stanford University after he was kicked out of the Ivy League school, ...
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Government eyes for-profit colleges
Cloud of heightened federal scrutiny hangs over career college meeting, but some taking the long view see upbeat future.
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