U.S. Govt.: Most School Discipline Shouldn’t Lead to Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration last week pressed the nation’s schools to abandon what it described as overly zealous discipline policies that send students to court instead of the...
View ArticleBudget Deal Restores Head Start Cuts, Supports Education
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands more American babies, toddlers and preschoolers would be eligible for early childhood programs under a budget deal reached by lawmakers that advocates hailed as an...
View ArticleA Push Emerges to Help DREAMers Gain In-State Tuition
WASHINGTON (AP) — Giancarlo Tello paid $14,000 more than other New Jersey high school graduates to attend Rutgers University, the state’s flagship public college. Why the difference? Tello spent much...
View ArticleImmigrant Students Have Right to Public Schools, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a 32-year-old court ruling, school districts continue to raise barriers to enrollment for children brought into the U.S. illegally, the Obama administration said Thursday,...
View ArticleBeyond Poverty: D.C. Area Pursues Generational Change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The corner Safeway is long gone, closed after looting following Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968. Some residents have no choice but to buy groceries from an old...
View ArticleWhites, the New Minority in America’s Classrooms
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The cheerful sign outside Jane Cornell’s summer school classroom in Pennsylvania’s wealthiest county says “Welcome” and “Bienvenidos” in polished handwriting. Inside,...
View ArticleGraduates of For-Profit Colleges Stage a ‘Debt Strike’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Hunt is so overwhelmed by her $56,000 in student loans for what she considers a worthless criminal justice master’s degree that she’s joined others on a “debt strike” and...
View ArticleGraduation Rates Soar but Improvement Still Needed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as America’s high school graduation rate has reached historic highs, the gains aren’t consistent. Students at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia celebrate their graduation...
View ArticleImmigrant Detention System Must End, U.S. Bishops Say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Catholic bishops called Monday for the federal government’s immigrant detention system to be dismantled, and predicted Pope Francis would address the issue when he visits the U.S....
View ArticlePoverty Is Affecting More U.S. Students, Study Finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American education landscape is shifting. Students eat breakfast in their classroom on April 8 at the Stanley Mosk Elementary School in Los Angeles. AP Photo by Nick Ut More U.S....
View ArticleUS School Kids Showing Slight Improvement In Math
WASHINGTON — Some progress. Still needs improvement. The nation’s report card on math and reading shows fourth- and eighth-graders scoring their best ever in math and eighth graders making some...
View ArticleEducation Law’s Promise Falls Short After 10 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared...
View ArticlePolitical, Legal Fights Over School Vouchers’ Fate
WASHINGTON (AP) – Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more...
View ArticleGED Test in 2014 Could Put More Pressure on the Poor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who passed part, but not all, of the GED test are rushing to finish the high school equivalency exam before a new version rolls out in January and their previous scores are...
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