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Google News on Arizona Education
Arizona ranks 45th in education, but gets B- for reform - Phoenix Business Journal
September 02, 2010
Hearing Opens in Legal Battle Over Arizona ELL Programs - Education Week News
September 03, 2010
Brewer stumbled, mumbled - and won't debate again - Arizona Daily Star
September 03, 2010
KOLD News 13Federal Officials give Arizona 30 days to create new ELL test - KOLD-TV
September 02, 2010
Business Calendar: Sept. 3, 2010 - Bizjournals.com
September 03, 2010
CNN Education
Obama must stick to his guns on education
September 02, 2010
It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"
Alabama schools turn to bank loans to operate
August 31, 2010
Alabama schools have been having a rough time of it, and it only looks like it's going to get rougher. The Cotton State recently came in last place in the federal Department of Education's Race to the Top grant competition. And a steadfast global recession combined with the Gulf Coast oil spill this summer have put a severe strain on the state's tax receipts, the primary source of revenue for Alabama's education system, forcing several school systems to take out private loans just to make it through the year.
Award-winning teachers dole out advice on fixing public schools
August 31, 2010
What if students attended school all year? One Wisconsin teacher thinks that could be a way to improve student grades and fix the nation's public school system.
Report: Classroom shortage hurts East Jerusalem children
August 24, 2010
Palestinian children in East Jerusalem are being put at a disadvantage because of a dire shortage of classrooms in the east side of the city, according to a report published Tuesday by two Israeli human rights groups.
What's missing for back-to-school? 135,000 teachers
August 20, 2010
More children are crowding into classrooms in Modesto, Calif. Parents are paying extra to send their kids to full-day kindergarten in Queen Creek, Ariz. And the school buses stopped rolling in one St. Louis area school district.
U.S. News & World Report's Education Center
How to Get In: University of Miami School of Law
September 02, 2010
What can you do to set yourself apart in your application? Admissions officials have the answers.
The 5 Biggest Mistakes College Students Make
September 01, 2010
Many of these issues can be avoided, if students and parents recognize them. Here are some tips.
3-2 Engineering Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges
August 31, 2010
If you're interested in engineering, you can still opt to take the liberal arts route.
Ask the Right People for Your Recommendations
August 30, 2010
Choose the writer carefully and provide him or her with the information to craft a quality letter.
Colleges With High Student Loan Repayment Rates
August 30, 2010
Tech, nursing, and liberal arts college students are among the top repayers of loans.
NPR's Education News
Students Quiz Education Sec. Arne Duncan
September 02, 2010
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has spent much of the back-to-school season talking with teachers and parents. His department recently oversaw the awarding of more than $4 billion to public schools in select states. While he's addressed countless teachers in recent weeks, now, he tackles students' questions.
Women's Salaries Back On Top For Younger Set
September 01, 2010
Unmarried women between the ages of 22 and 30 are making 8 percent more than men in the same demographic, according to a new analysis of government data by a private research firm. It's partly because more women are college educated. But overall, women still make less than men.
BYU Going Independent In Football
August 31, 2010
BYU says it is leaving the Mountain West Conference and will go independent in football while joining the West Coast Conference in all other sports in the 2011-2012 school year.
'L.A. Times' Database Angers Teachers, Union
August 30, 2010
The Los Angeles Times has published a controversial database giving ratings for individual teachers in the huge L.A. Unified School District. Teachers and their union are outraged, and claim the ratings are a false measure of classroom performance.
Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools
August 30, 2010
In the city's public schools, test scores are climbing, charter schools are opening all the time, and facilities are being upgraded. But the population of the schools is overwhelmingly African-American. The head of one charter school network says it takes a long time to break old patterns.
New York Times Education
U.S. Asks Educators to Reinvent Student Tests, and How They Are Given
September 03, 2010
Could the bubble be on the way out? In the near future, students may take their tests on computers.
 
Chicago News Cooperative: Despite Scrutiny of For-Profits, Crucial Questions Are Unanswered
September 03, 2010
A recent Chicago forum on for-profit colleges made pertinent points about the state of American eduction but ignored some important issues.
Crossroads County: Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats
September 03, 2010
The youth vote in Fort Collins, Colo., will play a role in a closely watched Congressional election.
Public Hospitals Look to Overhaul Affiliations With Medical Schools
September 03, 2010
New York City's hospital system wants to renegotiate longstanding contracts that allow medical schools to manage physicians.
In Medical School Shift, Meeting Patients on Day 1
September 03, 2010
Dr . Steven Abramson with a patient, Sharon Smith-Sanders, who has lupus, as the N.Y.U. Medical School students Jennifer Millman and Christine Stahl, right, listen and learn.
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