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NEWARK — Shortly after landing at Malcolm X Shabazz High School as a Teach for America recruit, Dominique D. Lee grew disgusted with a system that produced ninth graders who could not name the seven continents or the governor of their state. He started wondering: What if I were in charge?

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 at 07:20 0 comments

PHILADELPHIA — Duong Nghe Ly can’t wait to begin his senior year at South Philadelphia High School. A day of violence there last year changed his life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well.

Monday, September 6th, 2010 at 17:28 0 comments

IOWA CITY — The hour when Ariana Kramer will begin her college career is fast approaching — and her parents are in an office supply store, disagreeing about hanging files, of all things. “She’ll need them,” her mother says. “I don’t think so,” her dad counters

Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at 14:19 0 comments

If community colleges were to find all the formerly enrolled students whose academic records qualify them for an associate degree and retroactively award them the credential, then the number of associate degrees awarded in the United States would increase by at least 12%. This compelling projection by the Institute for Higher Education Policy is one of the primary reasons why it is working with the Lumina Foundation for Education to roll out the three-year, $1.3 million Project Win-Win. This initiative will financially support 35 community colleges and four-year institutions in six states — Louisiana , Missouri, New York , Ohio , Virginia and Wisconsin — so they can track down and retroactively award qualified students associate degrees who, for whatever reason, never received one

Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 01:49 0 comments

NEW YORK – The dean of the Northwestern University School of Law has been appointed president of The New School in New York City, replacing ex-U.S. presidential candidate Bob Kerrey

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 23:16 0 comments

UNTIL just a few years ago, looking for a job was a relatively straightforward process. Write a r?sum

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 09:00 0 comments

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. – President Barack Obama is planning his second back-to-school speech to the nation’s students. The White House said Wednesday the vacationing president will make his remarks on Sept

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 21:12 0 comments

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said Tuesday that nine states and the District of Columbia will get money to reform schools in the second round of the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” grant competition

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 16:12 0 comments

Want to feed squirrels, transform into a zombie or use science to whip up bacon-flavored cotton candy? Forget chess club

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 02:59 0 comments