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KETTERING, Ohio – Police say a woman who couldn’t afford to fix her car’s brakes ran a red light and crashed into a school bus carrying elementary school children home in western Ohio. Police Lt. Bill Karolyi (kuh-ROHL’-ee) says one child was hospitalized as a precaution following the Thursday afternoon crash in Kettering, a Dayton suburb with about 60,000 residents
LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska lawmakers have been told that the fat has been cut and the next step is to trim and eliminate programs in the Department of Education to help close a large state-budget gap.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal government will hire more investigators to prevent fraud by for-profit colleges in such areas as student financial aid, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said on Friday. In a letter to the chairman of a Senate committee on education, Duncan said his department will hire over 60 additional staff to strengthen oversight of schools and increase program reviews of post-secondary institutions by 50 percent each year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is defending his administration’s education policies, responding to criticism that so far they have not substantially helped minority students. The president blames some of the criticism of his plan on teachers and others resistant to change.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will deliver an education reform speech Thursday morning at the National Urban League’s 100th Anniversary Convention in the nation’s capital.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will deliver an education reform speech Thursday morning at the National Urban League’s 100th Anniversary Convention in the nation’s capital. Obama will discuss how his “Race to the Top” program and other initiatives are driving education reform across the country and focusing the nation on the goal of preparing students for college and careers. Civil rights leaders are openly criticizing the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” grant competition, claiming it leaves out many minority students
WASHINGTON – The D.C.
DES MOINES, Iowa – Two former employees of a U.S. Department of Education contractor in Iowa have pleaded guilty to illegally viewing President Barack Obama’s student loan records. Julie Kline of Ainsworth, Iowa, pleaded guilty Friday to exceeding authorized computer access.