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  • 'Brooklyn Castle': Inspiring Documentary About NY School Chess Team

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • October 19, 2012
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    If Vice Principal John Galvin of I.S. 318 in Brooklyn, leans back in his chair, he can just make out the Marcy Projects, where the school's most famous alum, Jay Z, grew up. When Galvin first arrived at the school in the '90s, packs of wild dogs roam...

  • Morehouse College Cuts Spending As Enrollment Drops

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • October 19, 2012
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    Morehouse College says it will furlough faculty and staff and make other budget cuts because of a drop in enrollment.
    The Atlanta college is teaching 2,360 students — about 125 fewer than projected, Interim Provost Willis Sheftall said Thursda...

  • Study: Recent College Grads Owe $26,600 In Debt

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • October 18, 2012
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    The 8.8 percent unemployment rate among recent college graduates was front and center during the second Presidential debate on Tuesday night. Here's another factoid the candidates could have used to bolster their arguments - the average student who g...

  • New York High School Under Fire Over Pep Rally Skit

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • October 18, 2012
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    Students at Waverly High School are facing a great deal of criticism as a video of a skit done at their homecoming rally last week goes viral.
    The video shows three white male students, two in blackface, re-enacting the 2009 domestic abuse incident ...

  • Schools Take Aim at Popular Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • October 16, 2012
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    School districts in California and New Mexico are trying to ban the popular snack food Flamin’ Hot Cheetos because they say it is a health hazard to students.
    School officials say the concern is their nutritional value, or lack thereof. Each b...

  • Five-Year-Olds Put to the Test as Kindergarten Exams Gain Steam

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 25, 2012
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    With school in full swing across the United States, the littlest students are getting used to the blocks table and the dress-up corner — and that staple of American public education, the standardized test.
    A national push to make public school...

  • Chicago Teachers to Consider Offer, Ending Strike

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 18, 2012
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    Teachers across the nation's third-largest city will be poring over the details of a contract settlement Tuesday as the clock ticks down to an afternoon meeting in which they are expected to vote whether to end a seven-day strike that has kept 350,00...

  • Healthier School Lunches Earn Mixed Grades from Students

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 14, 2012
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    One student complains because his cafeteria no longer serves chicken nuggets. Another gripes that her school lunch just isn't filling. A third student says he's happy to eat an extra apple with his lunch, even as he's noshing on his own sub.
    Leaner,...

  • Planning Early Important To Meeting College Costs

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 14, 2012
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    Financially preparing for college in the face of rising high education costs can be a daunting task, but a sound savings strategy today can ease the strain of tomorrow's tuition costs.
    "Exploring various options and planning early can make the cost ...

  • Fresh Hopes for End to Chicago Teacher Strike by Weekend

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 13, 2012
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    Now it its fourth day, the teacher strike in Chicago has turned life upside down for hundreds of thousands of families.
    On Wednesday, students could be found in contingency programs at schools, in churches and in costly day care centers. Some slept ...