Education Articles

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  UNCF to Raise $5 Million to Help College Students Graduate

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  • December 1, 2011
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  Kenisha Cromity is a Fulbright Scholar teaching this year in China. The young African American woman from Jacksonville, Florida, almost wasn't able to graduate from Atlanta's Spelman College last year because she couldn't pay off her tuition.
  That i...
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  University of Louisiana Uses Breakthrough Program to Help Younger Kids Excel in Algebra

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  • November 29, 2011
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  In a world where t-shirts say kids are allergic to algebra and low national test scores seem to confirm, the University of Louisiana runs a unique teaching program using a strategy called Hands-On Equations (http://www.borenson.com) to train teachers...
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  NAACP Says Indiana Schools Have Discipline Disparities

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  • November 21, 2011
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  The NAACP is urging the state to keep closer tabs on disparities between how white and minority children are disciplined. The organization says discipline data it reviewed for Marion County school districts indicate the schools with the largest Afric...
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  Hall Lockers? Some Schools Say No

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  • November 16, 2011
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  Walk down any hallway in the new Germantown High School in Madison, Miss., and one thing stands out: You won't spot a single locker.
  Lockers have served as a symbol of the American high school for decades, but with new technology — eBooks, int...
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  Boys & Girls Clubs of America Partners With University of Phoenix to Impact Graduation Success Among Nation's Youth

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  • November 3, 2011
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  Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) announced today it is partnering with University of Phoenix to combat dropout rates among the nation's youth. Currently one in three kids in the United States fails to graduate each year with one in two Africa...
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  Survey: Two-Thirds of Kindergarten Teachers Say: "Children Are Not Adequately Prepared for School"

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  • November 2, 2011
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  Age of Learning, Inc. released today the results of a nationwide kindergarten preparedness survey to coincide with the opening of this year's National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) annual conference in Orlando, Florida. The ...
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  Report: U.S. Students Struggle To Boost Reading Test Scores

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  • November 1, 2011
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  Hawaii was the only state in the nation where students boosted scores in both math and reading at fourth and eighth grade levels over the last two years, according to a report released on Tuesday.Math tests showed steady improvements in the last few ...
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  Obama Unveils New Student Loan Measures

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  • October 26, 2011
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  President Barack Obama recalled his struggles with student loan debt as he unveiled a plan Wednesday that could give millions of young people some relief on their payments.
  Speaking at the University of Colorado Denver, Obama said that
  he and his w...
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  Tuition And Fees Rise More Than 8% At U.S. Public Colleges

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • October 26, 2011
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  Tuition and fees at America's public colleges rose more than 8% this year as a weakened economy and severe cuts in state funding took their toll, a report out today says.Public four-year universities charged residents an average of $8,244, up 8.3% fr...
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  Public Charter Schools Now Enrolling At Least 30 Percent of Students in a Record Six School Districts Nationwide

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  • October 19, 2011
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  A record number of school districts—six—have at least 30 percent of their public school students enrolled in public charter schools, according to an annual report released Monday by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS)...