No Child Left Behind: with waivers, Obama offers states flexibility (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama today unveiled a sweeping plan to give states the flexibility they have been clamoring for under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law.
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No Child Left Behind: with waivers, Obama offers states flexibility
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No Child Left Behind: with waivers, Obama offers states flexibility (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama today unveiled a sweeping plan to give states the flexibility they have been clamoring for under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law.
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No Child Left Behind: with waivers, Obama offers states flexibility
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Duncan: States will get school testing waivers (AP)
AP – State and local education officials have been begging the federal government for relief from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law, but school starts soon and Congress still hasn’t answered the call.
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Duncan: States will get school testing waivers
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Sen. Shelby questions education grant competition (Reuters)
Reuters – The “Race to the Top” program extends the reach of the federal government too far into states’ public schools operations, a leading Republican senator said on Wednesday.
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Sen. Shelby questions education grant competition
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Education grants made available for nine states (Reuters)
Reuters – Nine states will be eligible to compete for education grants of up to $50 million through President Barack Obama’s “Race to the Top” program, the federal government said on Wednesday.
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Education grants made available for nine states
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Ousted principals quickly find new education jobs (AP)
AP – After Red Lake High School was labeled one of Minnesota’s worst schools, its board moved quickly to dismiss the principal. It didn’t take long for Ev Arnold to land on his feet, though: The same district now pays him the identical salary to oversee the school’s turnaround.
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Ousted principals quickly find new education jobs
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Court won’t let Conn. challenge education law (AP)
AP – The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday against hearing Connecticut’s challenge to the federal No Child Left Behind law, ending the state’s six-year lawsuit over how to pay for the stepped-up student testing considered one of the law’s cornerstones.
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Court won’t let Conn. challenge education law
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Two Tax Credits for Higher Education (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Getting an education is expensive. At age 44 I just paid off my last law school loan, I’m ashamed to admit. But if you take advantage of the federal tax credits that are available today, you can catch a bit of a break.
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Two Tax Credits for Higher Education
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Cheaper Student Loans, But Shortage of College Grants Likely in 2011 and 2012 (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Although the federal government will hand out billions of dollars more in college grants in 2011 and 2012 than ever before, the nation’s financial aid programs as a whole are not keeping up with rising tuition, government officials and financial aid analysts say.
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Cheaper Student Loans, But Shortage of College Grants Likely in 2011 and 2012
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For-profit schools sue to stop new rules (Reuters)
Reuters – A group of for-profit schools on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday to stop implementation of three costly new rules.
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For-profit schools sue to stop new rules
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