Monday, June 7, 2010

This Week In Education AM News: "Educators Opposed To Obama Plan

This Week In Education

AM News: "Educators Opposed To Obama Plan"

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States Grapple With Funding Education PBS: Classroom cuts are looming, as the school year winds down for many states facing budget shortfalls. Jeffrey Brown reports on the potential layoffs and the new contract ratified by teachers unions in Washington D.C... Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/education/06gain.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">For-Profit Colleges Are in a FightNYT: The U.S. will soon propose regulations that would cut off federal aid to for-profit colleges whose graduates cannot earn enough to repay their student loans... California Is Set to Ease Path for Transfer Students Chronicle: California lawmakers appear set to approve a major change in the transfer process for community-college students that would standardize the requirements for transferring from a two-year college to a California State University campus... Ohio tornado kills 7, wrecks cop cars, graduationAssociated Press: A tornado unleashed a "war zone" of destruction in northwest Ohio, destroying dozens of homes and an emergency services building as a line of storms killed at least seven people and briefly threatened the Northeast on Sunday... Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/education/06bceducation.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Educators Are Opposed to Obama’s School PlanNYT: Clashes over a new bid for millions of dollars in federal education money have resulted in a weakened bid that the government could well reject... Public Financing Supports Growth of Online Charter Schools Bay Citizen NYT: Nationally, there are an estimated 200,000 full-time virtual charter school students.