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Will D.C. teachers approve new contract? Education - Everything you need to know about the world of education.

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Will D.C. teachers approve new contract?


Voting on proposed pact concludes Wednesday; some predicting victory.
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School graduations in church ruled unconstitutional

A federal judge rules that a Connecticut school system’s practice of holding high school graduation ceremonies in a Christian church is unconstitutional and that a different venue must be found.

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Performance-Pay Model Shows No Achievement Edge EducationNews.org

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Performance-Pay Model Shows No Achievement Edge

6.1.10 - Preliminary results from a Chicago program containing performance-based compensation for
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School board training sessions "It's a great program to train boards how to be a rubber stamp

6.1.10 - Their lessons are board training sessions, some of which will teach them to put aside personal agendas, support their superintendents, and...
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States Create Flood of Education Bills

6.1.10 - DENVER — Democrats backed by the state’s largest teachers’ union nicknamed legislation overhauling Colorado’s tenure and evaluation rules the “teacher scapegoat” bill, and several lawmakers wept in public...
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Social mobility myth: How Labour punished middle-class for problem that doesn't exist

6.1.10 - Other policies which come under attack include A-level grade inflation, positive discrimination in favour of working-class university...
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Rohrabacher blasts illegal immigrant scholarship | rohrabacher, scholarship, illegal - News - The Orange County Register

Rohrabacher blasts illegal immigrant scholarship | rohrabacher, scholarship, illegal - News - The Orange County Register

Rohrabacher blasts illegal immigrant scholarship

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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is incensed that Santa Ana College is establishing a scholarship for illegal immigrants . He has written a letter to the school’s president saying if they proceed with this ,their federal funding could be in jeopardy.

The $2,500 matching scholarship is being created in honor of Tan Ngoc Tran of Garden Grove, a former Santa Ana College student and immigration activist who was killed in Maine on May 15 by a drunk driver.

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In his letter to college president Erlina Martinez, Rohrabacher said while Tran’s death is tragic, “channeling our scarce resources to illegal immigrants, even if they are students, is unforgivable at a time when so many of our citizens and legal residents are struggling to meet their own education needs.’’

Read Register reporters Deeptha Bharath andCindy Carcamo's story on Tran's death and the scholarship.

Tran was a crusader for passage of the DREAM ACT, which would allow illegal immigrant students to get legal status.

Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa, also said the scholarship dedicated to illegal immigrants is “an affront to law abiding citizens who tax dollars will pay the bill.’’

Rohrabacher tells Martinez that giving such money “to law breakers by rewarding them with scholarships exhibits a misguided set of priorities for Santa Ana College.”

School officials say because Tran was crusading to help other illegal immigrant students like herself it is only fitting that the scholarship be geared towards undocumented immigrants. Recipients also have to be in need of financial aid and have at least a 3.0 grade point average.

In the end of his letter Rohrabacher tells Martinez that if she goes ahead with this scholarship she is “putting continued public financing for Santa Ana College in jeopardy.’’

"If they're going to thumb their nose at the American people who are paying the bill and thumb their nose at the law there could be moves against them to defund them,'' Rohrabacher said in an interview.

According to a news release announcing the scholarhip, it will be the Santa Ana College Foundation that

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Eroding Student Empathy Quick Takes: June 1, 2010 - Inside Higher Ed

Quick Takes: June 1, 2010 - Inside Higher Ed

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June 1, 2010

Lambuth Will Remain Nonprofit, but Investors Will Pay Bills

On Friday, just a week after announcing it would be sold to private investors, Lambuth University announced it would not be sold and would retain its nonprofit status. Bill Seymour, the president, said in an interview that negotiations with the investors led both sides to think that the university would be best served by keeping its nonprofit status, but working with the investors, whom he declined to name. Lambuth had been rushing to send its accreditor -- the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which has placed the university on probabation -- a proposal to approve an ownership change. Seymour said that, at the last minute, the university decided not to file, and that it will instead seek approval to add new online courses that will be offered in a yet-to-be-determined partnership with the investors. Lambuth is so low on cash that it didn't make payroll in May, but Seymour said that the investors would do so, and would provide money to keep the university running until the new online programs start. He said existing programs would also continue. Asked if the funds being provided by the investors were a donation, he declined to characterize them in any way.
Belle S. Wheelan, president of the SACS Commission on Colleges, said that the organization would review whatever proposal Lambuth makes. Asked about whether issues were raised by investors keeping the institution running without a change in ownership, she said that nonprofit colleges can receive gifts or loans from outside groups. But she added that "if you are paying the bills, you may own the place."

New Scrutiny for Brown's Handling of Rape Allegation

An Associated Press article provides an in-depth look at the accusation that Brown University unfairly pushed out a student accused of stalking and then rape by a student who is the daughter of an active alumnus. The article examines accusations that Brown either was too quick the judge the accused or -- if it took the charges seriously -- not to refer the matter to judicial authorities. The accused is suing Brown over an agreement he says he signed under pressure that led to the end of his studying there -- just weeks after he arrived.

Congressman Attacks College's Scholarship for Undocumented Student

Santa Ana College's foundation recently announced a new scholarship for students at the California community college who cannot document a legal right to be in the United States. The scholarship honors Tan Ngoc Tran, a former student who has been active in the campaign to help such students get a college education and who was killed by a drunk driver last month. The Orange County Register reported that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican, has written the college, urging it to abandon the scholarship. "Channeling our scarce resources to illegal immigrants, even if they are students, is unforgivable at a time when so many of our citizens and legal residents are struggling to meet their own education needs," he wrote.

Internships Viewed as Vital and Market Is Improving

A national survey of college and university career centers has found near-unanimous agreement among officials that students who have had internships are at a significant advantage when they look for jobs. The survey, by Internships.com -- a Web site that lists internships -- also found some encouraging news for those seeking internships, in that two-thirds of career centers reported that they received more internship postings this year than last year. Many of those in the survey viewed as unrealistic new federal limits on unpaid internships. Many career center leaders view those positions as providing key opportunities -- even without cash -- for their students.

Eroding Student Empathy

College students today are not as empathetic as college students were in the 1980s and 1990s, according toan analysis by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. The study -- based on an analysis of student surveys over a 30-year period -- was presented last week at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Students were categorized based on how the responded to statements such as "I sometimes try to understand my friends better by imagining how things look from their perspective" or "I often have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than me."
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Community colleges to get funds for retraining — San Francisco Bay Area Schools, Performance, Profiles, News — SFGate

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Community colleges to get funds for retraining

Community colleges to get funds for retraining
President Obama's Bay Area visit last week highlighted his support for the green-tech industry, but for...

Newsom seeks college accounts for kindergarteners

Newsom seeks college accounts for kindergarteners
Some say everyone should go to college. Mayor Gavin Newsom is trying to ensure that's the case in San...

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Free Technology for Teachers: Einztein - Locate Online Courses and Course Materials

Free Technology for Teachers: Einztein - Locate Online Courses and Course Materials

Einztein - Locate Online Courses and Course Materials

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Einztein is a new service for locating online collegiate level courses and corresponding materials. Einztein isn't your standard search engine as all courses listed by Einztein are reviewed by a PhD level editorial team. Each course listed by Einztein comes with a listing of the types of materials available for each course. Some courses have audio, video, and documents while other course may only have one or two of those elements. Visitors to Einztein can search for course by keyword or simply browse courses by subject area.

Below is the beginning of a course for high school teachers called Vietnam Now offered by Columbia. The purpose of the course is to provide content knowledge about the Vietnam War for pre/in-service teachers at the secondary level and for college faculty interested in using digital media in teaching this subject. I found this course through Einztein.
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