Monday, March 22, 2010

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Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students.
(March 22, 2010, AP)
Fresh mandates and a plan to pour new funding into competitive grants draw fire from the NEA and the AFT.
(March 17, 2010) | Comments (15)
Although still banned by many schools, a growing number of others are using iPods and other MP3 players as educational accessories. (March 16, 2010) | Comments (2)
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School districts say it's practically free money, but opponents say children are being forced to travel to school on moving media kiosks.
(March 19, 2010, AP)
An Arizona school district seeks to prevent four women from filing open records requests without first getting permission from a judge.(March 19, 2010, AP) | Comments (2)
Congressional panels see much to like, while flagging concerns about turnarounds, competitive grants, and rural schools.
(March 17, 2010) | Comments (3)
The bill would ban bullying, require school districts to come up with bullying prevention plans, and expand the definition of bullying to include cyberbullying.
(March 19, 2010, AP)
A campus of nearly 600 7th and 8th graders joined a growing list of schools nationwide that have halted the display of affection.(March 19, 2010, AP)
An all-white delegation was to make the pitch for a share of the $4 billion in stimulus money, until a black lawmaker was put on the team.
(March 17, 2010) | Comments (3)
The closures are part of a $1 billion, five-year plan to downsize a struggling district and improve education, test scores and student safety. (March 18, 2010, AP)
Districts could be forced to choose between proposing deep cuts or asking voters to approve big property tax increases in a state where property taxes are already the highest in the nation. (March 18, 2010, AP)
In reading proficiency, boys lag by at least 10 percentage points in some states, while girls have caught up in math, a study finds.
(March 17, 2010) | Comments (13)
Seven years after the U.S. went to war in Iraq, schools are welcoming thousands of refugees with big gaps in their formal education.
(March 16, 2010)