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Leadership & Policy

Higher Education Commission

The federal government should increase need-based financial aid for postsecondary education, but reject controversial ideas to introduce standardized testing into colleges and universities…

April 19, 2006

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No Child-Loophole: Nearly Two Million Scores Uncounted

Laquanya Agnew and Victoria Duncan share a desk, a love of reading and a passion for learning. But because of a loophole in the No Child Left Behind Act…

April 18, 2006

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Study: Child Well-being Improving, But Education Still Lags

Children have shown few gains in educational achievement over the past three decades, a sour note in a broad social report card that also cites declines in drug use, pregnancy rates and crime…

March 30, 2006

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High School Reform Plan May Cripple College Programs

The Bush administration is drawing the ire of leaders across the higher education spectrum by promoting a proposal that funds a new high…

March 22, 2006

HBCUs

Education Budget Looks to Eliminate

President Bush is proposing a tight 2007 federal education budget that would freeze the maximum Pell Grant and Black college…

February 22, 2006

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Lawsuit Challenging ‘No Child Left Behind’ Thrown Out

A judge threw out a lawsuit last month that sought to block the No Child Left Behind law…

December 14, 2005

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ECS Reprinted Report Highlights Continued

The Education Commission of the States released in October the 2005 edition of “Prisoners of Time”…

November 16, 2005

Asian American Pacific Islander

Blacks, Hispanics Trail Whites, Asians in Colorado schools

Black and Hispanic schoolchildren don’t fare as well as White and Asian classmates in math, reading, writing and science…

October 9, 2005

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Study Provides Early Indicators Of High-School Drop Out Risks

A new study finds that information on students’ freshman year course credits and failures can be used to predict whether they will graduate from high school Story:

July 27, 2005

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Study Provides Early Indicators Of High-School Drop Out Risks

A new study finds that information on students’ freshman year course credits and failures can be used to predict whether they will graduate from high school Story:

July 27, 2005

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GEAR UP, TRIO Officials Mobilize Support To Save College-Access Programs

GEAR UP, TRIO Officials Mobilize SupportTo Save College-Access ProgramsBy Tracie PowellWith an older brother in prison and a father he hardly knew, the most Ronnie Rice had hoped for was a spot in the military or a job at one of the factories in his hometown of Mobile, Ala. For this borderline high-school student, college […]

March 23, 2005

Students

Black Male Achievement And the Community College

Black Male Achievement And the Community CollegeBy Dr. Edward C. Bush and Dr. Lawson Bush The two-year college often represents Black men’s first experience with postsecondary education, and for many, their last opportunity for obtaining a degree beyond a high-school diploma. Yet a review of student performance data provided by the California chancellor’s office for […]

February 23, 2005