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Report: U.S. Economic Leadership Vulnerable Due To Poor Performance in Math, Science

Report: U.S. Economic Leadership Vulnerable Due To Poor Performance in Math, Science By Ronald RoachWASHINGTONArmed with one of the most comprehensive and current reviews of data available, top corporate and higher education leaders last month said that the United States’ lackluster performance in science and math has placed the nation in serious danger of losing […]

February 23, 2005

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Bush Education Budget Includes Cuts to College Access Programs

Bush Education Budget IncludesCuts to College Access ProgramsGEAR UP, Upward Bound among programs slated for eliminationBy Charles DervaricsPresident Bush wants to terminate a variety of politically popular college access initiatives as part of an austere 2006 education budget plan with increases for a few high priorities but cuts or level funding for dozens of other […]

February 23, 2005

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Fallout Continues Over Payment to Conservative Commentator to Promote No Child Left Behind Law

Fallout Continues Over Payment to Conservative Commentator to Promote No Child Left Behind LawBlack journalists association calls on White House to rebuke Education DepartmentThe National Association of Black Journalists called on the White House earlier this month to rebuke those in the U.S. Department of Education who used taxpayer dollars to pay off conservative commentator […]

January 26, 2005

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Senators Offer Support for Nomination Of New Education Secretary

Senators Offer Support for Nomination Of New Education SecretaryMargaret Spellings cites more year-round Pell Grants, expansion of distance-learning options, as higher education policy themes By Charles DervaricsPresident Bush’s choice for education secretary sailed through a confirmation hearing in early January, but concerns about possible Pell Grant reductions and other budget cuts may make the honeymoon […]

January 26, 2005

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New Head of Education Department

New Head of Education Department Expected to Focus on K-12By Charles PekowThough a new leader will soon take the helm at the Department of Education, some educators say the Bush administration’s gaze will stay fixed on K-12 issues instead of higher education.Secretary of Education Roderick Paige, who announced his decision to resign Nov. 15, will […]

December 15, 2004

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Presidential Proposals

Presidential  ProposalsCandidates Envision Ways to Promote Postsecondary EducationBy Crystal L. KeelsQuestions of military service and non-service, missing weapons of mass destruction, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, the threat of further terrorist attacks and the unprecedented suggestion that U.S. elections may be postponed are topics that have characterized the 2004 presidential election campaign thus far. […]

October 6, 2004

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Bush Offers Glimpse of a Second-Term Education Agenda

Bush Offers Glimpse of a Second-Term Education AgendaBy Charles DervaricsPresident Bush in early September outlined a second-term education agenda that includes more Pell Grant support for low-income students, new funds for community colleges and a collection of other proposals designed to spur K-12 reform and college access.“In this time of change, most new jobs are […]

September 22, 2004

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The State of Latino Education: A War Against Ignorance

The State of Latino Education: A War Against IgnoranceThe population of Latinos in the United States has skyrocketed to approximately 40 million, and they’ve begun to move into virtually every state in the union, particularly into the Midwest, Northwest and Southeast. Yet, with the exception of many schools in the Southwest, many schools from K-12 […]

June 16, 2004

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Conservative Scholars Ponder K-12 Education

Conservative Scholars Ponder K-12 EducationConference highlights include discussions of public school reform, closing racial achievement gapBy Ronald RoachNEW YORKDuring the week the nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case, more than 200 conservative scholars and education officials gathered in New York […]

June 16, 2004

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NEA Study Finds Stagnant Resources Jeopardize Public Schools

NEA Study Finds Stagnant Resources Jeopardize Public SchoolsInvestments in public schools are not keeping pace with the needs of our children, according to an education funding report released last month by the National Education Association (NEA).Last fall, nearly 400,000 additional children entered the nation’s classrooms, representing the 19th consecutive rise in school enrollment. Yet, annual […]

June 16, 2004

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Leaving No Child Behind In Science Education

Leaving No Child Behind  In Science EducationWith the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 several changes have been implemented that require states, colleges of education, school districts and others to rethink ways to improve teacher certification. One aspect of this legislation is that each public school must have a “highly qualified” […]

June 2, 2004

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Sen. Clinton Accuses Bush of ‘Walking Away’ From Goals of Brown

Sen. Clinton Accuses Bush of ‘Walking Away’ From Goals of BrownDETROIT The Bush administration has abandoned the hopes for progress created by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling declaring racial segregation illegal in public schools, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says. The New York Democrat told an NAACP fund-raising dinner in April that President Bush […]

May 19, 2004