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Education Schools Are Outmoded, Panelists Say

Education Schools Are Outmoded, Panelists SayBy Ben HammerWASHINGTONEducators at a recent forum debated whether education schools are preparing teachers to meet the goals their future employers have set for academic achievement. Several participants at the forum held by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, stressed that most education schools fall short in focusing […]

July 2, 2003

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House Panel Tackles Teacher Training

House Panel Tackles Teacher TrainingBy Charles Dervarics   A congressional panel has approved a bill to improve teacher training through ideas that include “charter colleges of education” similar to the charter schools created in many communities at the K-12 level. The House Education and the Workforce panel approved the Ready to Teach Act by voice […]

July 2, 2003

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Toyota USA Foundation Announces Awards for Math, Science Teaching

Toyota USA Foundation Announces Awards for Math, Science Teaching By Ronald Roach NEW YORKThe Toyota USA Foundation has announced that it is awarding $695,965 in grants to four universities to support initiatives designed to enhance the teaching of K-12 math and science. Recipients of the awards are the University of Central Florida, Orlando; the University […]

June 18, 2003

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Former United Negro College Fund President Dies at 75

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June 4, 2003

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Lawmakers Link Affirmative Action, K-12 Funding Issues Race-conscious admissions help ‘right’ inequities in local school financing, coalition says

Lawmakers Link Affirmative Action, K-12 Funding Issues Race-conscious admissions help ‘right’ inequities in local school financing, coalition says By Charles Dervarics A congressional coalition is seeking to link two of the most contentious issues in education today — unequal K-12 funding and affirmative action in higher education. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., who is leading […]

June 4, 2003

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Legislation Seeks to Broaden Access to HOPE Scholarship

Legislation Seeks to Broaden Access to HOPE ScholarshipBy Charles Dervarics A congressional coalition is seeking to link two of the most contentious issues in education today — unequal K-12 funding and affirmative action in higher education. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., who is leading the coalition, says unequal funding and affirmative action are directly related. […]

June 4, 2003

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Community College’s New Foray

Community College’s New ForayAs more two-year colleges begin to offer bachelor’s degrees, higher education officials ponder benefits, possible pitfalls By Kristina Lane WASHINGTON What does two plus two equal? Usually posed in the very early stages of a child’s education, the question is being looked at afresh by higher education leaders postulating a new sum: two […]

May 21, 2003

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Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 Budget

Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 BudgetMinority-serving institutions, TRIO, GEAR UP receive slight increasesBy Charles Dervarics After months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress and the White House finished work on a 2003 budget bill with a 5 percent increase for Black colleges and slightly higher Pell grants for needy students. Approval of the package ends […]

March 12, 2003

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Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few Gains

Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few GainsMany student aid programs face funding freezeBy Charles Dervarics The Bush administration is proposing a funding freeze for many student aid programs next year while cutting a variety of K-12 initiatives, including several projects to promote school reform. The top Pell grant for needy students would remain unchanged at […]

February 26, 2003

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What’s at Stake for UVa?

What’s at Stake for UVa?University president weighs in on the campus’s current racial climate and ongoing efforts to strengthen its multicultural milieu.By Kendra Hamilton The following Q&A session with the University of Virginia’s president, Dr. John T. Casteen, follows news reports that the venerable state school, which appeared to have forged a bright multicultural future […]

January 1, 2003

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New Report Reveals Deficiencies in Mathematics Education

New Report Reveals Deficiencies in Mathematics Education WASHINGTONA report released last month by the Education Trust marshals findings from several large-scale studies of mathematics achievement — both national and international — to argue that improving mathematics achievement in the United States will require a coordinated K-16 approach involving both K-12 and higher education. The report […]

November 20, 2002

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Five-Year Plan Targets Minority-Serving Colleges

Five-Year Plan Targets Minority-Serving CollegesBy Charles Dervarics A five-year management plan adopted by the U.S. Department of Education calls for strengthening Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges. As one of several objectives in higher education, the Strategic Plan 2002-2007 seeks improvements for minority-serving institutions, calling them essential in “closing the gap between low-income and […]

November 20, 2002