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Engaging in the Liberating Experience of Education

Engaging in the Liberating Experience of EducationThe ominous reports of the state of education in this country reflect the desire of American education to rigorously prepare its students to the extent that the measurement of their academic performance can be compared to high-performing students anywhere. However, measurements of performance have evolved into high-stakes accountability, and […]

March 13, 2002

UC Faculty Committee Proposes Dropping SAT I

UC Faculty Committee Proposes Dropping SAT IBERKELEY, Calif.The push is on to drop the SAT I as a University of California admissions requirement and a key faculty committee has proposed developing new entry exams tailored to state curriculum. The recommendation is tentative and it will be months before it could come up for a vote […]

February 27, 2002

Education Bill Creates Federal Reading Program, Annual Testing

Education Bill Creates Federal Reading Program, Annual TestingPresident Bush signed into law a major K-12 education reform bill with new school/college links and an array of new testing requirements for elementary and middle school students.Bush signed the Leave No Child Behind Act after the House and Senate bridged differences on competing proposals just before Christmas. […]

January 30, 2002

House, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 Pact

House, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 PactBill has ambitious ideas, but limited funding, critics sayAfter months of debate and lingering opposition among some experts, House and Senate negotiators forged a final agreement on a bill to improve the nation’s K-12 education pipeline through more testing as well as increased aid for disadvantaged schools.Republicans and […]

January 2, 2002

Howard University Closes Mailrooms

Howard University Closes Mailrooms After Finding Trace of AnthraxWASHINGTONHoward University’s main mailroom and eight sorting facilities were temporarily closed last month after D.C. Department of Health Director Dr. Ivan Walks confirmed that one of a total of 54 environmental samples from the university’s main mailroom on the ground floor of the administration building tested positive […]

December 5, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book Innovations

Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book InnovationsWhen librarians at Robert Morris College in Moon Township, Penn., sought volunteers for a research study on using e-books in an undergraduate class, Ashley Hamilton eagerly volunteered to experience what she considers to be an inevitable wave of academic technology. This semester, Hamilton, a sophomore elementary education major from […]

October 10, 2001

Bush’s Education Reform Plan on Hold

Bush’s Education Reform Plan on HoldProcedural delays and uneasiness about plan delay bills’ considerationPresident Bush’s education reform plan — once on Congress’ fast track — is losing steam on Capitol Hill this summer.Some political analysts had expected speedy approval of a final bill once the House of Representatives and the Senate approved their reform blueprints […]

August 1, 2001

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Gains Congressional Support

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Gains Congressional SupportSome proposed changes to education bill from CBC members were rejected Education reform bills gaining ground in Congress may affect virtually all areas of school policy, from K-12 through higher education.The chief vehicle is H.R. 1, a plan from House Republicans and the Bush administration that has attracted support […]

June 20, 2001

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals On College-School PartnershipsBut initiatives focus almost exclusively on elementary and secondary educationPresident Bush’s new education reform plan is drawing cautious support across the political spectrum except for one provision with political dynamite — vouchers for poor children.Late last month Bush outlined a series of initiatives, including substantial funding increases […]

February 14, 2001

FBI Investigates Teachers Cheating on competency tests

FBI Investigates Teachers Cheating on competency testsJACKSON, Miss.At least 52 teachers from Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee have been accused of cheating on their competency tests by paying $1,000 bribes to exam supervisors for extra time to figure out answers, officials say.The test, which 34 states require teachers to pass in order to earn […]

September 13, 2000

Fla. County Official Defends Bar Exam Remark

Fla. County Official Defends Bar Exam RemarkTAMPA, Fla. — A Hillsborough County commissioner offended Florida A&M University alumni when she told them the historically Black university’s new law school won’t boost the number of minority lawyers because “we can’t get them to … pass the Bar.” Florida A&M alumni were seeking financial support from the […]

July 19, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Remembering Brown with Reminders that Hurdles Remain

Remembering Brown with Reminders that Hurdles RemainWASHINGTON — Ethnic diversity is considered a valuable commodity on the nation’s college campuses and has not lowered student quality, according to a series of reports jointly released last month by the American Council on Education and American Association of University Professors here.Meanwhile, participants of a forum sponsored by […]

June 7, 2000

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