All posts tagged "College & Careers"

Pell Grant Cuts

It might make for a more leisurely summer, but Kennesaw State University student Steven Welch didn’t dump college courses to have more...

David Domenici: Educators Can and Should Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Speaking at the New Schools – Aspen Institute Summit 2012 last week, David Domenici challenged educators to embrace troubled (and often challenging) students and to keep...

Brad Cohen, ‘Front of the Class’ Author, Educates About Tourette Syndrome

With all of the news stories about kids being bullied, we often forget that there are some kids that are labeled “different”...

‘Drop Out Factories’ Decline, Nation Pushes for Graduation Benchmark

Drop out factories. Since coined by a Johns Hopkins researcher working on high school dropout issues in 2004, that’s the name given to schools...

Controversial ‘Abstinence Only’ Sex Ed Law Draws Praise, Criticism in Tenn.

Earlier this month, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a controversial new sex education law. According to the bill, the new law “exclusively...

School Police

This story originally appeared on iWatchnews.org by the Center for Public Integrity. Alexander Johnson arrived at Barack Obama Global Preparatory Academy to pick up...

“Got Rights Project” Seeks to Inform LGBT Students of Legal Rights

This month, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) have...

Petition to Ban Shock Treatment at Mass. School Delivered to State Lawmakers

A petition to ban the use of electric shock treatment in a notorious Massachusetts “special needs school” was delivered to state legislators...

Affordable College: A Must, Biden Says

Following the defeat by Senate Republicans of a bill that would have prevented student loan interest rates from doubling July 1,  Vice...

Elementary Education: Studies Show Mixed Results for Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies

Earlier this month, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) released a new report on the effectiveness of Peer-Assisted Learning and Literacy Strategies (PALS)...

Pew Research Report – Young, Underemployed and Optimistic: Coming of Age, Slowly, in a Tough Economy

Student Loans: Bill to Extend Current Interest Rates Defeated

Tuesday, Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked a bill backed by Democrats that would have kept interest rates for certain federal student...

College Assistance Program Praised By Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy

Earlier this month, the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy; a nonprofit organization that frequently assists Congress in identifying successful social program models – gave...

Performance-Based Scholarships May Improve Academic Progress of College Students

Children in the United States – Report and Factsheet

Secretary of Education Unveils Blueprint to Reform Nation’s Vocational Education System

Want Fries with That? Only if it’s Regulated

Care for a fizzy soda pop with that lunch room meal? How about a thick slice of pizza to add to that...

Student Advocates Raise Concerns over Pending Student Loan Interest Rate Increase

Student advocates worry that a pending interest rate increase on federally-administered student loans will further burden borrowers, potentially adding thousands of dollars...

Cheating Scandal Prompts New SAT and ACT Security Measures

In the wake of a cheating scandal involving more tha 20 Long Island, N.Y. high school students, makers of the SAT and ACT...

A Look at Youth-Related Spending in Obama’s 2013 Budget (Updated 2/14)

President Barack Obama unveiled his 2013 budget proposal today, which calls for $3.8 trillion in spending and projects a $901 billion deficit...