As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to announce his choice for education secretary, there is mystery not only about the person he will choose, but also about the approach to overhauling the nation’s schools that his selection will reflect.
Despite an 18-month campaign for president and many debates, there remains uncertainty about what Mr. Obama believes is the best way to improve education.
Will he side with those who want to abolish teacher tenure and otherwise curb the power of teachers’ unions? Or with those who want to rewrite the main federal law on elementary and secondary education, the No Child Left Behind Act, and who say the best strategy is to help teachers become more qualified?
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Teacher sorry for binding girls in slavery lesson
White teacher taped hands and feet of two black girls to enliven discussion
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A white social studies teacher attempted to enliven a seventh-grade discussion of slavery by binding the hands and feet of two black girls, prompting outrage from one girl's mother and the local chapter of the NAACP.
After the mother complained to Haverstraw Middle School, the superintendent said he was having "conversations with our staff on how to deliver effective lessons."
"If a student was upset, then it was a bad idea," said Superintendent Brian Monahan of the North Rockland School District in New York City's northern suburbs.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A white social studies teacher attempted to enliven a seventh-grade discussion of slavery by binding the hands and feet of two black girls, prompting outrage from one girl's mother and the local chapter of the NAACP.
After the mother complained to Haverstraw Middle School, the superintendent said he was having "conversations with our staff on how to deliver effective lessons."
"If a student was upset, then it was a bad idea," said Superintendent Brian Monahan of the North Rockland School District in New York City's northern suburbs.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Study: 49 states flunk college affordability
Only California, with lower-cost community colleges, made the grade
An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability — an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.
The biennial study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, which evaluates how well higher education is serving the public, handed out "F"s for affordability to 49 states, up from 43 two years ago. Only California received a passing grade in the category, a "C," thanks to its relatively inexpensive community colleges.
The report card uses a range of measurements to give states grades, from "A" to "F," on the performance of their public and private colleges. The affordability grade is based on how much of the average family's income it costs to go to college.
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An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability — an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.
The biennial study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, which evaluates how well higher education is serving the public, handed out "F"s for affordability to 49 states, up from 43 two years ago. Only California received a passing grade in the category, a "C," thanks to its relatively inexpensive community colleges.
The report card uses a range of measurements to give states grades, from "A" to "F," on the performance of their public and private colleges. The affordability grade is based on how much of the average family's income it costs to go to college.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Football star among 2009 Rhodes winners
Scholarship trust selects 32 men and women from the U.S.
WASHINGTON - A University of Pennsylvania student who organized an exhibit about Lenape Indians living quietly in the state is among this year's winners of Rhodes Scholarships.
Abigail P. Seldin, of Tierra Verde, Fla., curated the exhibit "Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania," which opened at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in September.
She is one of 32 men and women from across the United States to win the prestigious scholarships for study at England's Oxford University. The winners' names were announced early Sunday.
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WASHINGTON - A University of Pennsylvania student who organized an exhibit about Lenape Indians living quietly in the state is among this year's winners of Rhodes Scholarships.
Abigail P. Seldin, of Tierra Verde, Fla., curated the exhibit "Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania," which opened at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in September.
She is one of 32 men and women from across the United States to win the prestigious scholarships for study at England's Oxford University. The winners' names were announced early Sunday.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Community colleges suddenly in spotlight
Enrollment up 8 percent but colleges struggle with low completion rates
Analysis
updated 3:50 p.m. MT, Wed., Nov. 19, 2008
Long the neglected stepchildren of American higher education, community colleges have come front-and-center in the eyes of students, policymakers and philanthropists.
For students, that's because of the economy, which is boosting interest in two-year schools as a cheaper starting point for a bachelor's degree. They're also the place for job retraining, with unemployment at a 14-year high of 6.5 percent. A community colleges group estimates enrollment is up about 8 percent this fall.
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Analysis
updated 3:50 p.m. MT, Wed., Nov. 19, 2008
Long the neglected stepchildren of American higher education, community colleges have come front-and-center in the eyes of students, policymakers and philanthropists.
For students, that's because of the economy, which is boosting interest in two-year schools as a cheaper starting point for a bachelor's degree. They're also the place for job retraining, with unemployment at a 14-year high of 6.5 percent. A community colleges group estimates enrollment is up about 8 percent this fall.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Economy strikes America’s richest university
Harvard, like other Ivy Leagues, is considering its cost-cutting options
BOSTON - You know the financial meltdown is bad when even Harvard is feeling the pinch.
Harvard — America's oldest university and the world's wealthiest — helped pioneer a model of diversified endowment investing that many colleges have copied, branching into exotic investments like timber and private equity. When most schools were sticking with stocks and bonds, Harvard was buying forests in Maine and slices of startup companies financed with venture capital.
Now, the question is whether those practices have cushioned — or worsened — the blow from the latest downturn.
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BOSTON - You know the financial meltdown is bad when even Harvard is feeling the pinch.
Harvard — America's oldest university and the world's wealthiest — helped pioneer a model of diversified endowment investing that many colleges have copied, branching into exotic investments like timber and private equity. When most schools were sticking with stocks and bonds, Harvard was buying forests in Maine and slices of startup companies financed with venture capital.
Now, the question is whether those practices have cushioned — or worsened — the blow from the latest downturn.
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Alum gives Univ. of Chicago $300 million
CHICAGO - The University of Chicago says an alumnus has given its business school a $300 million gift, a record sum that comes as many universities worry they'll see donations dry up amid the financial meltdown.
The unrestricted donation by David G. Booth, chairman and CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors, and his family is the largest individual gift ever to a U.S. business school and the largest in the University of Chicago's history, said Dean Edward Snyder.
The school will be renamed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, said Snyder, whose announcement Thursday was met by a standing ovation and cheers from students and faculty assembled at a news conference.
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The unrestricted donation by David G. Booth, chairman and CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors, and his family is the largest individual gift ever to a U.S. business school and the largest in the University of Chicago's history, said Dean Edward Snyder.
The school will be renamed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, said Snyder, whose announcement Thursday was met by a standing ovation and cheers from students and faculty assembled at a news conference.
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