The latest in U.S. Department of Education

Part of Wash Post unit in routine review by DoE

2010-03-07T19:45:07Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington Post Co said in a regulatory filing last week that the Department of Education in September began a "program review" of part of its education unit. The news was earlier reported by Don King didn't have a clue his son, Jonathan, was being put in a seclusion cell at school for hours because of bad behavior — until the 13-year-old hanged himself while in "time out."</p><p>Now, King and his wife, Tina, are pushing state education officials to pass a policy banning the use o...

Student Loans- Some Basics

2010-02-22T23:09:04Z

Thinking about getting a student loan to help pay for your college education? You?re not alone. About two-thirds of all people attending public and private colleges and universities take out student loans. This is a necessity because the cost of higher education has soared in recent years. The Project on Student Debt reports that for 2007 graduates, the average student borrower gr...

Direct Loan

2010-02-23T01:09:34Z

People often say money is the root of all evil. That's because people have gone mad ? and have been sentenced to prison ? because of money.<br><br>The world truly revolves around money ? almost everything calls for us to dish out cash. Even worse, everything now relies on credit, and individuals who do not know how to handle credit finish up swallowed up in debt for the remainder of their lives.<br><br>Loans intrinsically are not bad ? i...

Hawaii teachers OK deal to reduce furlough days

2010-02-23T08:27:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Hawaii teachers union approves deal to reduce school furlough days that outraged parents</div><div><p>The union that represents Hawaii's public school teachers has approved an agreement to reduce the number of furlough days in the current school year.</p><p>Hundreds of parents protested a plan this fall to cut 17 instructional days, giving the state t...

Study: Schools face shortfalls after stimulus ends

2010-02-23T12:35:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Study: Using federal stimulus money to avoid school layoffs will leave budget shortfalls</div><div><p>Using federal stimulus money to avoid layoffs at schools is going to create a shortfall even more difficult for states and schools to contend with when that money runs out, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Monday.</p><p>New York alone will see a $2 billion shortfall after stimulu...

Earn a College Degree Online: What You Need to Know

2010-02-23T14:05:45Z

A little knowledge of how online education works can help make earning your online college degree a pleasant and satisfying experience. Understanding the distance education process can you help choose a quality school and earn a degree that you will be proud of. It can also help you to sometimes shorten the time it takes to earn your degree.<br><br>Choosing an Accredited School<br><br>Choosing an accredited school is a must if you want y...

Bridgepoint Ed shares gain on loan default data

2010-02-23T18:27:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Bridgepoint Education shares gain as loan default rates not as bad as expected</div><div><p>Shares of Bridgepoint Education Inc. rose Wednesday after the online education company announced three-year cohort default rates for its schools that were not as bad as investors feared.</p><p>On Tuesday,

Judge refuses to halt Hawaii teacher furloughs

2010-02-24T07:24:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal judge refuses to halt Hawaii teacher furloughs, calls on both sides to settle dispute</div><div><p>Though conceding it was a close call, a federal judge refused to halt Hawaii's teacher furloughs, and called on the state and lawyers for parents who filed two lawsuits to quickly reach an out-of-court settlement.</p><p>The decision by senior

Swine flu prompts hundreds of schools to close

2010-02-24T13:03:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Swine flu prompts hundreds of schools to close, keeping tens of thousands of students home</div><div><p>The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.</p><p>The federal government has urged schools to close because of the swine f...

Candidates suggest ways to end Hawaii furloughs

2010-02-24T13:16:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Gubernatorial candidates suggest ways to end Hawaii teacher furloughs</div><div><p>With public anger rising over teacher furloughs in Hawaii, two of the four expected candidates for governor next year offered ways on Tuesday that the controversial moneysaving program could be halted or reduced.</p><p>Hawaii teacher furloughs</div><div><p>Two groups of parents angered by the prospect that Hawaii children will be in school nearly three dozen fewer days over the next 20 months have filed lawsuits seeking to halt teacher furloughs set to begin Friday.</p><p>One of the suits, filed in federal cour...

Food Industry Seeks To Maintain Junk-Food Marketing In Schools

2010-02-25T02:42:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Bill seeks thorough study of school-based marketing</div><div><p>Despite rising public concern over childhood obesity, food companies, through an industry-funded self-regulatory group, have proposed a set of "principles" by which the companies can use a variety of approaches to market junk food to children in schools.</p><p>The nonprofit

What fine print of federal plan means for our local schools

2010-02-25T11:47:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Some would have to make aggressive changes to qualify for money</div><div><p> At first blush it looks like a boon for the Clark County School District:</p><p>The U.S. Education Department is offering tens of millions of dollars that could ...

Baby Bust

2009-05-19T00:15:38Z

Solon Smith, 36, a seminarian and holder of two part-time jobs, says, Thursday, May 14, 2009, at his home in northeast Jackson, Miss., says that he and his wife, Leah Rupp Smith, a communications and legislative staff officer for the state Department of Education, plan to wai...

Protest

2009-03-18T21:27:25Z

Felix Adamo / The Californian.Kern County teachers were out in force at the Liberty Bell to protest upcoming cuts in education. School employees throughout California warned of draconian classroom cuts Friday as local officials faced a deadline for issuing layoff notices to educators at risk of losing their jobs. The state Milton Friedman Now More Than Ever</p><p>By Geoff Ficke</p><p></p><p>One of the signal economic thinkers of the 20th century was the Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. His many books and papers, interviews and television specials have left us a valuable trove of thoughts and observations that should serve as guideposts during our current dif...

De Blasio Rallies Parents and Children Facing Removal From Day Care

2009-04-21T12:22:57Z

Feb 10, 2009 - Manhattan, New York, USA - Councilmember ROBERT JACKSON speaks as City Councilmember Bill de Blasio rallies parents and children on the steps of the Department of Education as he de...