Topic: Education
Rowdy protests target funding cuts at US campuses
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Rowdy protests target funding cuts at US campuses; demonstrators shut down Calif. freewayStudents staged raucous rallies to protest education funding cuts on college campuses nationwide Thursday, but some demonstrations got out of hand as protesters threw punches and ice chunks in Wisconsin and shut down a major freeway in California ...
Fire the teachers? When schools fail, it may work
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When schools fail, firing teachers may work; harsh method had mixed results in Chicago, LAWhen all the teachers were fired from Central Falls High School last week in a sweeping effort at school reform, their superintendent gave them a taste of the accountability President Barack Obama says is necessary. It ...
15 states, DC named 'Race to the Top' finalists
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15 states, DC named finalists in first round of $4.35 billion 'Race to the Top' competitionThe U.S. Department of Education named 16 finalists Thursday in the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants. Selected from a ...
University Cuts Protests
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Demonstrators attend a rally on the campus at UCLA in Los Angeles Thursday, March 4, 2010. Students, teachers, parents and others rallied throughout California and many other states to protest deep cuts in funding for schools and universities in what is being called the "March 4th National Day of Action ...
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