'Value Added' Concept Proves Beneficial to Teacher Colleges
By USA Education News - February 17 2012 - No Comments
Published Online: February 17, 2012
The use of “value added” information appears poised to expand into the nation’s teacher colleges, with more than a dozen states planning to use the technique to analyze how graduates of training programs f...
Ga. bill would tweak state laws on immigration
By USA Education News - February 17 2012 - No Comments
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Wash. Schools Chief: Use State Revenue for Education First
By USA Education News - February 17 2012 - No Comments
Seattle
The good news in this week's new Washington state revenue forecast has drawn the attention of everyone who wants some money for their department or program.
But Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn said Friday the state Constituti...
Senate Democrats continue to spar on HOPE
By USA Education News - February 16 2012 - No Comments
ATLANTA (AP) — Senate Democrats on Thursday hammered Republican lawmakers about the HOPE scholarship, reiterating their desire to revisit last year's overhaul of the program and pointing out its geographical and racial disparities.
Led by Sen. Jas...
Ky. lawmakers weigh pros, cons of charter schools
By USA Education News - February 14 2012 - No Comments
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Wash. to apply for waiver to US education law
By USA Education News - February 14 2012 - No Comments
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Summer Academic Enrichment Program Back for 2012
By USA Education News - February 13 2012 - No Comments
2/13/2012
St. Paul, MN - Nancy Walters, Program Manager at the Office of Higher Education (OHE), is happy to announce that ...
N.O. schools tasked to homegrown educator
By USA Education News - February 13 2012 - No Comments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Katrina cleared the way for changes in New Orleans public schools that were widely heralded nationwide as innovative but were often painful locally — including the firing of thousands of teachers and school workers, ...
MN schools invited to apply for FAFSA Completion Project
By USA Education News - January 31 2012 - No Comments
1/30/2012
St. Paul, MN—One of the barriers to accessing higher education is financing the rising cost of tuition and fees. Unfortunately, ...
FAFSA Frenzy Helps College Bound Students Apply for Financial Aid
By USA Education News - January 27 2012 - No Comments
Jefferson City - Next school year, the U.S. Department of Education will make more than $150 billion in postsecondary financial ...
Budgeting For College Completion
By USA Education News - January 24 2012 - No Comments
IBHE makes budget recommendation for Fiscal Year 2013, including funds that reward course and degree completion at community colleges and ...
Connecticut Drops in National Education Rankings
By USA Education News - January 20 2012 - No Comments
Falls from 4th to 7th in Percentage of Adults with Degrees
HARTFORD, January 19 – Despite greater numbers of state residents ...
Community Service Projects Scheduled to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
By USA Education News - January 15 2012 - No Comments
HARTFORD, January 14 — A variety of community service projects will be conducted by AmeriCorps members and others across the ...
Governor Nixon appoints Fogle to Coordinating Board for Higher Education
By USA Education News - January 6 2012 - No Comments
Jefferson City - Governor Jay Nixon has appointed Brian Fogle of Springfield to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education.
After a ...
