Recess round-up: July 1, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Race to the Top: Delaware officials have released a list of schools to which the state’s Race to the Top winnings will be doled out. (Delaware Online) College accreditation: Critics are charging that for-profit universities are buying struggling non-profit […]
Recess round-up: June 30, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! College tuition: Private, nonprofit colleges will increase tuition by an average of 4.5 percent next year, the second smallest increase in nearly 40 years. Student aid will also go up by 6.9 percent. (Inside Higher Ed) School budgets: […]
Recess round-up: June 29, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Budget cuts: Residents in at least 16 districts in California have approved an increase to property taxes in order to help school budgets. But these measures are mostly taking place in more affluent communities, and experts worry they will only […]
Recess round-up: June 18th
College tuition: More than 5,000 students at Colorado State University will have their tuition cut for next year. State universities in Idaho are considering charging different fees for different majors. Rights violation: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is charging that students in New Hampshire had their 4th amendment rights violated when they were patted […]
Recess round-up: June 17
Special education: Iowa and Kansas have been granted federal waivers to cut back on the amount of money they spend on special education. South Carolina is waiting to find out the results of its waiver request, and one expert thinks more requests may be on the way. (Ed Week) Gambling: Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker […]
Recess round-up: June 16
HechingerEd presents its newest feature: the Recess Round-Up. We’ll give you a daily dose of what stories are making education-news headlines around the nation. The round-up will be posted every day around noon – just in time for a little mid-day break! Class size: Classes in Chicago may balloon to 35 students this fall, as the city struggles to […]
State standards: all over the map
If you live in New Hampshire, Utah or Vermont, you could theoretically graduate from high school without ever being taught how to tell time to the minute, what an adverb is (or how to use one), and who the current U.S. president is. In fact, 15 states have no standard about students learning to tell […]
