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Public College Tuition Rises Despite Recession

It increases faster than costs at private schools

Oct 20, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hoping for a tuition break in the recession? Fat chance. The price of a college education continues to rise, with costs at public schools rising faster than those at private institutions. Tuition and fees at a public 4-year college now average $7,020, versus $26,273 at a private college.... More »

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college • universities • college tuition • public schools • state colleges • women's issues

 Teacher Fired for Butt Art 
 Paints Colbert for Charity 

Stan Murmur's auctioning portrait to benefit Va. public schools

Oct 13, 09 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Virginia teacher fired after a YouTube clip surfaced of him using his posterior to paint is turning the other cheek—and auctioning off a portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert to benefit public schools. Stan Murmur uses what WTVR-TV calls “the anthropometric monotype method of painting. That means he... More »

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entertainment • eBay • art • Comedy Central • Stephen Colbert • art auction • public schools • teacher • Stan Murmur • anthropometric monotype method • butt • posterior

3 of 4 Oklahoma Students Can't Name First President

Only 3% would pass US citizenship test

Sep 17, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are you smarter about American history than a recent immigrant? Most of the students in Oklahoma’s public high schools aren’t. A conservative think tank asked thousands of high school kids to answer 10 questions drawn from the citizenship test given to recent immigrants. Would-be citizens have to answer... More »

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education • Oklahoma • citizenship test • public schools • George Washington

Family of Swine Flu Victim Suing NYC for $40M

Says city didn't provide a safe workplace for assistant principal

Aug 12, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Mitchell Weiner, a Queens middle school assistant principal who died in May after contracting H1N1, is suing New York City for $40 million, arguing that it didn’t provide a safe workplace, the New York Daily News reports. They also contend that the city didn’t... More »

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New York City • lawsuit • public schools • Queens, New York • principal • swine flu • H1N1 virus

analysis

 Duncan Poised to Be 
 Most Powerful Ed Sec Ever 

Tight with prez, Duncan holds keys to $5B in stimulus funds

Aug 10, 09 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tight with President Obama and with $5 billion at his disposal, Arne Duncan may become the strongest education secretary in history, writes Nia-Malika Henderson for Politico. “Never ever have they had $5 billion to decide what to do in the education system,” says an education advocate. And it’... More »

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education • public schools • economic stimulus package • charter school • Obama administration • President Obama • Arne Duncan • stimulus funds • secretary of education

(Newser) - Americans may jaw about their grueling work weeks and meager vacations, but their kids? While European and Asian children are logging in long school days and pounding out homework, US students are taking time off, the Economist reports. With one of the world's shortest school weeks and longest summers—which... More »

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education • Europe • Asia • United States • school holidays • public schools • school systems • students

 Record 20M US Kids 
 Get Free Lunch 

Many are first-timers to state program

Jun 11, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s good there is such a thing as a free lunch, since more US students than ever need one. Nearly 20 million kids got a free or reduced-price school lunch in February, overwhelming districts that also face rising food costs. Nationwide enrollment in the government-subsidized program was up 6.... More »

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school • recession • school lunch • public schools • federal school lunch program

(Newser) - Texas health officials said today that a US woman who lived near the Mexico border has died from swine flu—the second death in the nation and first of a US resident, USA Today reports. The news, however, comes amid continued confidence that the H1N1 virus remains relatively mild here,... More »

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Texas • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • epidemic • public schools • pandemic • swine flu

 Swine Flu Shuts 2nd NY School 

Dozens of children call in sick in second major outbreak in Queens

Apr 29, 09 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A second school in Queens has been shut down after dozens of students suffered symptoms of swine flu, reports the New York Daily News. Cases have also been found in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and an outbreak is suspected at a Catholic school in Manhattan. The public school closed yesterday,... More »

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New York City • Mexico • Michael Bloomberg • Queens • illness • influenza • public schools • private schools • students • swine flu

Obama to Push Merit Pay for Teachers in Schools Plan

Prez to push teacher merit pay, lower dropout rates

Mar 10, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a speech today before the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President Obama will lay out his plan for American schools, reports the Wall Street Journal. Most controversially, the president aims to expand merit pay for teachers, a measure that Democratic teacher unions are traditionally leery of. If teachers develop... More »

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education • Barack Obama • financial aid • public schools • teacher pay • charter school • high school dropouts • teachers

Bargain-Hunting Students Swarm State Universities

Officials walk line between shoring up budgets, maintaining reputations

Mar 2, 09 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The unraveling economy is spurring a boom in applications to public universities as students pursue higher education at lower prices, the New York Times reports. But while increased enrollment may help offset the budget cuts that many public institutions expect as states trim budgets, it can also diminish the student... More »

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college admissions • higher education • college • public schools • college costs • financial crisis • SUNY

OPINION

 How to Fix the Education Divide 

Racial gap is 'last great civil-rights battle': Klein and Sharpton

Jan 12, 09 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - America is facing its “last great civil-rights battle”: the racial education gap, write Joel I Klein and Al Sharpton in a Wall Street Journal. “Today the average 12th-grade black or Hispanic student has the reading, writing, and math skills of an eighth-grade white student,” they note. But... More »

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education • race • Al Sharpton • children • public schools • teacher pay • teachers • President Obama • Joel Klein

ANALYSIS

 What Did Caroline 
 Actually Do for Schools? 

Hard to pin down what, exactly, she brought to the Department of Education

Dec 23, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy’s $1-a-year gig raising funds for the New York City public schools is being touted as evidence that she's qualified for the Senate. But that seems odd, writes Glenn Thrush in Politico, given the amount of vagueness about what, and how much, she actually did there. Says one... More »

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New York City • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • public schools • fundraising • Joel Klein

 Big Choices 
 for Obamas: 
 Chef, Church 

Special interest groups want to pick Obamas' puppy, church, chef

Nov 20, 08 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - With the incoming first family's private decisions being scrutinized as breathlessly as the president-elect's cabinet picks, you already know about the battle over the puppy, and the private-or-public-school competition. New York reports on three other hotly contested issues:
  • The French-trained chef hired by Laura Bush may be replaced to
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food • Barack Obama • basketball • White House • church • public schools • President Obama • White House dog • Obama family

 Obama Girls Visit DC Schools 

Private schools likely for first daughters

Nov 18, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Sasha and Malia Obama visited their mother's shortlist of Washington schools today, the AP reports. Reporters scoured the Beltway for signs of their motorcade, making a possible sighting outside the diverse Georgetown Day School. Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, Sidwell Friends, is also expected to be an option, as are DC's... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • public schools • private schools • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

DC Schools 
Clamoring for 
Obama Girls 

Michelle visits private schools competing for first kids

Nov 15, 08 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The politicos are debating Barack Obama's cabinet, but Washington’s parents are intent on another Presidential speculation: Where will the Obama girls go to school? Michelle Obama toured two of DC’s top private schools last week, and a third top academy is also thought to be on the shortlist.... More »

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education • Barack Obama • parenting • Michelle Obama • public schools • private schools • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family

Analysis

 DC Schools 
 Compete for 
 First Daughters 

Washington's elite institutions vie for first daughters

Nov 10, 08 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - As the Obamas head to Washington, the locals are abuzz about which private school might land first daughters Malia and Sasha. The Quaker school Sidwell Friends, Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, offers a host of big Beltway names, including some Biden grandkids. But many of them are Clintonites. “Imagine the... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • public schools • private schools • Washington, DC • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

DC Schools Give Kids Money to Improve Grades

Schools pay students for good behavior, grades

Oct 22, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Schools in Washington, DC, hope to expand children's minds by filling their wallets. Students who get good grades, attend class, and behave earn points that will net them paychecks of up to $1,500 each year, NPR reports. "Every child has a switch, and it's our job as... More »

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education • high school • Washington DC • money • elementary school • public schools • educational programs • middle school

 42% Would Dump Job to Teach 

But schools will have to show them the money

Sep 11, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost half—42%—of college-educated adults would consider becoming teachers, the Christian Science Monitor reports.That's good news, since US schools will be on the hunt for 3 million to 5 million teachers by 2020, thanks to rising enrollment and baby boomers who are laying down the chalk. But to... More »

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education • public schools • teacher pay • career • teacher • second career

OPINION

PTA Mom: Gotta Love Palin for Public Schooling Kids

Advocate (and Dem) Tsing Loh disturbed to see candidates' offspring in private education

Sep 10, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sandra Tsing Loh likes Barack and Michelle Obama’s politics, but, as a proud PTA mom, wonders why they couldn’t send their kids to a public school in their native Chicago, she writes in the New York Times. The inclusion of middle-class or affluent children, especially from families who... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • University of Chicago • public schools • private schools • Sarah Palin

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