DailySource: Education

EDUCATION: Getting more complete

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:37:10 -0500

Improved data shows that America is doing better on college completion than previously revealed, according to a major report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
(Story: Inside Higher Ed)

EDUCATION: Common standards drive new approaches to reading

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:37:10 -0500

The Common Core State Standards are not new; they have been in place since most states adopted them. But it took two years for the standards to trickle down from abstraction to daily practice.
(Story: Education Week)

EDUCATION: ‘Soft skills’ pushed as new part of college readiness

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:36:57 -0500

Resiliency, grit and self-efficacy are among the so-called “soft skills” increasingly being viewed as vital for college success.
(Story: Education Week)

EDUCATION: Charter schools grow, add 200,000 students for public education

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:51:33 -0500

Twenty years after their creation, charter schools constitute the fastest-growing sector of American public education, according to a report.
(Story: Huffington Post)

EDUCATION: Governor gets CSU, UC increases halted

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:39:34 -0500

One week after voters approved his plan to raise taxes to protect public schools, Gov. Jerry Brown persuaded the University of California and California State University to postpone votes on fee hikes.
(Story: San Francisco Chronicle)

EDUCATION: Career Education closing 23 of 90 schools

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:10:24 -0500

For-profit college giant Career Education Corp. said it will close 23 of its 90 campuses after the company reported a net loss of $33 million and a 23 percent drop in new student enrollment.
(Story: San Francisco Chronicle)

EDUCATION: Punished, but still learning

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:34:07 -0500

Success Academy costs more than $1.2 million a year to run, but the Baltimore school district says keeping students in school while they serve out a suspension is far less expensive than the alternative.
(Story: Education Week)

EDUCATION: Calling in Web support

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:02:16 -0500

Northern Virginia Community College was barely experiencing a rumble. So the community college invested $2 million in an effort to steer its six-campus system toward online students.
(Story: Inside Higher Ed)

EDUCATION: Ethnic studies could return to Tucson in desegregation plan

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:46:05 -0500

(Blog: Education Week)

EDUCATION: How Eastern and Western cultures tackle learning differently

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:46:05 -0500

(Blog: NPR)