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Obama Speaks to Civil Rights Group on Education
" align="left"> President Obama on Thursday sought to deflect criticisms from some minority and teachers groups.
New York Students? Passing Rate Plummets
" align="left"> The results indicated a dismal performance statewide, after years of significant gains.
Economic Scene: Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers
" align="left"> A new study found students with better teachers learned more in kindergarten ? and earned more as young adults.

Americans with Disabilities Act

On the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Secretary Duncan applauded the legislation and rededicated ED to its effective implementation.


Turning Around Low-Performing Schools

Montana is among the states receiving funding under the School Improvement Grants program to turn around persistently lowest achieving schools.


Rural Education Technology Summit

More than 150 rural education stakeholders and technology experts from 26 states attended the National Rural Education Technology Summit in Washington, D.C.


Get a job, or go to grad school?

Dear Annie: I hope you can settle an argument. My parents are saying that with my college major (English), it will probably be hard for me to find a job when I graduate next spring. They want me to go straight to grad school and get a master's degree, which they say will make me more "marketable." (They are willing to foot the bill, which I do appreciate.)

D.C. school system fires 241 teachers

The District of Columbia public school system announced Friday that it is letting 226 employees go for poor performance under the education assessment system IMPACT.

Arrests highlight education busing issues

The arrest of 19 protesters at a rancorous school board meeting Tuesday brings the issue of busing and diversity in education into the national spotlight.

  College Selection

Irate professors rally to block new administrator

Mini Seedcamp: highlighting young digital entrepreneurs

Community Calendar

Local filmmakers ready for action with film festival

  Financial Aid

The Princeton Review Launches Online College Admissions & Financial Aid Courses

New Strides in Financial Aid

More Students Applying for Financial Aid

Report: Students stumble over tricky financial aid verification process

State offering fixed rate college loans

   

  Admissions

The Princeton Review Launches Online College Admissions & Financial Aid Courses

Make sure college is worth the high cost

College Essay Organizer and ConnectEDU Announce Innovative Partnership

Preparation key to college entrance exams

  Career Planning

Call for rethink on universities

MAU grads seek Green Mountain redemption on gridiron

Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Hosts 17 Local Middle School Teachers to Promote Science, Technology, Engineering ...

Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers

   

  Post Graduate

Charges Against Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Be Dropped

Education Department Report Examines Qualities of Successful Pell Grant Recipients

Ohio's Early-College High Schools Left Out of State Budget

Union of Postdoctoral Associates and Fellows Is Certified at Rutgers U.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Is Arrested at His Own Home by Police Investigating a Break-In

Tips For Parents

Advancing Educational Equity

Americans with Disabilities Act

Turning Around Low-Performing Schools

Rural Education Technology Summit

Three Myths of High School Reform

 


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  BENJAMIN'S NEWS
Protecting tenants who report harassment

Q I'm feeling increasingly uncomfortable about the dynamics I'm witnessing at my apartment community. The manager is constantly hitting on my neighbor in public settings (like the pool), even to the point of insisting that she accept his "back rubs." She hates it and has tried to stop it, but she's afraid to complain to the owner (the manager is the owner's son). If I complain to the owner, can he evict me?


When a HELOC is used for a business

A couple wonders if interest on a HELOC is tax-deductible if the loan is used for an LLC.


First Person: A mortgage writer's case against the new rules (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom - Recent Capitol Hill rhetoric about greedy lenders and a Wall Street run amok implies all mortgage lenders are thieves and scoundrels.

Stock up on staples for pennies

This month's Frugal Sense winner spends mere pennies to stock up on staples like toothpaste.

Mortgages that require little down

Once again, you can buy a house without a lot upfront -- or even with no down payment. Here are 5 options for potential homeowners who are short on cash.

Hello pension, bye-bye saving? Not so fast

Question: I'm retired on a pension and will soon start receiving Social Security. So I'm wondering, once you're retired do you still need an emergency fund of three to six months' worth of living expenses as you did when you were working? --Jim, West Farmington, Ohio

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- Cleveland: Temp agency settles after profiling allegations

- Statement From the National Association of Black Journalists on the Reaction of News Organizations Covering Shirley Sherrod

- Department of Ed Rule will Limit Access for Black Students

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EXPRESSIONS

SUNDAY SCHOOL
When ever you have consulted God about a decision you have to make, you will know his answer because when you make the decision you will have a peace about it

HAPPILY EVER AFTER
There are no perfect marriages because there are no two perfect people that can be put together to make one!

YES I CAN
I can because every organ in my body wants me to and they will provide all the encouragement I need as I go along!

SCHOOLING DIVALEESHA
Divaleesha......the way to a man's heart is not through the kitchen or the bed, it's through his head!

THE ACTIVIST
Whenever President Obama does somethiing large like signing the Wall Street Financial Reform bill, the mainstream media tries to find something small to build up and try to overshadow it in the news

REV. TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Parents .................if you raise a monster, eventually the monster will turn on you!

THE MYSTERY OF BLACK HISTORY
Alexandre Dumas is born July 24, 1802 ................. Alexandre Dumas was born in Villiers-Cotterets to a Haitian mulatto, Thomas Alexandre Dumas, and Marie Labouret Dumas, a French woman. He will become an acclaimed author of the French classics The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Corsican Brothers. Dumas wrote hundreds of plays, novels and travel diaries. He wrote several children's stories, and a culinary dictionary. He started several magazines and wrote in them weekly. He was one of the most prolific writers ever, and did not shy away from collaborating with others or rewriting older stories.

THE KNOWLEDGE NUT
Did you know that...................... Overexposure to aluminum compounds—in foil, cookware, deodorants, antacids, toothpaste—can affect brain function?

DOCTOR KNOW
Due to high rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, African Americans have an increased risk of developing kidney failure, and requiring dialysis treatments or a kidney transplant to sustain life.

GIRL TALK
Girl.................... Tiger should change his name from Tiger Woods to Tiger DID!

 

 
     
       

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