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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/us/education us Education News en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:52:20 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/us/education http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_school_bullying_minnesota ap/20120214/us_school_bullying_minnesota AP topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:52:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_school_bullying_minnesota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.c89a82f5de7840b49b3bf123430e474f-c89a82f5de7840b49b3bf123430e474f-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PKrIrc1a5PfGNax4JdmMOw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Cherie Cullum uses her hands to explain to Anoka school board chair Tom Heidemann, right, and vice chair John Hoffman that she wishes the left and the right will come together during a discussion on the 'Respectful Learning Environment' policy during a school board meeting at the Anoka County School District headquarters in Coon Rapids, Minn. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The new policy commits the north suburban Twin Cities district to providing 'a safe and respectful learning environment for all students.' It says that when contentious political, religious, social matters or economic issues come up — it does not specifically cite sexuality issues — teachers shouldn't try to persuade students to adopt particular viewpoint. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT" border="0" /></a>AP - Minnesota's largest school district has abandoned a much-criticized policy that required teachers to remain neutral when issues of sexual identity came up in the classroom, replacing it with a policy designed to create respectful discussion about controversial topics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_school_bullying_minnesota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.c89a82f5de7840b49b3bf123430e474f-c89a82f5de7840b49b3bf123430e474f-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PKrIrc1a5PfGNax4JdmMOw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cherie Cullum uses her hands to explain to Anoka school board chair Tom Heidemann, right, and vice chair John Hoffman that she wishes the left and the right will come together during a discussion on the 'Respectful Learning Environment' policy during a school board meeting at the Anoka County School District headquarters in Coon Rapids, Minn. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The new policy commits the north suburban Twin Cities district to providing 'a safe and respectful learning environment for all students.' It says that when contentious political, religious, social matters or economic issues come up — it does not specifically cite sexuality issues — teachers shouldn't try to persuade students to adopt particular viewpoint. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_columbine_school_attack ap/20120214/us_columbine_school_attack AP topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:08:53 GMT AP - Authorities were investigating a 14-year-old girl's actions before they say she attacked two students with a hammer at Columbine High School in the first assault with a weapon since the deadly shootings there in 1999. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_affirmative_action_lawsuit ap/20120214/us_affirmative_action_lawsuit AP topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:55:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_affirmative_action_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.47b71b9ac4c14659a31ab374dd707d02-47b71b9ac4c14659a31ab374dd707d02-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=JysxugCWQg0NznenihbetQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="George Washington, an attorney with the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, addresses the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. More than 15 years after California banned affirmative action, a federal appeals court on Monday heard a legal challenge to the ban on considering race in public college admissions. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 209, which barred racial, ethnic or gender preferences in public education, employment and contracting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California's 15-year-old ban on considering race in public college admissions, citing a steep drop in black, Latino and Native American students at the state's elite campuses.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_affirmative_action_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.47b71b9ac4c14659a31ab374dd707d02-47b71b9ac4c14659a31ab374dd707d02-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=JysxugCWQg0NznenihbetQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="George Washington, an attorney with the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, addresses the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. More than 15 years after California banned affirmative action, a federal appeals court on Monday heard a legal challenge to the ban on considering race in public college admissions. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 209, which barred racial, ethnic or gender preferences in public education, employment and contracting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/pl_nm/us_usa_budget_education nm/20120213/us_usa_budget_education Reuters topstories Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:51:26 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed substantial new spending on education with a $69.8 billion education budget heavily focused on boosting vocational training, both at the high-school and college level. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120213/pl_ac/10961264_brown_administration_divided_over_california_higher_education_budget ac/20120213/10961264_brown_administration_divided_over_california_higher_education_budget ContributorNetwork topstories Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:34:31 GMT ContributorNetwork - The Daily Californian reports California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is also a member of the UC Board of Regents as well as the California State University Board of Trustees, refers to Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed cuts to higher education as "disastrous." At issue are not only budget cuts but also changes to Cal Grant eligibility formulas. What are the details? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_community_colleges ap/20120213/us_obama_community_colleges AP politics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:56:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_community_colleges"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.035eed71e3ef47caa8a886a286370fb1-035eed71e3ef47caa8a886a286370fb1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=RDYapMl5hK5m2r1zV4KVMA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks about the 'Community College to Career Fund' and his 2013 budget at Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama called on Congress Monday to create an $8 billion fund to train community college students for high-growth industries, giving a financial incentive to schools whose graduates are getting jobs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_community_colleges"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.035eed71e3ef47caa8a886a286370fb1-035eed71e3ef47caa8a886a286370fb1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=RDYapMl5hK5m2r1zV4KVMA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks about the 'Community College to Career Fund' and his 2013 budget at Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120212/us_nm/us_northdakota_universitydegrees nm/20120212/us_northdakota_universitydegrees Reuters topstories Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:47:53 GMT Reuters - Hundreds of foreign students in a joint degree program at a North Dakota state university were admitted despite lacking credentials and awarded degrees without completing coursework, an audit of the program has showed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_us/us_dickinson_degree_chaos ap/20120210/us_dickinson_degree_chaos AP topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:54:08 GMT AP - Facing pressure to bring in more students as North Dakota's booming oil industry made it tougher to coax new high school graduates into college, Dickinson State University began looking overseas to boost its enrollment. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120210/pl_ac/10949010_nazi_flag_in_marine_photo_shows_need_for_history_education ac/20120210/10949010_nazi_flag_in_marine_photo_shows_need_for_history_education ContributorNetwork topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:31 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | A spokeswoman has insisted a controversial photo of Marine sniper scouts in Afghanistan with a flag bearing the Nazi Waffen SS emblem is the result of naivete and the Marines will not be punished, reports The Atlantic Wire. Ten Marines are arranged around an American flag and the flag with the Waffen SS' double "lightning bolt" runes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120210/ts_csm/465268 csm/20120210/465268 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:12:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120210/pl_ac/10947040_no_child_left_behind_waiver_states_need_a_success_plan ac/20120210/10947040_no_child_left_behind_waiver_states_need_a_success_plan ContributorNetwork topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:30:34 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Ten states were granted waivers from the requirements of No Child Left Behind, according to CNN. The states are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee. The waivers were granted in exchange for commitments to bring about improvements in education -- but how? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_us/us_no_child_left_behind_one_state ap/20120210/us_no_child_left_behind_one_state AP topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:15:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_us/us_no_child_left_behind_one_state"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.de830ad506f1479f9956de7d3dca70a0-de830ad506f1479f9956de7d3dca70a0-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=yQ7ex.RZ.1U8OblhrNFXgA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks about flexibility for states with the No Child Left Behind law, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yet when it comes to the federal No Child Left Behind law, the school hasn't lived up to expectations. Last year, 79 percent of students had to be at grade level in reading and 80 percent in math. Overall, the students exceeded those goals. But two groups &mdash; English language learners and the economically disadvantaged &mdash; did not.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_us/us_no_child_left_behind_one_state"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.de830ad506f1479f9956de7d3dca70a0-de830ad506f1479f9956de7d3dca70a0-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=yQ7ex.RZ.1U8OblhrNFXgA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks about flexibility for states with the No Child Left Behind law, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_no_child_left_behind_q_a ap/20120210/us_no_child_left_behind_q_a AP topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:58:37 GMT AP - Ten states now have President Barack Obama's OK to scrap one of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education &mdash; that all students measure up in reading and math by 2014. In exchange, the states had to promise they would raise standards and develop more creative ways to measure what students are learning. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_no_child_left_behind ap/20120210/us_no_child_left_behind AP topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:09:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_no_child_left_behind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.50c19684d7e6480380633b65ad584c09-50c19684d7e6480380633b65ad584c09-0.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=XAT19EKpD11g2ufnrw_hRw--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaks about flexibility for states in the No Child Left Behind law, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_no_child_left_behind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.50c19684d7e6480380633b65ad584c09-50c19684d7e6480380633b65ad584c09-0.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=XAT19EKpD11g2ufnrw_hRw--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaks about flexibility for states in the No Child Left Behind law, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120210/pl_ac/10945976_what_is_the_future_of_no_child_left_behind ac/20120210/10945976_what_is_the_future_of_no_child_left_behind ContributorNetwork topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:12:20 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It has been reported by Associated Press that President Obama will free 10 states from the educational constraints put in place by No Child Left Behind. The controversial education plan put in place by President Bush calls for schools to meet minimum educational standards by 2014 or face penalties. Unfortunately, the plan has not unfolded as many had hoped, and schools are now faced with the daunting challenge of meeting steep expectations. Will NCLB rebound, or is this the first step towards the end? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120209/pl_ac/10946876_will_the_no_child_left_behind_act_get_left_behind ac/20120209/10946876_will_the_no_child_left_behind_act_get_left_behind ContributorNetwork topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:50 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Obama administration announced today that 10 states will get a waiver from the stringent requirements of the Bush-era "No Child Left Behind Act." It's the beginning of the end for NCLB, unless Congress passes a bipartisan reform of the controversial education law. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_us/us_no_child_left_behind_pennsylvania ap/20120209/us_no_child_left_behind_pennsylvania AP topstories Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:14 GMT AP - Some of the nation's largest states are questioning whether the Obama administration's offer to let them escape certain mandates of the No Child Left Behind law is a helping hand to improve education or a means to impose more federal control. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/pl_nm/us_obama_education nm/20120209/us_obama_education Reuters topstories Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:17:22 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left Behind" education law, a move that could prove popular in an election year with parents and teachers who have criticized the law - but raises concern among some advocates for low-income and minority students. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120209/pl_ac/10945124_is_president_obama_buying_votes_through_executive_order ac/20120209/10945124_is_president_obama_buying_votes_through_executive_order ContributorNetwork topstories Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:38 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Through executive order, President Barack Obama will allow 10 states a pass on the deadline requirements set under No Child Left Behind, according to Fox News. This continues a stream of executive orders given by the president. As a political scientist, I see the president's actions suspicious when added with the fact of how the 2012 election is right around the corner. How many votes will he try to buy through his executive order ability? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_no_child_left_behind_obama ap/20120209/us_no_child_left_behind_obama AP topstories Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:56 GMT AP - President Barack Obama says his decision to free 10 states from the No Child Left Behind education law will give the flexibility they need to set high standards for students and hold schools accountable.