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- Chicago News Cooperative: A Lifetime of Close Ties and Growing Influence
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 08:27 PM -0800
Juan Rangel, of the United Neighborhood Organization, has leveraged close ties to Chicago’s political leaders to create one of the city’s largest charter-school networks.
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- Mitt Romney Offers Praise for a Donor’s Business
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 08:00 PM -0800
With for-profit colleges under siege in Washington over accusations that they defraud students, Mitt Romney’s endorsement of them puts him in the middle of a political debate.
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- The Bay Citizen: Frederick Taylor University’s Cheap M.B.A.’s on the Internet May Not Be Such a Bargain
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 04:41 PM -0800
Frederick Taylor University, a state-approved but unaccredited school in Moraga, offers online M.B.A.’s for $5,000, but some graduates may find that degree little or no help in the job market.
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- Chicago News Cooperative: A Lifetime of Close Ties and Growing Influence
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 04:22 PM -0800
Juan Rangel, of the United Neighborhood Organization, has leveraged close ties to Chicago’s political leaders to create one of the city’s largest charter-school networks.
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- SchoolBook: Some Teachers Skeptical of Merit Pay
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 09:22 AM -0800
Teachers call in to WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show in response to the mayor's State of the City address. Many of them, says the host, told WNYC that the idea of merit pay was "good in theory, wouldn't...[more]
- SchoolBook: Teachers Union Calls for Renewed Contract Negotiations
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 09:21 AM -0800
A day after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said he would circumvent the teachers union to create his own teacher evaluation process, the union is trying to force the city back to the negotiation table.
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- News Analysis: Bloomberg Focuses His Legacy on Education Reform
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 07:21 AM -0800
During his State of the City address, the mayor returned to a recurring theme: the city’s much-maligned schools and his goals to improve them.
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- The Choice Blog: Last of 6 Parts: Answers on the Fafsa, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-14-2012 03:00 AM -0800
Mark Kantrowitz, an expert on paying for college and the founder of FinAid.org, concludes his week-long series answering questions from readers of The Choice about financial aid applications.
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- Early Admission Applications Rise, as Do Rejections
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-13-2012 10:37 PM -0800
A broader and more diverse group of students, including foreigners and minorities, are applying for early admission to top colleges, making acceptance that much harder.
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- Op-Ed Columnist: More N.C.A.A. ‘Justice’
Category: Education
Publish Date: 01-13-2012 08:03 PM -0800
When a basketball player from St. Joseph’s University tried to transfer to another school, he ran into the biggest bullies on campus.
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