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EDUCATION: Obama emphasizes education in economic recovery
At a community college in Northern Virginia, President Obama emphasized the role education plays in his economic recovery agenda.
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EDUCATION: Bill aims to censor Ariz. teachers' speech
A group of GOP state lawmakers is backing a bill that would require teachers to limit their speech to words that comply with FCC standards.
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EDUCATION: Universities are bringing Occupy into the classroom
Social movement has sparked widespread interest on college campuses.
- STORY: Occupy movement at crossroads
- OUR VIEW: 'Occupy' movement fading out in whimper
- OPPOSING VIEW: Occupy is making a difference
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EDUCATION: Abusers used school in poor L.A. area as stalking grounds
The Miramonte story in L.A. echoes previous cases of sexual abuse: vulnerable children, plied with attention and groomed to trust adult predators.
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EDUCATION: Obama frees 10 states from No Child Left Behind
The states are getting leeway in exchange for promises to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students.
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EDUCATION: New case uncovered as L.A. school scandal widens
Officials acknowledged a third case of improper conduct at an elementary school in turmoil over allegations of sexual abuse.
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EDUCATION: Latest allegation: Aide at L.A. school sent boy love letters
A student's mother said a teacher's aide sent love letter's to her 11-year-old son in 2009.
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EDUCATION: L.A. school at center of child abuse case replacing staff
An L.A. school reeling from allegations of lewd conduct against children by two teachers is replacing its faculty and staff.
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EDUCATION: 'Best value' colleges: Some have high price tags
Lead author of the annual Princeton Review list says in determining value "it can't just be a low sticker price."
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NATION: Colleges obsess over rankings; students shrug
U.S. News & World Report's list of "America's Best Colleges" may have had a bigger effect on colleges than on students and families.
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EDUCATION: Student proposal: Pay college tuition after graduation
Students' tuition would be 5% of their income for 20 years after entering the workforce.
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SCIENCE FAIR: Survey: Business journal editors coerce citations
Journal editors browbeat researchers into citing their journals in studies, a survey suggests, a practice perverting the scholarly record.
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EDUCATION: College administrator faked SAT scores to boost ranking
An administrator at Claremont McKenna College admitted he falsified SAT scores to publications such as U.S. News & World Report.
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EDUCATION: College presidents wary of Obama's cost-control tuition plan
President Obama's plan to force colleges to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders.
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ON POLITICS: Study: College freshmen move left on key issues
A major study finds a growing number of college freshmen say they're middle-of-the-road in politics, but more than 70% say they support same-sex marriage.
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WASHINGTON: Obama says college costs must be held in check
President Obama wrapped up a five-stop trip Friday by telling University of Michigan students he will fight to keep college costs down.
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ON DEADLINE: Va. couple charged over kids' excessive school tardiness
A Virginia couple will go on trial in March on a misdemanor charge because of their children's excessive tardiness at school.
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EDUCATION: Colleges sell naming rights to bathrooms
To raise funds, Dixie State offered naming rights to individual bathroom stalls in a musical theater company's planned building.
- STORY: A bathroom of her own
- STORY: Big fund-raising
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NATION: Student takes stand against bullying
A high school student in Chattanooga is taking a stand against bullies.
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EDUCATION: Obama wants schools to speed digital transition
The Obama administration is asking every U.S. school to accelerate the transition to digital textbooks.