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Colleges in Crisis : Analysis

Should business students pay more tuition than philosophy majors?

Posted on February 28, 2012, at 5:45 PM

An increasing number of colleges are charging more money for students to enroll in fields that lead to better-paying jobs

America's Education Challenge : The Bullpen

Bill Frist: 3 ways to fix America's child poverty problem

Posted on February 28, 2012, at 6:15 AM

One in five American children suffers through extreme financial hardship. It doesn't have to be that way

Colleges in Crisis : Opinion Brief

Skyrocketing tuition: Is punishing expensive colleges the answer?

Posted on February 23, 2012, at 2:25 PM

President Obama tries to pressure colleges into taming their wildly soaring tuition costs. Good luck with that, say dismissive critics

America's Education Challenge : Burning Question

Fining students for untied shoelaces: Harassment or discipline?

Posted on February 23, 2012, at 1:44 PM

An overachieving Chicago charter-school network makes kids pay, literally, for breaking even the smallest of rules

America's Education Challenge : Opinion Brief
Tim Tebow during his University of Florida days: The quarterback, who was home schooled but played for a public school's team, is inspiring laws that give other homeschooled kids that right.

The Tebow laws: Should home-schooled kids play sports for public schools?

Posted on February 17, 2012, at 2:57 PM

Virginia is on the verge of passing a law affecting youngsters who dream of following the career path of home-schooled-kid-turned-NFL star Tim Tebow

America's Education Challenge : Fact Sheet
A new profanity bill proposed in Arizona is so vaguely worded it would technically ban teachers from swearing when they are alone or even at home.

Arizona's plan to fire teachers for swearing… outside the classroom

Posted on February 15, 2012, at 12:31 PM

A group of conservative lawmakers say their bill will protect kids from profanity in the classroom. But critics say they're going way too far

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America's Education Challenge : Instant Guide
Education pays: In Cincinnati, one high school is rewarding students for just showing up, to the tune of hundreds of dollars a year.

Paying kids to come to class: One school's 'last-ditch' plan

Posted on February 14, 2012, at 9:59 AM

A Cincinnati high school is giving seniors $25 a week to simply show up on time and stay out of trouble. Will that really work?

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America's Education Challenge : Analysis
President Obama speaks to students at the University of Michigan on Friday: Obama promised to pressure Congress to help keep college affordable for all Americans.

Obama's 'striking' assault on rising college tuition

Posted on January 30, 2012, at 2:20 PM

The president wants to give less federal money to schools when they hike fees. Is that the key to bringing costs down?

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America's Education Challenge : Controversy
A new proposal for national sex education standards would have lessons about reproduction start in second grade.

Should there be national standards for sex ed?

Posted on January 12, 2012, at 3:00 PM

An education and health coalition has proposed nationwide guidelines on what and when kids as young as second graders should know about sex

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America's Education Challenge : Opinion Brief
A Georgia school comes under fire for assigning slavery-themed homework questions, including: "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"

'If Fred got two beatings per day...': The 'outrageous' slavery-themed math quiz

Posted on January 9, 2012, at 4:39 PM

Angry parents in Georgia protest after their third-graders are assigned homework questions about whippings and forced crop picking

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Colleges in Crisis : Fact Sheet
The University of Kansas Jayhawk mascot: KU bought up several Kansas-related .xxx domains over the last two months in an effort to prevent porn producers from profiting off the school.

Why colleges are buying .xxx web addresses

Posted on December 12, 2011, at 4:25 PM

Before the racy web suffix went public, universities scrambled to protect their brands from profit-seeking porn producers

School Bullying : Best Video
Through tears and a series of brave admissions, eighth-grader Jonah Mowry delivers an inspirational anti-bullying message.

A bullied gay teen's 'heart-wrenching' video message 

Posted on December 5, 2011, at 10:23 AM

Young Jonah Mowry bravely explains how he has been persecuted since first grade, considered suicide, but is finding the strength to carry on

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School Bullying : Instant Guide
Ashlynn Conner, an Illinois fifth grader who complained of being bullied and asked to be home-schooled, died from an apparent suicide last Friday.

A 10-year-old's 'gut-wrenching' suicide: Is bullying to blame?

Posted on November 17, 2011, at 2:28 PM

Parents in a small town in Illinois suspect their young daughter, Ashlynn Conner, took her own life after enduring years of bullying

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America's Education Challenge : Slideshow
school lunch controversies: A slideshow

10 school lunch controversies: A slideshow

Posted on November 17, 2011, at 8:00 AM

From the definition of a vegetable to the merits of chocolate milk, cafeteria food is a national hot-button issue

America's Education Challenge : Burning Question
Some conservatives argue that public school teachers' total compensation is sometimes more than 50 percent higher than their skill sets would warrant in the free market.

Are teachers overpaid?

Posted on November 3, 2011, at 11:15 AM

Two conservative think tanks argue that public school educators make more than their skills would fetch in the private sector

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America's Education Challenge : The List
National test scores are in and math scores improved slightly, while reading scores plateaued.

American schools' 'mixed' report card: 5 takeaways

Posted on November 2, 2011, at 6:14 PM

New standardized test results show math scores are on the rise. But we're still not exactly a nation of young scholars

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