Dorie Turner, Associated PressFaculty & StaffDalai Lama Holds ‘Office Hours’ at Emory UniversityThe Dalai Lama began his “office hours” with Emory University students and faculty Tuesday with his signature move: laughter.October 20, 2010African-AmericanU.S. Education Department, Civil Rights Leaders Discuss ReformCivil rights leaders are criticizing Obama administration education reforms aimed at turning around low performing schools and closing the achievement gap for minority students.July 28, 2010HomeGeorgia School Board Adopts National K-12 StandardsWith a focus on increasing college readiness and success, Georgia has adopted a set of national benchmarks that detail what students should learn in each grade and what they should know to graduate high school.July 8, 2010Community CollegesColleges Instructed to Make Blind-friendly Gadgets Available to StudentsThe U.S. Departments of Justice and Education sent a letter to college and university presidents Tuesday instructing them to find alternatives for blind students if the devices are required in the classroom.June 29, 2010SportsObama Administration Reverses Bush on College Sports Equity PolicyThe U.S. Department of Education is repealing a Bush-era policy that some critics argue was a way to avoid complying with federal law in providing equal opportunities for female athletes.April 19, 2010LatinxObama’s Education Law Overhaul To Focus on CollegeThe Obama administration unveiled its plan Saturday to radically change his predecessor’s No Child Left Behind education law in hopes of replacing an accountability system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of U.S. schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.March 14, 2010Page 1 of 1
