Tag: No Child Left Behind Act: Page 13

Leadership & Policy

Yale Fined $165K for not Reporting Sex Offenses

Yale University has been fined $165,000 by the U.S. Department of Education for failing to report four on-campus sex crimes in 2001 and 2002.

May 16, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Family Says Chinese Grad Student’s Dreams Led to Boston

The family of a Chinese graduate student killed in the Boston Marathon bombings said in an open letter that it was her dream to study in the United States.

April 21, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Lead Acquisitions Librarian

Working collaboratively with acquisitions, e-resources, collection management, and cataloging personnel, the successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination and management of the Library’s acquisitions.

April 19, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Experts Differ on Route to Getting Talented Teachers to Most Challenged Schools

Consideration of talent, diversity and effectiveness urged in the ongoing struggle to boost student achievement, but should a ‘bar exam’ also be part of the process?

April 4, 2013

Students

Central Missouri Seeks to Boost On-Time Graduation Rate

As part of a national push to produce more college graduates, the University of Central Missouri is launching an initiative designed to help more of its students earn degrees in four years.

March 31, 2013

Sports

Reducing Number of High School Diplomas Proposed

State Superintendent of Education John White says he wants to consider eliminating one of Louisiana’s three high school diplomas.

March 26, 2013

Home

Judge Again Orders Stop to Mo. College Drug Tests

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A federal judge on Friday again blocked efforts by a central Missouri technical college to drug-test its students, a policy challenged as unconstitutional by the American Civil Liberties Union.

March 24, 2013

Students

Experts Recommend a Switch in Teacher Evaluations

When it comes to judging teacher effectiveness, value-added models—statistical models that a number of states and districts have adopted to rate teachers based on student test scores—are too problematic to be of practical use and could unfairly hurt teachers who get assignments in struggling schools.

March 24, 2013

Home

Texas Senate Considers Changes to School Testing

Texas senators started a debate Tuesday that will likely last for weeks as lawmakers try to decide how many standardized tests students must take to graduate from high school.

March 12, 2013

Home

Sequestration Expected to Squeeze Already Tight Job Market for Teachers

Some 30,000 teachers and teachers’ aides in roughly half of the states won’t get hired next year because of the cuts by the federal government, the White House reported.

March 7, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Summit Drills In on America’s Dropout Rate

In the United States, a student drops out of school every 26 seconds and more than 3,000 children leave school every day.

February 26, 2013

Community Colleges

Report: High School Dropouts Cost Economy Billions

High school dropouts are costing some $1.8 billion in lost tax revenue every year, education advocates said in a report released Monday.

February 25, 2013