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National Immigration Forum Launches New Immigration Reform Campaign

The National Immigration Forum, an immigration advocacy organization, along with a diverse coalition of labor union leaders, religious groups and civil rights organizations is challenging President Barack Obama to expeditiously pass immigration reform legislation with the launch of a new immigration reform campaign.

June 3, 2009

Latinx

Volunteer Service Capacity Bill May Benefit MSIs

The Kennedy Serve America Act would create a variety of programs, including an Education Corps to help low-income youth improve educational achievement.

May 13, 2009

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No Black Boy Left Behind

The expected reworking of the No Child Left Behind Act along with a significant infusion of funding for the Education Department present an opportunity to develop policies and programs to ensure Black boys, in particular, have a better chance of succeeding, educators said at a conference Friday on Capitol Hill.

April 26, 2009

Students

Texas Senate Approves Limits to Top 10 Percent Admission Rule

Debating the most sweeping reform of college admissions policies in more than a decade, Texas senators approved legislation Tuesday that would end automatic entry to students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class.

March 25, 2009

Community Colleges

Foster Kids Find College Help After ‘Aging Out’

Community colleges in several states are working to establish stronger support systems for former foster-care children, who are more likely to wind up homeless or in jail than earn a degree as they struggle to overcome unstable lives.

March 16, 2009

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Change to Top 10 Percent Rule Clears Committee

Texas students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class would no longer be guaranteed automatic admission to a public university under a bill that passed a Senate panel Wednesday.

March 5, 2009

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The Stimulus Package: Winners Large and Small

As the dust clears on the newly enacted economic stimulus package, it’s clear there are some big winners, some smaller winners and only a few left out in the cold under the compromise legislation totaling $789 billion.

March 4, 2009

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Singer Usher, Community Service Advocates Testify Before Education and Labor Committee

On the heels of President Barack Obama’s first address to both houses of Congress, during which he called every American to commit to at least one year of higher education or career training, the House Committee on Education and Labor dedicated its first hearing of the new session to revamping community and national service legislation.

February 25, 2009

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Aid to Students May Prove Short-lived

Although the latest economic stimulus package helps needy college students, this increased financial assistance may be temporary.

February 18, 2009

Health

Senate Passes Economic Recovery Plan

Obama wants school funding restored

February 10, 2009

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Debate Rages Over Hebrew Charter School in NYC

Two years after the debut of a controversial public school focusing on Arabic language and culture, a Hebrew language charter school is opening in New York City, stoking further debate about the purpose of a public school education.

February 5, 2009

MSIs

Democrats Propose Billions in New Education Spending

House Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled an $825 billion economic stimulus package with massive new education spending that goes far beyond a widely expected increase in federal Pell Grants.

January 15, 2009