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Worshipers Kicked Out Of N.Y. School On Principle
NPR - Education - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 11:10
For years, small churches have been meeting in New York City's public schools. One church, Grace Fellowship, has been gathering at PS-150 in Queens since 2006. In one week, though, they will be evicted. "Freedom for a church to take over a school and convert it to a house of worship is not what our Constitution stands for," says a civil liberties proponent.
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Fallout Continues In L.A. School's Lewd Photo Scandal
NPR - Education - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 20:00
A second teacher has been removed from Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles as part of an investigation into lewd photos. One teacher has already been charged with lewd conduct with 23 students.
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Prison Meal Deal: Where The Staff Serves Lunch ... And Time
NPR - Education - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 19:30
At the Fife and Drum Restaurant, located in a Massachusetts minimum-security prison, inmates learn to cook and wait tables. Regulars praise the tasty lunches served up at bargain prices. Prison officials say such job training reduces the chances prisoners will re-offend.
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Prison Meal Deal: Where The Staff Serves Lunch ... And Time
NPR - Education - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 19:30
At the Fife and Drum Restaurant, located in a Massachusetts minimum-security prison, inmates learn to cook and wait tables. Regulars praise the tasty lunches served up at bargain prices. Prison officials say such job training reduces the chances prisoners will re-offend.
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Las Vegas Principal Hopes To Beat The Odds
NPR - Education - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 17:00
Nevada has the lowest high school graduation rate in the country. But now a multi-million dollar federal grant is helping one district turn its schools around. Host Michel Martin speaks with a principal who spent last Saturday knocking on the doors of students who dropped out, encouraging them to come back to school.
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Getting America's Dropouts Back On Track
NPR - Education - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 17:00
Nearly a quarter of U.S. public high school students fail to graduate on time, or at all. The president wants a rule requiring students to stay in school until age 18. But even with the requirement, Washington, D.C. has one of the lowest graduation rates. Host Michel Martin speaks with WAMU's Kavitha Cardoza and former dropout, Rashida Harris.
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College Administrator Resigns Over Fake SAT Scores
NPR - Education - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 00:05
An administrator at Claremont McKenna College resigned after acknowledging that he falsified entrance exam scores for years to publications responsible for ranking the small school among universities, an official said. The name of the administrator was not released.
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Claremont McKenna Admits Inflating SAT Scores
NPR - Education - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:00
Officials at Claremont McKenna College announced Wednesday that the school submitted inflated SAT scores for several years to publications such U.S. News and World Report to boost its rankings. Claremont McKenna is ranked among the top 10 liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and has recently seen an upswing in popularity among applicants.
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Dropout Has Thanks, Not Blame, For Teacher
NPR - Education - Sun, 01/29/2012 - 10:48
Roger Alvarez dropped out of high school despite the efforts of his English teacher, Antero Garcia. "You were determined to help me, but what was I willing to give? I could have actually tried," Alvarez says.
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Higher Dropout Age May Not Lead To More Diplomas
NPR - Education - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 22:22
In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on every state to require students to stay in school until they graduate or turn 18. But unimpressive results in states that already have that requirement raise questions about how effective the initiative would really be.
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Obama Stresses Importance Of College Affordability
NPR - Education - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 20:00
President Obama told students in Michigan that their universities should stop raising tuition so much faster than the rate of inflation.
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College Presidents Have Problems With Obama's Message On Tuition
NPR - Education - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 17:20
The president says he's putting colleges "on notice" about tuition hikes. College officials say the White House shouldn't be prescribing how schools cut costs.
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Kids Have A Say In Louisville's School Lunch Menu
NPR - Education - Thu, 01/26/2012 - 09:00
New guidelines announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday call for less fat and more fruits in school lunches. In Louisville, Kentucky, the Jefferson County School District lets students evaluate its healthy food offerings.
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Stanford Takes Online Schooling To The Next Academic Level
NPR - Education - Mon, 01/23/2012 - 22:14
Last semester, Stanford University professors tried something radically new: They opened their classes to the world for free. Within hours, thousands had signed up to participate. The classes' success could transform the way we look at higher education.
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Atlanta Schools To Repay $363,000 For Cheating
NPR - Education - Sat, 01/21/2012 - 01:05
A state investigation in July revealed widespread cheating by educators in nearly half of the Atlanta's 100 schools dating back to 2001. Now, the district will return money won by educators who cheated on tests. It also has agreed to tutor students affected by the scandal, which could cost $4 million.
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Defending Climate Science's Place In The Classroom
NPR - Education - Fri, 01/20/2012 - 18:00
The National Center for Science Education has long defended educators' right to teach evolution in public schools. Now climate science too is under attack. NCSE executive director Eugenie Scott talks about how teachers and parents can fight the push to get climate change denial into the classroom.
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Apple Pushes Interactive Textbooks On iPads
NPR - Education - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 17:38
The company began selling electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school textbooks on Thursday. But it's far from clear that even a company with Apple's clout will be able to reform the textbook market.
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Podcast: Mike Sharkey on Instructional Technology Challenges at the University of Phoenix
Educause - Teaching and Learning - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 17:04
Mike Sharkey is the director of academic analytics at the University of Phoenix. The University of Phoenix has more than two hundred campuses worldwide and offers degrees in over one hundred programs. In this interview, recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference, Sharkey talks about the instructional technology challenges that come with such a large, distributed organization.
Music by Jane Aubourg
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Ethnic Studies: Teaching Resentment Or Pride?
NPR - Education - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 17:00
Arizona's Superintendent of Public Instruction recently put an end to Mexican American studies classes in Tucson, saying they violated state law. On Wednesday, host Michel Martin heard from Superintendent John Huppenthal. Today Martin speaks with Adelita Grijalva, the sole Tucson School Board member who voted to preserve the program.
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Poetry Finds New Life In New Places
NPR - Education - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 17:00
For years, critics have argued about whether poetry still holds a place on this country's literary table. Host Michel Martin puts that question to writer Alan King and Lauren Wilcox, who talk about encouraging a taste for poetry in a new generation for this week's Washington Post Magazine.
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