Inside the school data

By Kimberly Leonard

An interactive look at performance data in 10 school districts

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"… the data is available from the nationally recognized Editorial Projects in Education Research Center. It also measured standardized test scores in reading and …"

IMPACT: Official calls mishandling of sexual assault cases 'staggering'

By Sarah Favot

Official blames colleges for 'misplaced sense of values and priorities'

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"… s judicial boards to decide the fate of their assailants. …"

"… rance with Vice President Joe Biden at the University of New Hampshire.The Education Department, meanwhile, is issuing the first federal guidelines for sc …"

Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

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"… ch data was available from the nationally recognized Editorial Projects in Education Research Center.iWatch News also looked at the holy grail of the Education …"

"… have been," says James Kemple, author of a study just published by Harvard Education Press that cites real gains from the Klein reforms in New York. "We are no …"

"… a 16-state sample tested better than in traditional public schools. A U.S Education Department-commissioned study last year was similarly mixed.“Putting the …"

"… s to be commended."Lois Leveen, communication director for Grantmakers for Education, a nonprofit association representing 260 foundations, agrees."The overall …"

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Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

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"… heir products with a school’s logo and colors, Asher said. Department of Education 2007-08 survey data analyzed by her organization shows about two-thirds of …"

"… d 95 percent of a college’s loan volume, according to 2007 Department of Education data analyzed by Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of FinAid.org, a stud …"

"… ly Repp, a lobbyist and general counsel for the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, which represents lenders, loan servicers, collection agenci …"

"… a Salmanowitz, a spokeswoman for Democrats who are now the minority on the Education and Labor Committee. ''While lenders will still be able to use a school ma …"

John Kline — Education and Labor Committee

By Aaron Mehta

A former Marine helicopter pilot, John Kline has represented Minnesota’s 2nd district since 2003. His 25 years in the military included a st

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"… ment takeover of our nation’s health care system.”As head of the House Education and Labor Committee, Kline would oversee changes to the “No Child Left B …"

"… ghout the countyCampaign promisesKline has rejected calls to shut the U.S. Education Department. “Those who call for abolishing the Department of Education, …"

"… . Education Department. “Those who call for abolishing the Department of Education, that’s simply not going to get done,” he told the National Journal.Th …"

Teachers' union spends big bucks to defeat Buck

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A reader in Denver alerted us to an ad that went up yesterday in Colorado by the NEA Advocacy Fund, blasting Republican Senate candidate Ken

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"… r his views on Education funding.An arm of the 3.2 million-member National Education Association, the NEA Advocacy Fund filed a Form 1 Statement of Organizatio …"

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Reed College still struggling with campus sexual assault policies

By Lee van der Voo

Reed College, an elite Oregon school, is struggling to put the the debate over campus sexual assault policies to rest

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"… said a review of Reed’s compliance with three federal laws -- the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which prohibits improper disclosure of personal …"

Portland college students demand changes in sexual assault process

By Lee van der Voo

Students at Portland's Reed College demand changes to the school's approach to sexual assault allegations.

An uncommon outcome at Holy Cross

By Kristin Jones

Expulsion rarely results from college disciplinary actions in sexual assault cases, making the Holy Cross case a notable exception.

Lax enforcement of Title IX in campus sexual assault cases

By Kristin Jones

Feeble watchdog leaves students at risk, critics say

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"… school’s response, Dunn hoped to find an ally in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The office, referred to as OCR, enforces  …"

"… victims. A Freedom of Information Act request filed with the Department of Education yielded at least 24 fully resolved investigations between 1998 and 2008 in …"

"… rs, and grade discrimination, as well as sexual assault. The Department of Education provided findings only for cases in which investigations and any follow-up …"

"… l activities, and in 1980 was put under the oversight of the newly created Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights. The law is widely associated with …"

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