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Student loan scandal costs students

By The Center for Public Integrity

Schools steered students toward "preferred lenders," who charged students inflated rates and bribed schools

Excerpts from this story referencing "Education":

"… dent loans.” …"

"… nt from a new lender that felt it could not fairly compete. Meanwhile, the Education Department remained conspicuously absent. In testimony before the House Co …"

"… remained conspicuously absent. In testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Cuomo accused the department of being “asleep at the switch …"

"… ssional action. Representative George Miller, chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, called on Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to put an end …"

Reading First: Scandalous and ineffective

By The Center for Public Integrity

Allegations that the reading program pressured states to adopt particular programs has prompted attention from the Inspector General

Excerpts from this story referencing "Education":

"… hieve reading proficiency by the end of third grade, but the Department of Education’s own inspector general has criticized it for favoritism and ineffective …"

"… avorites, giving grants for certain programs over others.The Department of Education contended that it screened board members for conflicts of interest. But th …"

"… Senator Ted Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued a report concluding that four region …"

"… eorge Miller, a California Democrat and chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, condemned Reading First’s practices as “unfair and costly t …"

Pentagon lacks funding to fix public schools on military bases

By Emma Schwartz

A senior Pentagon official says DOD is a billion short of what's needed to fix troubled public schools on military bases
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New report cites disproportionate punishment for black students

By Susan Ferriss

New report finds disproportionate punishments for black students in North Carolina

Excerpts from this story referencing "Education":

"… minor infractions, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Education Policy Center, a non-partisan research center that sponsors peer-reviewed …"

"… iled the report at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.The National Education Policy Center commissioned Losen to prepare the report, “Discipline Poli …"

"… argeted for discipline than other students, the report also found.National Education Policy Center director Kevin Welner, who appeared with Losen Tuesday at th …"

How nonprofits won special treatment in student lending bill

By Sasha Chavkin, Ryan Tracy and Mar Cabra

Some nonprofits on the verge of getting government protection, even after acts of misconduct

Excerpts from this story referencing "Education":

"… ll was introduced, the lobbying group for nonprofit Education lenders, the Education Finance Council (EFC), worked behind the scenes to craft its own legislati …"

"… government auditors, state attorneys general and the federal Department of Education have accused many nonprofits of misconduct such as steering students towar …"

"… his campaign and upon taking office, Obama took aim at the Federal Family Education Loan program, which has helped finance student lending for more than four …"

"… -mail.In late May, the groups pressed their case at a hearing of the House Education and Labor Committee. René Drouin, president and chief executive of the no …"

As student credit card debt rises, banks quietly reward schools

By Ben Protess and Jeannette Neumann

Colleges make millions selling access and addresses to Bank of America
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Details of deals between banks and colleges spur reaction

By Ben Protess

Student credit card story inspires a Congressman, a one-woman protest and some citizen journalism

FACT CHECK: Romney’s ‘magnet’ charge attracts scrutiny

By FactCheck.Org

Republican presidential front-runner referred to a number of U.S. policies as 'magnets' for illegal immigration

Undaunted, Senator still trying to close decrepit schools on military bases

By Rachael Marcus

The Senate won't take up a proposal to close Defense Department-run schools. But the plan's architect vows to try again.

Across San Francisco region, expulsion rates and attitudes toward punishment vary widely

By San Francisco Public Press

Calif. school districts are often independent, punishment and expulsion rates very widely

Excerpts from this story referencing "Education":

"… pline, as borne out by statistics compiled by the California Department of Education.The disparities among schoolchildren in low-income and minority communitie …"

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