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Poll: Students blamed for low college grad rates, complicating efforts to push improvementsThe public pins most of the blame for poor college graduation rates on students and their parents and gives a pass to colleges, government officials and others, a new Associated ...

With divided Congress, tough road ahead for education reformThe Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many locations through the Race to the ...

In July 2008, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois introduced the Pathways to College Act, a bill that was also sponsored in the House by Rep. Tim Bishop of New York. This is why Durbin and Bishop introduced the Pathways to College Act.. ...

Feeling bulliedTenure for teachers is usually seen as either a protection for educators from capricious school administrators or a way for incompetent teachers to protect their jobs. Top politicians now appear to be leaning toward the latter view. Top Republican and Democratic ...

Funding to complete a controversial supercomputer, plan a second Hayabusa asteroid sample retrieval mission, and dramatically expand research into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells is on the agenda of Japan's Ministry of Education for the fiscal year that begins next April. Getting ...

click to enlarge . The ever-helpful Sen. Lamar Alexander has been giving Democrats a lot of heartfelt political advice lately. If they pass health care reform, according to Alexander: "I think it is the making of a political wipeout" for Democrats "if ...

PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - More than a few Hollywood heads were scratched when Paramount announced last week that it had picked up worldwide distribution rights to " "Davis Guggenheim's new film, which chronicles the sorry state of the U.S. public ...

Liberty U to recognize student Democrats, Republicans as unofficial, unfunded clubsThe student Democratic club at conservative Liberty University can continue as a campus group unofficially.Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. says a new university policy allows the Liberty University College Democrats to be an ...

click to enlarge In a defeat for the teachers' union, the House Education Committee held a surprise meeting this morning to approve expanding charter schools in Tennessee. Until today, the House Democratic Caucus had locked down against the bill. Caucus chair Mike ...

Senate Democrats block GOP bid to extend DC school voucher programSenate Democrats have dealt a setback to a Republican-sponsored school voucher program that gives schoolchildren in the nation's capital the chance to attend private schools.The Senate voted 50-39 along mostly party lines ...

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Topic: U.S. Democratic Party

Poll: Public blames grad rates on college students

With divided Congress, tough road for ed reform

How Admissions Counselors Work

Calls to end tenure are bipartisan

Japan's Government Aims High in Budget Plan

Democrats Consider Hiring Lamar as Campaign Consultant

Schools documentary could score with Republicans

Liberty U reaches agreement with student Democrats

State House Revives Charter Schools Bill

Democrats block GOP bid to extend DC vouchers

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