Federal Education Funding

School District Considers Shutting Down Every Other Monday

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.19.2012

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Snow days are so passé. Now it's all about budget cut days. Yes, faced with budget woes, the Burnsville School district is considering giving its ...

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Private Education Consultants Reap Benefits Of Federal Grant Money Meant For Failing Schools

The Denver Post | Jennifer Brown | Posted 04.22.2012

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They are among the 5,000 worst schools in America, where the percentage of kids who can read or do math at grade level often hovers in the teens or 20...

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Atlanta To Return Hundreds Of Thousands In Federal Dollars For Cheating

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 01.20.2012

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ATLANTA -- Officials say the school district in Atlanta has agreed to repay more than $363,000 in federal money the district won by teachers and admin...

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State Ed Dept. Threatens To Withhold $2.5 Million In Federal Funds From District

Posted 02.18.2012

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In a unique move, Delaware education officials have threatened to withhold $2.5 million in federal funding from a district for failing to provide its ...

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State's Bid For Federal Education Grant Rejected By Department Of Education

| John Fensterwald and Kathy Baron | Posted 01.26.2012

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This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. In another cockfight between...

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States Can Compete For $200 Million In Federal Funds For STEM Education Focus

Posted 01.17.2012

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Beginning this week, nine states that were the runner-up finalists from last year's Race to the Top competition can apply for a portion of the $200 mi...

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Why A School District Rejected $2.54 Million In Federal Funding

The Oregonian | Nicole Dungca | Posted 12.24.2011

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The Oregon City School District has decided to reject a $2.54 million federal grant meant to reward top educators, partly because of philosophical con...

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How Will Republican Wins Affect Federal Education Policy?

Posted 05.25.2011

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As Republican candidates gain dozens of seats in the House, claiming a majority over Democrats, education leaders wonder how the shift will impact fed...

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Goldman's For-Profit Colleges Battle Obama Crackdown

Mother Jones | Andy Kroll | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's a classic move by an industry player feeling the squeeze of pending regulation: Hire a lobbying firm to create the appearance of widespread oppos...

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Education Department Proposes To End Federal Funding To For-Profit Colleges Whose Students Can't Get Jobs Or Repay Their Loans

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of the...

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Obama Proposes Sweeping Education Reforms, New Federal Commitment To Kids

AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in impro...

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