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NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Education Reforms Stumble
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made improving the city's public schools one of the guiding themes of his administration. He overhauled the management structure and invested more money in education. Soon he was boasting of impressive gains on state exams. But that progress appeared to vanish this year when the state raised its standards and made the tests much harder. Now many wonder if Bloomberg's gains were real.
For-Profit Schools Balk At Stricter Regulations
The Department of Education released a proposal last month to tighten rules on how much debt students at for-profit colleges and universities can rack up. The for-profit education business has responded with an aggressive campaign to rally public opinion to its side.
Expert: In U.S., Student Loans Trump Credit Card Debt
Americans now owe more in student loan debt than they do for all credit card debt, according to a recent report published by the financial aid information website FinAid.org. Host Michel Martin talks to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the research, about why student loan debt has hit a record high
Investment Group Wants Students To Rethink College Loans
Forking out thousands of dollars for a college education has long been viewed as conventional wisdom when it comes to investing in career paths that bring stability and long-term financial security. But what if there were a different logic applied to financing a college education. Host Michel Martin talks to Neoga Leviner, who leads the investment group Lumni, about her organization of creative, non-traditional alternatives to paying for college.
New College Teaches Young American Muslims
Late last month, the 15 students who comprise Zaytuna College's inaugural class settled in to their first day in a classroom near the University of California, Berkeley. For these students, this is a chance to study with top Islamic scholars. For the school's founders, it's a chance to hone a new image for American Islam.
The First Day: What's Your Back To School Ritual?
Students and parents often kick off each new school year with annual rituals -- buying new shoes, taking a last-minute trip, or picking out a shiny new lunchbox. Writer Sally Friedman shares three generations of back-to-school memories.
Rite Of Passage: Moving Into A College Dorm
It's an annual ritual in Boston, as well as other areas across the country, parents help their kids move in at college dormitories. In Boston, move-in day is pretty chaotic and ties up traffic.
Op-Ed: DEA Call For Ebonics Experts Smart Move
The Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking Ebonics translators to interpret wire-tapped conversations. Critics fear the move by a federal agency could set a precedent. But linguist John McWhorter argues that, while any conversation about Ebonics is charged, the DEA is on the right track.
Students Quiz Education Sec. Arne Duncan
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has spent much of the back-to-school season talking with teachers and parents. His department recently oversaw the awarding of more than $4 billion to public schools in select states. While he's addressed countless teachers in recent weeks, now, he tackles students' questions.
Women's Salaries Back On Top For Younger Set
Unmarried women between the ages of 22 and 30 are making 8 percent more than men in the same demographic, according to a new analysis of government data by a private research firm. It's partly because more women are college educated. But overall, women still make less than men.
BYU Going Independent In Football
BYU says it is leaving the Mountain West Conference and will go independent in football while joining the West Coast Conference in all other sports in the 2011-2012 school year.
'L.A. Times' Database Angers Teachers, Union
The Los Angeles Times has published a controversial database giving ratings for individual teachers in the huge L.A. Unified School District. Teachers and their union are outraged, and claim the ratings are a false measure of classroom performance.
Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools
In the city's public schools, test scores are climbing, charter schools are opening all the time, and facilities are being upgraded. But the population of the schools is overwhelmingly African-American. The head of one charter school network says it takes a long time to break old patterns.
One School District's Use Of Value-Added Analysis
NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Donald Martin, superintendent of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District in North Carolina, which has been using value-added analysis in evaluating its teachers for the past three years. Martin says the method is only one part of teacher evaluations, and that data collected is for internal use only.
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