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For-profit colleges encourage fraud, government report finds

August 11, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Overpriced, default, fraud. Sounds like a typical day on Wall Street, right? According to a Government Accountability Office report released last week, these signal a growing trend in the sales and marketing practices of private, for-profit...

Student group elects new leadership

August 9, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

Hundreds of student activists convened at the University of California, Los Angeles last month during the United States Student Association's (USSA) 63rd annual national student congress.

Civil rights groups hit Race to the Top

August 3, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

The National Urban League and five other civil rights organizations, in a in a hard-hitting report, have criticized President Obama's Race to the Top education reform program.

Teachers, parents protest school layoffs

July 29, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

CHICAGO - Nearly a hundred teachers, parents, students, labor leaders and community activists rallied at the Chicago Board of Education building here July 28 against recent massive teacher layoffs.

Arne Duncan’s $800 million fight

July 16, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu

$800 million is a lot of money but in comparison to the total federal budget of $3.6 trillion is represents less than .00022 percent. So why is Education secretary Arne Duncan fighting so hard to keep...