• Obama Announces Funding for Science and Math Teachers
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   February 7, 2012
• Prior to President Barack Obama's hosting of the White House Science Fair, the White House announced a series of new funding opportunities and priorities focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers.
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• States Begin Implementing Common Core Standards
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 7, 2012
• Early implementing states, like Kentucky and West Virginia, are setting an example for others to follow...
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• Congressional Members Push for State and Local Control of Education
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   February 6, 2012
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) represented an unfortunate overstep of the federal government’s role in education, members of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce told National School Boards Association (NSBA) attendees Monday.

• Former Philly Schools Super's Unemployment Claim Denied
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Pennsylvania   |   February 3, 2012
• Former Philadelphia schools superintendent Arlene Ackerman, who left her post with a controversial buyout worth nearly $1 million from the district, had her unemployment claim denied by the state of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

• Senate HELP Committee Explores Making College More Affordable
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   February 2, 2012
• Following up on ideas introduced by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address last week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held an initial hearing Thursday to further explore how to make college more affordable.
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• Univ. of Vermont is Latest to Ban Plastic Water Bottles
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   February 2, 2012
• Hoping to save money and the environment, a dozen colleges have stopped selling bottled water on campus.
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• School-Based Health Centers Reap Benefits
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   February 2012
• Studies have found that SBHCs improve students’ health-care access and school success. Now, the Obama administration is helping more states finance them.
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• White House Introduces Race To The Top for Colleges
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   January 27, 2012
• The Obama administration has introduced a Race To The Top program for College Affordability and Completion, allowing states and colleges to compete for $1 billion in federal grants.
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• Google Launches New Online Education Resource
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   January 26, 2012
• Google has launched an online warehouse for education resources called Google in Education, designed for teachers, administrators and advocates, the company announced Thursday.
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• Proposed Georgia Amendment Would Allow State to Open Charter Schools
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Georgia   |   January 26, 2012
• A group of Georgia legislators introduced this week an amendment to the state's constitution that would give the state the ability to create charter schools, the Associated Press reports.

• Are States Willing to Require School Attendance Until Age 18?
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   January 25, 2012
• Last year, a handful of states considered changing their school attendance laws without Obama's prodding.
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• First Lady, Agriculture Secretary Unveil New School-Lunch Rules
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   January 25, 2012
• While the new rules aren't as aggressive as the Obama administration had hoped, they mean most meals will come with less sodium and more whole grains, with a wider selection of fruits and vegetables on the side.
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• Obama: States Should Require Students to Graduate
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   January 25, 2012
• Obama proposes states require students to graduate or remain in school until age 18.

• States Weakening Teacher-Tenure Protections
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   January 25, 2012
• America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren't performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether.