Education

LA Schools Throw Out Suspensions For 'Willful Defiance'

8:50pm May 15, 2013

by Nathan Rott

Students deemed "willfully defiant" accounted for nearly half of California's 700,000 suspensions last year. Many educators are cheering the Los Angeles Unified School District's decision to ban such suspensions, arguing the category is too broad and disproportionately targeted black students.

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Jackeline Lizama (front) plans to attend a local community college after she graduates next month from her high school in Silver Spring, Md.

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Latino High School Grads Enter College At Record Rate

5:46pm May 14, 2013

by Hansi Lo Wang

Latinos are entering colleges and universities at higher rates than whites and blacks but still lower than Asian-Americans. This is an all-time high for Latinos, according to a recent Pew Hispanic Center report. It's the result, in part, of a dramatic rise in the graduation rate among Hispanic high school students.

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New Business School at Wake Forest University Set to Open

7:19pm May 13, 2013

by Keri Brown

Wake Forest University is expanding. Two residence halls and a dining facility are under construction on the North end of campus. A new business school is also in the works. Farrell Hall will welcome undergraduate and graduate business school students in August.

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Students associated with the group Brown Divest Coal protested in front of the Brown University president's office during a rally May 3. The group is demanding that the university stop investing in certain oil and coal companies.

College Divestment Campaigns Creating Passionate Environmentalists

11:04am May 10, 2013

by Elizabeth Shogren

Taking a page from the playbook of decades past, college students are once again pressuring schools to pull investment funding from specific sectors. This time it's big oil and coal companies. But these campaigns have effects beyond the university — they're launching a new generation of activists.

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Perry's Vision For University Of Texas Criticized

6:08am May 09, 2013

There's a debate across the country over how well universities are preparing graduates for the real world, and whether colleges should operate more like businesses. That debate is particularly heated in Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry wants big changes at state colleges, including the flagship University of Texas.

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Cy Maramangalam gives a presentation about climate change for the Alliance for Climate Education.

Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms

2:50pm May 08, 2013

by Jennifer Ludden

Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide.

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What Will Public Education Look Like in NC Over the Next Five Years?

1:49pm May 06, 2013

by Keri Brown

A public forum in Greensboro this week will take a closer look at the issues and challenges facing North Carolina's public education system. The event, titled "Keep Public in Public Education", is sponsored by several organizations in the Piedmont Triad, including the Guilford County Association of Educators and the League of Women Voters.

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Guilford County Students Connect With International Space Station

7:56pm May 02, 2013

by Keri Brown

Students in Guilford County had an out-of-this world conversation Thursday with an astronaut orbiting above Greensboro in the International Space Station.

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Harvey Mudd President Maria Klawe often uses her longboard to get around campus and chat with students like senior Xanda Schofield.

How One College Is Closing The Computer Science Gender Gap

7:48pm May 01, 2013

by Wendy Kaufman

At Harvey Mudd College in California, about 40 percent of the computer science majors are women. That's far more than at any other co-ed school. And it's thanks in large part to the school's president, Maria Klawe. She has worked hard to keep women interested in computer science and empower them to succeed in the field.

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High School Seniors Must Secure College Spots With Deposits

10:51am May 01, 2013

by David Greene

May 1 is when high school seniors have to send in their deposits to colleges to signal their decision to go there. Morning Edition visits Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C. to hear from Eli Clarke at the College Counseling Office, and two high school seniors, about their choices.

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