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Schools ramp up use of safety drills, security

WASHINGTON – Safety drills, parent-notification systems, and other safety measures in U.S. public schools grew in popularity in the years surrounding the massacre at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook...

DATE: Jun 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Consumer agency opens inquiry on student loan services

WASHINGTON – Do companies that service student loans make more money when they provide less service? The federal government’s consumer watchdog wants to see what changes can be made to help ...

DATE: May 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Senators grapple with how much students should be tested

WASHINGTON – The federal mandate to test U.S. school kids annually was at the center of a Senate panel’s work on Wednesday to fix the long outdated No Child Left Behind education law. ...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Failing grade

Government tries to save federally-owned Native American schools from decay, poverty

DATE: Oct 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

What to know about Bureau of Indian Education schools

WINSLOW, Ariz. – The federal government finances 183 schools and dormitories for Native American children on or near reservations in 23 states. The schools are some of the nation’s lowest pe...

DATE: Oct 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Burden of student debt haunts more seniors

WASHINGTON – Rosemary Anderson could be 81 by the time she pays off her student loans. After struggling with divorce, health problems and an underwater home mortgage, the 57-year-old anticip...

DATE: Sep 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

White students to no longer be majority

Added up together, minorities to make up 50.2% of public schools

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Better skilled teachers pushed for

Obama points out ‘problem’ in disadvantaged communities

DATE: Jul 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Student-loan interest rates rise

WASHINGTON – Interest rates went up Tuesday for students taking out new federal loans. This increase is relatively minimal but could foreshadow more to come. The change stems from...

DATE: Jul 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Home-schoolers fear Common Core’s reach

Even educating kids out of school, parents fear loss of control

DATE: Jun 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Security tightened at U.S. embassy in Baghdad

Al-Qaida threats prompt action

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

American 12th-graders score abysmally

Test shows fewer than half proficient in math, reading

DATE: May 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World