Education secretary challenges NEA on teacher pay (AP) AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan challenged members of the National Education Association Thursday to stop resisting the idea of linking teacher pay to student achievement. Gates Foundation Gives $16.5 Million for Community-College Programs (U.S. News & World Report) U.S. News & World Report - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation renewed its commitment to improving college graduation rates for low-income and minority students by giving $16.5 million in grant money to expand remedial education programs at the community-college level. School District Billed in Diversity Lawsuit (The Advocate) The Advocate - As California grapples with a massive $24 billion budget deficit, a public school district finds itself served with a bill totaling almost $15,000 related to a lawsuit over a diversity presentation it allowed to take place in March, reports the Hayward Daily Review. Fame, fortune for Web tutors in education-crazy South Korea (Reuters) Reuters - For a teacher who never sees his students and instructs only online, South Korean Woo Hyeong-cheol makes a lot of money, $4 million a year to be exact. LA high school featured in 'Bruno' leaves district (AP)
Stimulus dollars released for schools (AP) AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan is releasing $2.7 billion in stimulus dollars earlier than planned to help states confront increasingly tighter budgets. Pay Off Your Student Loan with Help from Uncle Sam (U.S. News & World Report) U.S. News & World Report - Today could be a day of liberation for millions of college graduates who are struggling with college loan payments. Thanks to the federal government's new Income Based Repayment Plan, which takes effect today, many debtors can cut their payments on their federal student loans to less than 15 percent of their incomes. Book closes on NJ school districts without schools (AP) AP - The school districts in such New Jersey hamlets as Hi-Nella (population 1,029), Teterboro (population 18) and Victory Gardens (population 1,546) will be history by the time schools open in fall 2010 under a bill signed by the governor Tuesday. BrĂ¼no Shoot Doesn't Tickle School Heads (The Advocate) The Advocate - Sacha Baron Cohen made headlines and millions of dollars following the release of Borat, but the Los Angeles Unified School District is taking issue with his latest character's handling of an L.A. high school football team. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AP - Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.
AP - A high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno" has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district.
