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California and other states should get a No Child Left Behind waiver As with every other state where many high achieving schools will be labelled as failures by the year 2014 if they do not get a waiver from No Child Left Behind Act....	Karen
Difference of Opinion over School Funding This is the third consecutive year President Barack Obama reiterated the importance of higher education directly to students. He said that high school diploma is....	Jamie K
Students trained by College district with funds amounting to $5 million for health jobs Today, there is a huge demand for health career jobs. In keeping with this demand, Cerro Coso Community College, Porterville College and Bakersfield College students....	Kathy
What is the Status of “No Child Left Behind Act”? President Obama recently announced the status of the No Child Left Behind Act. A key requirement of the act was scrapped by him paving way for states to use innovative....	Staff
USC to impose partial or complete on campus smoking ban Recently, Taper Hall of Humanities at USC witnessed a strong push from staff groups and faculty to ban smoking on campus.  This “Smoke-Free Campus Forum”....	Jamie K
HBCUs can play a major role in realizing our President’s 2020 dream A goal that is in the mind of many in keeping with Obama’s vision, our country must have the most number of graduates by the year 2020. According to the administration....	Karen
Efforts to Improve Learning through School Technology Program In order to advance technologies, a national center will be created by the Obama administration. This center will play a major role in improving learning and teaching....	Jamie K
Who will succeed Kvaal, our Education Department Undersecretary? It was just a year back that the Education Department appointed James Kvaal as its deputy undersecretary following his involvement with the National Economic Council....	Karen
Time for U.S. to Catch Up After falling in Young Adult College Degree Attainment global ranking  Our country is fast slipping in the college completion global ranking among young adults. A recently released report says that other nations around the world....	Staff
Two Year Colleges will Benefit from the Obama Plan President Obama last week unveiled a plan that would stimulate economy through job growth. This $450 billion plan would provide at least $5billion to tribal and....	Kathy
Impact of National debt ceiling legislation on higher education limited but considerable There is deep concern on the quality of higher education across the nation due to the deficit cutting plan to the tune of two trillion dollars following the new....	Chris
There are many job opportunities for Political Science majors today The role of political scientists is to research and evaluate topics such as ideology, public opinion, relations between foreign nations and our country and public....	Jamie K
There are many job opportunities for Political Science majors today The role of political scientists is to research and evaluate topics such as ideology, public opinion, relations between foreign nations and our country and public....	Jamie K
Should you choose a big city school? As compared to the seventies and eighties, students today prefer studying in city colleges. Gone are the days when quaint colleges on pretty, green campuses were....	Karen
Arne Duncan to meet Mayor and officials in Cleveland Our Education Secretary Arne Duncan is all geared up to meet Mayor Frank Jackson of Cleveland next week. He is on a mission to initiate greater involvement by the....	Staff
Time for Public Education to Stand Up and Fight Recession is something we did not create and yet all of us including teachers, students are working families are forced to suffer for it. We face many challenges....	Kathy
Community Colleges – A pathway to lucrative career? Just look at our job markets and our higher education scenario and you will know how much our schools are poised to be tested in the endeavor to produce twenty million....	Tom
Focus on Improving High School Infrastructure as a First Step in Education Reform Our policy makers no doubt have been striving to bring in effective higher education reforms. However, most of them fail to produce any significant results predominantly....	Chris
Find out the reasons why Community Colleges Fail? Certain amount of well deserved respect is finally been given to our community colleges. These colleges have always been overlooked. Pledging support to these colleges....	Kathy
Should we force graduation on students who cannot afford it? Our country has a huge problem with college drop outs too just as with high school drop outs and the sooner our policymakers realize this, the better. This phenomenon....	Staff