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Quote of the day:
"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become."
Oprah Winfrey
Brady: Schools should consider skipping teacher raises (Bloomington Pantagraph)
SPRINGFIELD -- State Sen. Bill Brady, the Republican candidate for governor, is taking heat from a teachers union over suggestions that school districts could consider foregoing teacher pay raises.
COMMENTARY: College education for all (Chicago Tribune)
Classes have just begun at Truman College, where I've taught English as a second language to adult immigrants for 17 years. There's been a scurry of activity in a variety of languages among the most diverse body of students you will find anywhere in the world.
First Report From Research Center Created by U. of Phoenix Attacks Critics of For-Profit Education (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Two years ago, the founders of the University of Phoenix announced plans to create an independent, nonpartisan research institute to examine meaty educational issues affecting nontraditional students and for-profit higher education. Policy analysts, eager to dig into the trove of data that Phoenix and other proprietary institutions track about their students and teaching methods, cheered the news.
Key Senator Calls for More Federal Oversight of For-Profit Colleges (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Continuing Congress's scrutiny of for-profit colleges, Sen. Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, argued at a forum he held in Chicago on Tuesday that "there are too many schools taking advantage of students and making money hand over fist."
For-Profit College Helps Employees Complain About U.S. Proposals (Inside Higher Ed)
Education Management Corporation, the company that runs the Art Institutes, Argosy University and other for-profit colleges, has turned to external consultants to help employees craft letters voicing opposition to the U.S. Department of Education's proposed regulations on "gainful employment."
NU prof: Computer research no joke (Southtown Star)
Have you heard the one about the Northwestern University researcher who scored a bundle of federal stimulus cash -- a $712,883 grant -- to create joke-telling software?
Opinion: ‘Race’ setback not a total loss for state schools (Springfield State Journal-Register)
Illinois learned last week that, for the second time, it came up short in its bid to win federal education funding in the Race to the Top competition.
Fired Education Chief Says New Jersey Governor Defamed Him (The New York Times)
Bret D. Schundler, the fired New Jersey education commissioner, charged on Wednesday that Gov. Chris Christie had defamed him and knowingly misstated Mr. Schundler’s role in an episode that cost the state a $400 million federal grant.
Formula to Grade Teachers’ Skill Gains Acceptance, and Critics (The New York Times)
How good is one teacher compared with another?
JALC’s enrollment drops slightly (The Southern Illinoisan)
CARTERVILLE - John A. Logan College's student enrollment is down for the first time in several years, officials announced Wednesday.
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