Big Changes on the Way in Lending to Students

The Obama administration outlined a vast overhaul of financial aid programs for college students, one that would end years of federal support to banks and other lenders, in its budget proposal unveiled on Thursday.

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Student wore T-shirt: 'Hitler gave great speeches, too'...

Some of the students attentively watched the speech, giving questioning looks and comments, shaking their heads and laughing at some of Obama's words. Other students listened, occasion ally glancing up to watch, while texting on their cell phones, reading a book or finishing school work.

The gymnasium's events were shown simultaneously in rooms throughout the Mesa school, and teachers were given discretion on whether to show the speech, the students said.

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In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update

It was the “aha!” moment that Stephanie Rosalia was hoping for.
A group of fifth graders huddled around laptop computers in the school library overseen by Ms. Rosalia and scanned allaboutexplorers.com, a Web site that, unbeknownst to the children, was intentionally peppered with false facts.

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Schools chief: Slash English-learner funds

The state schools chief has recommended that the Legislature slash more than $30 million in funding to teach English to students who aren't fluent, a move that critics warned would further cripple schools that have been forced to shrink their budgets.

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Nation's schools would get $106 billion from federal economic stimulus package

The massive federal economic stimulus package hammered out by Congress this week contains about $106 billion earmarked for education, an unprecedented expansion of federal spending into the nation's schools. District officials throughout California, bracing for another round of painful state budget cuts, were grateful for a new infusion of funds.

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Student Fights Record of ‘Cyberbullying’

MIAMI — Katherine Evans said she was frustrated with her English teacher for ignoring her pleas for help with assignments and a brusque reproach when she missed class to attend a school blood drive.

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In School for the First Time, Teenage Immigrants Struggle

Fanta Konneh is the first girl in her family to go to school. Not the first to go to college, or to graduate from high school. Fanta, 18, who grew up in Guinea after her family fled Liberia, became the first to walk into a classroom of any kind last year.

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Judge Voids Illinois Law on Silent Time in Schools

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the state law requiring a moment of silence in public schools across Illinois is unconstitutional, saying it crosses the line separating church and state.

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Inauguration Is Inspiring Classrooms Nationwide

At a middle school in Austin, Tex., a young history teacher plans to use the hip-hop song “Black President” as a spark for an Inauguration Day discussion of politics and patriotism.

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China: Government to Help College Graduates

China announced a series of measures aimed at helping millions of recent college graduates find work amid the deepening impact of the global financial crisis. Chinese officials have warned that the slowing economy will severely affect employment prospects, with job seekers in the cities already outnumbering available jobs by two to one. There were nearly 5.6 million university graduates in China in 2008.

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The Big Cram for Hunter High School

While their friends played video games in pajamas or vacationed in the tropics, a dozen sixth graders spent winter break at Elite Academy in Flushing, Queens, memorizing word roots. Time was ticking as they prepared to face the thing they had talked about, dreamed about and lost sleep over for much of the past year: the Hunter College High School admissions exam, a strenuous three-hour test that weeds out about 90 percent of those who take it.

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