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This project uses open data to help plug opportunity gaps

January 25, 2023October 28, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

An expanded federal initiative aims to use open data to improve opportunities, including educational opportunities, for Americans. Originally launched by President Obama in March 2016, the Opportunity Project…

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Fighting Obama education plans, colleges boost lobbying

August 19, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

Academia might be a bastion of liberal thought, but in the past two years, the higher-education industry often has lined up opposite the White House and congressional Democrats—and…

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More than $300 million cut from federal broadband grants

August 13, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

The new legislation that President Obama signed this week to stave jobs losses among teachers will cut $302 million in federal broadband grants to help pay for the…

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Viral eMail roils higher education once again

March 31, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Have you heard the one about shady White House dealings that saved a college basketball coach’s job? The eMail rumor about Oregon State University coach Craig Robinson—President Obama’s…

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$20 billion in ed funding slashed from student aid legislation

March 31, 2010March 29, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

In last-minute maneuvering designed to get the measure to pass, lawmakers eliminated $20 billion in proposed education funding from the student aid overhaul enacted by Congress last week:…

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Groups make renewed push for student loan reform

March 15, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Higher education and K-12 activist groups have stepped up their support in recent days for President Obama’s student lending reform legislation, which has stalled in the U.S. Senate…

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More Americans skeptical of higher education

February 22, 2010February 19, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

An increasing percentage of Americans believe colleges and universities prioritize profit margin over educational quality, a claim educators refute as unfair, especially during the current economic downturn.

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Students use iPods, iPhones to grade Obama’s address

November 5, 2013February 3, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

It's the stuff that makes political pollsters salivate: 30 Abilene Christian University students used iPhones and iPod Touches to respond to President Obama's Jan. 27 State of the…

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Experts say NCLB rewrite will be hard this year

January 29, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

In his State of the Union address, President Obama held out the hope of overhauling the main law outlining the federal role in public schools, a sprawling 45-year-old…

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Obama calls for more school funding

January 28, 2010January 28, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Education is one of the few areas of the federal budget that would not see a spending freeze, if President Barack Obama gets his way this year.

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ED: Blended learning helps boost achievement

November 12, 2010July 14, 2009 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

A new analysis of existing online-learning research by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) reveals that students who took all or part of their class on line performed…

This project uses open data to help plug opportunity gaps

Fighting Obama education plans, colleges boost lobbying

More than $300 million cut from federal broadband grants

Viral eMail roils higher education once again

$20 billion in ed funding slashed from student aid legislation

Groups make renewed push for student loan reform

More Americans skeptical of higher education

Students use iPods, iPhones to grade Obama’s address

Experts say NCLB rewrite will be hard this year

Obama calls for more school funding

ED: Blended learning helps boost achievement

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