Alabama State Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice envisions a new standard for fourth-grade math testing that doesn't simply involve adding a set of numbers.
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10/30/2012
10/30/2012
The specially equipped Dodge Sprinter pulled into the Morningside College parking lot, transporting my campus guide and his Quickie 646 SE motorized wheelchair.
10/30/2012
Just when you thought the Texas A&M-Texas rivalry was fading into the distance, a fan visits their rivals campus and vandalized buildings.
10/30/2012
During his 10 years overseeing public safety at Cornerstone University, Richard Honholt did his best to follow one guiding principle – pursue the spirit rather than then letter of the law.
10/30/2012
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman announced Tuesday morning that the School of Music, Theatre & Dance received $8 million to help renovate and remodel its North Campus building.
10/30/2012
In recognition of the gift, the nursing school — located at MDC’s Civic Center-area Medical Campus — will be renamed the Benjamin Leon School of Nursing at Miami Dade College.
10/30/2012
An Arizona college has backed out a deal for a free 217-acre campus in Massachusetts, citing tens of millions in unanticipated costs.
10/30/2012
With name tags clipped on and PowerPoint at the ready, officials from Northeastern University invited prospective students in one night last week for a peek at a new extension campus, 2,500 miles from the school’s home in Boston and about as far northwest as you can get in the lower 48 without swim fins.
10/30/2012
At the moment, the buzz in the higher education community is all about MOOCs -- massive open online courses. MOOCs, which in many cases are offered, for free, by top faculty at some of our nation's most prestigious universities including Harvard, MIT and Stanford, are now attracting millions of students worldwide.
10/30/2012
More American teenagers are thinking about picking up a passport and heading abroad for their college years as a way of attending a top-rated school at a lower cost, Canadian and British college recruiters say.
10/30/2012
Hurricane Sandy has resulted in hazardous winter conditions across the state, meaning many school-aged children are home for the day — unless they're students at the state's two largest universities.
10/29/2012
As a statewide push intensifies to reduce higher education costs while making sure students graduate, Texas A&M University System officials Monday announced a report card system to ensure their institutions keep pace.
10/29/2012
As federal funds have plateaued from major research funding institutions, scientists at the University of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer Center are facing a growing funding gap over the next five years.
10/29/2012
It might replace a controversial tuition-funded scholarship program
10/29/2012
That dip was driven by sharper drops at Oklahoma's regional schools and community colleges.
