D.C. Economy Squeezes Schools
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Rapid cooling of area real estate market compels superintendents, teachers to do more with less.
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NEW YORK -- Barely two years ago, Cristina Rodriguez and her three children were moored on the wrong side of the income gap. A high school dropout, she was making a little more than $200 a week, stapling price tags to shirts and boxing them at a Modell's warehouse. "I didn't use my mouth, didn't use my mind; I only used my hands. I was always going to be broke," she said....
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The economy and education are areas where lawmakers may break partisan gridlock.
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By Jennifer D. Jordan, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Sep. 10--As it has in previous years, a national report finds that higher  education in Rhode Island -- and, in fact, most of the country -- is  increasingly unaffordable for most families.
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OXON HILL, Md. - School officials in a Washington, D.C., suburb have a lot of questions about a phony test given to some high school students...
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Too many school leavers  cannot  read, write or add up properly, large businesses complain.
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A London secondary school is having to reduce its timetable because it cannot recruit enough teachers.
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School systems that say they cannot afford to pay to privately educate disabled children are increasingly clashing with parents.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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A combination of poorer schools and a rise in local dialects has hurt English proficiency in the Phillipines.
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A plan to require tens of millions of additional dollars a year in state spending on education in Montgomery and Prince George's counties has stalled in the Maryland General Assembly amid concerns about looming state budget deficits.
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In recent years, thousands of the nation's teachers have claimed a deduction of up to $250 on their federal income tax returns for out-of-pocket costs for crayons, construction paper and other classroom supplies.
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A cash-flow problem in a federal program is hindering the ability of many schools and libraries to pay for Internet service.
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Some schools are spending more on putting pupils through exams than on books, head teachers say.
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation&#39;s schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.
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D.C.-area officials gauge proposal that would cut environmental programs but support schools.
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The pace of ever-rising college costs has slowed somewhat this year, and students are relying more on private loans rather than grants or other federal sources to finance their education, according to two new studies.