AltWeeklies Wire
Following the Dollarsnew

Questioning who benefits when oil companies invest research dollars in universities.
VUE Weekly |
Cam Fenton |
01-14-2011 |
Education
Aggie Secretsnew

Tarleton State’s attempt to keep public records from budding reporters isn’t winning friends for the college.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
12-30-2010 |
Education
University of Oregon Privatization Plan to Increase Tuition?
Nike billionaire and University of Oregon mega donor Phil Knight says a UO restructuring plan is about "becoming more of a private university" where the president can "set his own tuition."
Eugene Weekly |
Alan Pittman |
12-16-2010 |
Education
Top Ramen For Life: The Student Loan Crisisnew

With more than two-thirds of students borrowing money for their educations, student loans are now the largest type of consumer debt. Is this another crisis in the making?
East Bay Express |
Charlie Mintz |
11-10-2010 |
Education
Class Strugglenew

The rise and fall--and rise?--of Baltimore's community schools movement
Baltimore City Paper |
Andrea Appleton |
11-09-2010 |
Education
Head of the Classnew

Through Teach for America, D-2 opens its doors to new college grads -- and opens itself to new criticism.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
10-25-2010 |
Education
The Regents' Clubnew

Conflicts of interest and high-risk investing on the University of California's Board of Regents are nothing new, but they may be getting worse. And it all leaves students paying the bill.
Sacramento News & Review |
Peter Byrne |
10-14-2010 |
Education
We Were Marshallnew

How the redesign of Portland's high schools ended up with a plan to close Marshall High School.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
10-06-2010 |
Education
Honorably Terminatednew

"Honorably terminated" teachers -- some nationally recognized -- say they can't get so much as a callback about jobs in the Chicago Public Schools. One colleague's bureaucratic nightmare has given them reason to fear the worst.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky and Dave Glowacz |
09-27-2010 |
Education
The Truth About Your T.A.new

Teachers’ assistants are just like you: overworked, overwhelmed and a full-time student. Just a little older, and maybe more stressed.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Meredith Dault |
09-03-2010 |
Education
Tags: Teaching
Defeating Extinctionnew
Efforts must increase to save aboriginal languages.
VUE Weekly |
Samantha Power |
08-24-2010 |
Education
Tags: Aboriginal Languages
Two Ways of Knowingnew

Encouraging aboriginal learners requires new ways in old systems.
VUE Weekly |
Mimi Williams |
08-24-2010 |
Education
Tags: Aboriginal, Education
Get Under The Bus?new

In education reform, the feds are dealing a high-stakes game, and cash-poor states are hard-pressed not to play.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle |
08-06-2010 |
Education
Charter Yanked From Controversial Christian Schoolnew
Idaho's Public Charter School Commission yanked the charter of the Nampa Classical Academy, after only one year of operating. The academy spent the better part of its freshman year debating the use of religious texts, but it was the school's dire financial straits that led to its doom.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
06-24-2010 |
Education
Tags: Charter school, Christian
The Truth About D.A.R.E.new

D.A.R.E. has been in America's classrooms for more than a quarter century, but experts still debate whether the program works.
Las Vegas CityLife |
Jason Whited |
04-26-2010 |
Education