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School of Hard Rocks at the School of Rocknew
Teaching kids to rock is harder than it looks.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
03-02-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Will a Low-Income Financial Aid Program Open the Door?new
As tuition costs rise, fewer low- and middle-income families think they can afford college, so their children aren't even applying -- can a new program at the University of Virginia help change the course?
C-Ville Weekly |
Meg McEvoy |
02-28-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Watch Your Mouthnew
Conservatives try to remove free speech from schools and universities.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
02-22-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Hurricane Vickinew
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Vicki Phillips has huffed and puffed for nearly three years now. Will she blow the city's schoolhouse down?
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Kids Get 'Addicted to War'new
San Francisco's high school students to study a different kind of schoolbook.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
02-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
A Big Burdennew
Are student-loan creditors sucking the blood of freshly minted college grads?
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
02-02-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Are You Too Old for School?new
Behind that "non-traditional-student" face is a brain that might not be up for college-course work -- not the way it used to be.
Boston Phoenix |
Samantha Henig |
01-30-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Making it Throughnew
Helen Fox helps Albuquerque's homeless kids find their way around our public schools.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
01-23-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
A Cancer on ASUnew
Could Bob Pettit have cured cancer in his lifetime? We might never know, thanks to nasty university politics.
Phoenix New Times |
Megan Irwin |
01-23-2007 |
Education
Petting Zoonew
Washington state's nonexistent sex-education standards have made lips the new zipper.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
01-22-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
UNC Inc.new
Ignoring its mission, our university raised tuition as its hospital reduced access for the poor -- while rewarding leaders with big bonuses.
Tags: Education
Strike! Strike! Strike!new
Patrick Deval turns a blind eye to the profs.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
01-17-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Split Decisionnew
A judge says Preston Hollow Elementary segregated white kids to please parents -- the reality is deeper and maybe more troubling.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
01-17-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Young Emceenew
Kids don't listen to what teacher's putting down? DJ Trackstar wants to reach them through rap.
Riverfront Times |
Brooke Foster |
01-12-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Buy The Book?new
Our comparison shopping for history textbooks finds lies, misrepresentations and omissions.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
01-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
