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Chronicle.com - Today's News: Student-Loan Market Shows Small Signs of Revival 2008-05-16

Despite some positive reports by lending companies, many officials at a conference on the industry say the government should do more to see that students have enough money to attend college this fall.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Rhee Offers Plan To Improve D.C.'s Troubled Schools 2008-05-16

D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee detailed plans yesterday for overhauling 26 academically troubled schools, saying she will replace principals and teachers, hire private education-management firms and install instructional programs to boost student achievement.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Rhee Has Dismissed 24 Principals 2008-05-16

D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee has fired 24 principals, including 13 who headed schools deemed to be failing under the federal "No Child Left Behind Act," officials confirmed yesterday.

washingtonpost.com - Education: D.C. Area Nonprofits Fear Loss of Funding As United Way Retools 2008-05-16

United Way's announcement yesterday that it will refocus its giving around education, income and health stirred anxieties among leaders of Washington area arts organizations and other nonprofit agencies that fear their groups' funding could be cut.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Man Strangled Girlfriend, Police Say 2008-05-16

A 28-year-old Waldorf man has been charged with strangling his girlfriend after a domestic dispute, apparently over the use of her car, police sad.

NYT > Education: On Education: Failings of One Brooklyn High School May Threaten a Neighbor's Success 2008-05-16

Two Brooklyn high schools spent the past decade careering toward opposite destinies. The question now is whether the failure of one will destroy the success of the other.

NYT > Education: Microsoft Joins Effort for Laptops for Children 2008-05-16

After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child, have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization's computers.

NYT > Education: House Approves Tax on Rich to Aid G.I.'s 2008-05-16

The bill will provide veterans who enlisted after the Sept. 11 attacks with new education benefits.

NYT > Education: District Puts All the World in Classrooms 2008-05-16

A district in Nassau County is taking globalization to the graduate level, integrating international studies into every aspect of its curriculum.

NYT > Education: Big City: A School Succeeds With Extra Study and Little Homework 2008-05-16

A principal at a Bedford-Stuyvesant school employs novel methods to help his students succeed.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: San Diego State U. Defends Its Role in Federal Drug Sting 2008-05-16

The university's decision to use federal undercover drug-enforcement agents in a sting operation has brought the institution both heat and praise.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: Colleges Foresee Shortfall in Perkins Loan Funds This Year 2008-05-16

A downturn in the federal government's contributions to the Perkins Loan program will force dozens of institutions to pay into their depleted funds, and less money from that program will be available for students.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: U.S. House Approves New GI Benefits, but Measure's Fate in Senate Is Uncertain 2008-05-16

The expanded tuition benefits were approved in an amendment to a war-spending bill, but the war funds were defeated. The Senate will now decide what the final bill will include.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: Rutgers U. Earmark Becomes Issue, and Irony, on N.J. Campaign Trail 2008-05-16

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg's campaign has criticized the challenger for his U.S. Senate seat in the Democratic primary for steering an earmark to the institution where his wife works. But Mr. Lautenberg co-sponsored that earmark.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: Forum Focuses on Private Role in Expanding Global Access to Higher Education 2008-05-16

Educators need to think beyond traditional models to expand access to higher education worldwide, said speakers at a conference sponsored by a private lending arm of the World Bank.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: Program to combat sex abuse in schools 2008-05-16

COLUMBIA, S.C. --- Educators across South Carolina will be trained on how to prevent, identify and report cases of students being abused by adults at school or elsewhere, officials announced Wednesday.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Colby Sledge and Theo Emery: Senate defers new lottery scholarships in favor of green K-12 construction 2008-05-16

Senate Republicans deferred creating more scholarships Wednesday in favor of allocating $100 million in lottery funds for "green" schools.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Wire Reporters: Tennessee legislative briefs -- Scholarship bill faces Senate vote 2008-05-16

The Republican version of a sweeping lottery scholarships proposal is on its way to a Senate floor vote. The bill advanced to a full floor vote on an 8-2 committee vote on Tuesday.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Sheena McFarland: Paycheck Act tangled up in courts -- again 2008-05-16

The Utah Education Association is going to have to wait to celebrate their seeming victory over the Legislature earlier this year. The so-called Paycheck Protection Act, which the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver overturned as unconstitutional on Jan. 10, again is tangled up in the courts.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Lisa Schencker: Pay restrictions don't add up 2008-05-16

Barry Lehto has been teaching chemistry for 34 years, but he might not get any of the extra money set aside for math and science educators this year by the Utah Legislature.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Donna Gordon Blankinship, The Associated Press: State schools chief feels heat 2008-05-16

Four years ago, the Washington state teachers union tried to replace Terry Bergeson as superintendent of public instruction by enticing a well-liked and well-known former superintendent to come out of retirement and run again. Judith Billings didn't make it past the primary. The union is trying a more subtle ouster campaign this time around.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: Resign, faculty tells university president 2008-05-16

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University faculty demanded on Wednesday that the president of the university, Mike Garrison, quit over the awarding of a degree to Gov. Joe Manchin III's daughter, the second call for his resignation in 10 days.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: AAUP Criticizes U. of New Haven Over Lecturer's Dismissal 2008-05-15

The University of New Haven disregarded standard academic practices when it dismissed a lecturer following students' complaints that she was hostile and uncivil, says a report released today by the American Association of University Professors.

Boston.com -- Education news: David Nurenberg: Teacher exchange encourages democracy in a peaceful way 2008-05-15

Gulnara is a natural behind the camera. Within minutes of having been shown my Sony Handycam, the diminutive olive-skinned teenager is already weaving to find the best angle, instructing her subjects to take positions. When I tell her she has a bright future as a photojournalist, she blushes but does not hide a proud smile.

Boston.com -- Education news: Brenda J. Buote, Globe Staff: Home schooled 2008-05-15

Forget about waking with the sun and dashing out the door to make it to class on time. The Internet is transforming college life. Instead of shuffling sleepy-eyed into a lecture hall, a growing number of students are attending class in cyberspace.

Boston.com -- Education news: Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist: Give a despot his due 2008-05-15

So they're finally getting serious about rescinding the honorary degree the University of Massachusetts gave Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe. About time, and props to the students and to state Representative Kevin Murphy who kept pushing this when all the beautiful people in Amherst looked the other way.

Boston.com -- Education news: Michael Levenson, Globe Staff: 'Doing it my way' 2008-05-15

The irascible rule-breaking Texan tugged at a table-sized blue sheet and revealed the green street sign that was hidden beneath.

Boston.com -- Education news: Judge allows drug case against student to continue 2008-05-15

A judge has refused to throw out drug charges against a Concord High School student, who argues he was illegally set up by the police and the principal of another school.

Boston.com -- Education news: 4th-graders give trip to Saugus Iron Works site a thumbs-up 2008-05-15

Fourth-graders at West Memorial Elementary School in Peabody went to the Saugus Iron Works to learn about the rocks and minerals they're studying in science class.

Boston.com -- Education news: Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff: Cuts in store for schools 2008-05-15

Eleven school library aides would go, along with several middle school and high school teachers. Some class sizes would grow, and secretaries would work fewer hours.

Boston.com -- Education news: Lisa Keen, Globe Correspondent: School decision tonight 2008-05-15

Wellesley officials are expected tonight to choose a plan for a new high school that could cost at least $159 million, a project that they insist should not invite comparisons to a controversial school building project in nearby Newton.

U.S. Department of Education: Grant Opportunities 2008-05-15

Notices inviting applications have been issued recently under ED programs that include the following: Advanced Placement Incentive Program, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) and Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) Programs, Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program, College Cost Reduction and Access Act Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CCRAA-HSI) Program, and Predominantly Black Institutions Program.

washingtonpost.com - Education: United Way to Target Health, Education and Income 2008-05-15

The United Way of America, alarmed at the nation's fraying safety net, will announce today that it will direct its giving toward ambitious 10-year goals that would cut in half the high school dropout rate and the number of working families struggling financially.

washingtonpost.com - Education: A Push For School Repairs 2008-05-15

The priority list for renovations of Fairfax County's public schools includes almost 50 schools. West Springfield High is not among them.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Smaller Class Sizes Come in Small Steps 2008-05-15

An eight-year, $139 million investment in class-size reduction in Montgomery County schools has not yielded substantially smaller classes across the board, according to a new report from a county oversight group. But the initiative has succeeded in providing the smallest classes to the youngest and...

washingtonpost.com - Education: Teachers, Students Test a Scoring Tool 2008-05-15

Fairmont Heights High School students in Tumisha Alao's 11th-grade Advanced Placement English class know instantly if they aced or failed a quiz, which questions they missed and which they got right.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Striving to Make a Difference in Darfur, the World 2008-05-15

When Northwest High School senior Maria Sebastian and her friends became aware last year of the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, they decided they had to do something.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Six Names Submitted For School Board Slots 2008-05-15

A nominating commission has sent Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) the names of six people he must consider to fill two seats on the Anne Arundel County school board.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Pool Is Cut In Revised School Plan 2008-05-15

The Charles County Board of Education proposed $10.4 million in savings this week on a controversial plan for a new high school, but the latest proposal would still cost $12 million more than the budget put forth by the county commissioners.

NYT > Education: Resign, Faculty Tells University President 2008-05-15

The West Virginia University faculty demanded that the president of the university quit over awarding a degree to the governor's daughter, which she had not earned.

NYT > Education: National Briefing | West: California: Student Fees Going Up 2008-05-15

The cost of attending a California State University is going up again after a decision by the system's governing board to authorize a 10 percent increase in student fees.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: Colleges Foot a Large Share of Athletics Expenses, New NCAA Data Show 2008-05-15

A new report from the NCAA breaks out revenue and expenses more clearly than before and shows what many had feared: Most athletics programs are heavily subsidized.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: One-Third of West Virginia U.'s Faculty Meets, Reaffirming Calls for President's Ouster 2008-05-15

Faculty members voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to call on Michael S. Garrison to resign over his involvement in the awarding of an unearned degree to the state governor's daughter.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: Education Dept. Easing Off on Preferred-Lender Limits 2008-05-15

Under certain circumstances, colleges will be permitted to list fewer than three loan companies and will be allowed to include some lenders with common ownership.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: Higher Education Act Nears Completion, but Major Hurdles Remain 2008-05-15

Among the unresolved issues is whether to broaden eligibility for federal assistance for graduate programs at historically black colleges.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: As Campuses Become More Diverse, Colleges Must Alter Fund-Raising Approaches, Report Says 2008-05-15

The growing diversity of student bodies and the rising cost of a college education are among the issues that will affect private giving to institutions, says a new report.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: The Educated Soldier: 3 Colleges will Provide Courses for Forces in Iraq 2008-05-15

U.S. troops in Iraq and other foreign countries will be able to take face-to-face classes, many of them to earn bachelor-of-arts degrees, under new Department of Defense contracts.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By David McGrath Schwartz: In anti-tax Nevada, policy can be pawned 2008-05-15

Casino moguls jetting to meet with the governor, clandestine sessions between gaming executives and the teachers union president, eleventh-hour jockeying over raising the room tax ? this is how public policy gets made in Nevada.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By James M. Odato: Senate serves up pork 2008-05-15

The Senate on Tuesday unveiled $218 million in capital projects, providing funds for private companies, local authorities and previously undisclosed big-ticket expenses such as a music center at Skidmore College and a semiconductor plant in Saratoga County.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Cara Matthews: SUNY fights potential loss of tuition funds 2008-05-15

State University of New York officials said Tuesday they were proposing spending cuts that were $40 million less than what the governor ordered, largely because they wouldn't turn back revenues they collect through tuition and fees.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jennifer Griswold: Web site helps connect teachers with students 2008-05-15

A new Web-based Oklahoma business is connecting teachers with students through online postings.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Robert W. Dalton: Walker upset by senator's move to stall PACT reform bill 2008-05-15

Schoolchildren across South Carolina on Tuesday began what has become an annual rite of spring: Taking the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Michael Cass: Mayor Dean - Be bold on schools 2008-05-15

Nashville will have to show great political will and innovation and "choose bold action over complacency" to make its schools great, Mayor Karl Dean said in his first State of Metro address Tuesday.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Joan Garrett: Tennessee - Credit crunch affects availability of student loans 2008-05-15

Some college hopefuls may struggle to find student loans to pay the increasing cost of higher education this fall, state officials said.

Chronicle.com - Today's News: Opinion: Stop Hiding the Financial Truth About College Athletics 2008-05-15

washingtonpost.com - Education: Three School Systems Join to Design Regional Science/Technology Magnet 2008-05-14

Prince William County, after years of longing, may finally get a selective magnet school to serve as a mini-rival to Fairfax County's prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

washingtonpost.com - Education: It's Finals Time For Student Superdelegates 2008-05-14

All that online pressure, all the instant messages on AIM and Gchat, all those YouTube comments and Facebook messages and wall posts added up to something: Two more delegates for Sen. Barack Obama.

NYT > Education: Teach for America Sees Surge in Popularity 2008-05-14

The program that recruits top college graduates to teach for two years in public schools that are difficult to staff will place 3,700 new teachers this fall, up from 2,900 last year.

NYT > Education: Earthquake in China Highlights the Vulnerability of Schools in Many Countries 2008-05-14

The loss of life in schools collapsed by the earthquake around China could have been reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures in earthquake zones, experts said.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Theo Emery and Jennifer Brooks: Bredesen focuses cuts on three areas 2008-05-14

The state should cut from TennCare spending, higher education and employees' salaries to respond to its deepening economic downturn, Gov. Phil Bredesen told lawmakers Monday, saying the state must act "decisively and conservatively" to weather its financial crisis.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Gary Scharrer: Texans take on big debts, taxes 2008-05-14

A weak economy and angst over ever-rising property taxes didn't keep Texas voters from approving 66 school bond elections this past weekend.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jennifer Radcliffe: Educators want TAKS to count progress 2008-05-14

Texas students should be measured on gains they make throughout the school year, rather than facing punitive measures if they fail to clear the hurdles set by the state's standardized test, educators and community leaders told legislators Monday.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Robert Tomsho: No Child Left Behind lacks bite 2008-05-14

Critics of the federal No Child Left Behind law, including Democratic presidential candidates vowing to overhaul or end it, have often accused it of being too harsh. It punishes weak schools instead of supporting them, as Sen. Barack Obama puts it.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jackie Johnson: Chopper remains grounded, staff gets stress counselling 2008-05-14

UW Hospital staff struggles to deal with the loss of their colleagues.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By John Burton: Push continues for Wisconsin Covenant 2008-05-14

Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor is traveling the state, urging eighth graders to sign up for the Wisconsin Covenant. The program seeks to get kids into higher education.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: WVU faculty unmoved by president's remarks 2008-05-14

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University President Mike Garrison expressed anger, disappointment and regret during his first face-to-face meeting with the Faculty Senate since it demanded his resignation over a master's degree scandal involving the governor's daughter.

washingtonpost.com - Education: ESOL Student Exodus Won't Yield Windfall, School Officials Say 2008-05-13

Prince William County's top elected official asserted last month that an exodus of immigrant families after the county's crackdown on illegal immigration is saving the school system millions of dollars because it has to educate fewer students who are learning English as a second language.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Jazz Breaks Up D.C.'s Arts Dirge 2008-05-13

The announcement, made with great fanfare from the stage of the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, was dramatic: This spring marks "the return of music to the D.C. public schools," said Deputy Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Gary Sharrer: Schools say inflation puts them at risk 2008-05-13

The school funding system approved by Texas lawmakers two years ago provides no new money to cover rising costs ? especially for fuel, utilities and health insurance ? and officials warn the plan's tax revenue straightjacket will allow inflation to push some school districts into bankruptcy.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Gretel C. Kovach: To curb truancy, Dallas tries electronic monitoring 2008-05-13

DALLAS - Jaime Pacheco rolled out of bed at dawn last week to the blaring chorus of two alarms.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Tiffany Erickson: Concurrent enrollment fading away? 2008-05-13

State leaders say they want to address what some describe as a disappearance of concurrent enrollment classes at Utah colleges and universities.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Bill McKelway: VCU and Tech strengthen alert systems 2008-05-13

Two key Virginia universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University, have strengthened alert systems by giving campus law-enforcement agencies the authority and technical ability to warn students and faculty about imminent dangers.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jake Stump: WVU police confiscate fliers with threatening messages 2008-05-13

West Virginia University Police have confiscated fliers on campus that read "Kill Joe Manchin" and "Kill a WVU BOG member today" in large, bold letters.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Justin D. Anderson: Lawmakers seek another Bresch probe 2008-05-13

Two Eastern Panhandle delegates say they want the Legislature's powerful investigative panel to conduct a probe into West Virginia University's granting an unearned degree to Gov. Joe Manchin's daughter, Heather Bresch.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff: Massey to give out $1 million in scholarships for health care students 2008-05-13

Massey Energy Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship announced that Massey Energy will put more than $1 million into college and post-graduate scholarships to assist students from Central Appalachia communities pursue engineering and health care degrees.

washingtonpost.com - Education: New College Try: Positive Spots on YouTube 2008-05-12

One of the first things that pops up if you check YouTube to find out about a public school in Western Maryland is a video that starts: FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY. ITS GREAT!!! An edgy new-wavy punkish Electric Six song cranks in, and the camera lurches as people down shots, chug beer and do keg...

washingtonpost.com - Education: The Network's Report Card for Its Schools 2008-05-12

Arlington County-based Imagine Schools, one of the country's largest charter school networks, grades its schools each year on six factors: shared values, parent choice, academic achievement, positive character development, economic sustainability and new school development. Here is how chief exec...

washingtonpost.com - Education: Education-Benefits Plan Could Face Math Test 2008-05-12

Three months after President Bush raised the idea of allowing U.S. troops to transfer education benefits to relatives, the White House has finally sent a formal proposal to Capitol Hill.

NYT > Education: To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring 2008-05-12

Instead of sending truant students to juvenile detention, school officials in East Dallas have begun an electronic monitoring program to improve attendance rates.

NYT > Education: PBS Revives a Show That Shines a Light on Reading 2008-05-12

The 2009 version of "The Electric Company" is a weekly, more danceable version of its former daily self.

Boston.com -- Education news: Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Writer: Jenna Bush's wedding is low-key affair at ranch 2008-05-11

Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. She and Henry Hager said "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch in Crawford where the corn is thigh-high, roads are named Cattle Drive and the Texas flag is painted on the rooftops of barns.

Boston.com -- Education news: John Laidler, Globe Correspondent: More school time? Just what to do? 2008-05-11

With 300 additional hours of school time each year, students could fit more music, art, and physical education classes into their schedules. There could be more time for individual teacher instruction and maybe even less homework.

Boston.com -- Education news: Lovett C. Peters: A model in business and education 2008-05-11

A RECENT statewide report found that 70 percent of students from 12 Massachusetts urban and vocational high schools required one or more remedial classes once they got to college. The study confirms that helping students in poor and urban schools - schools that have largely missed out on the impressive gains of the last 15 years - should be ...

Boston.com -- Education news: Taryn Plumb, Globe Correspondent: Students soar with 'essential questions' 2008-05-11

It wasn't exactly a traditional lineup of senior projects. One student tried to restore a vintage motorcycle; another explored how the circus has changed over the years. A third analyzed the role of shamans in rain forest communities.

Boston.com -- Education news: Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist: Pricey school, hidden costs 2008-05-11

NEWTON - Dump that it is, the current Newton North High School is a shining example of how irrelevant bricks and mortar can be to a great education.

washingtonpost.com - Education: At D.C.'s Phelps High, A Return to the Future 2008-05-11

The greenhouse at Phelps High School is a shell of exterior brick walls and exposed steel beams. But by August, when a $63.8 million renovation of the school in Northeast Washington is finished, the space will have computer-controlled window shades and watering systems.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Market Master's 2008-05-11

There were some rocky moments for the 10 business-school students responsible for investing $1.2 million in a fund belonging to the University of Maryland.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Enrollment in ESL Program Shows Signs Of Slowing 2008-05-11

Enrollment in the Loudoun public school system's English as a Second Language program has surged more than 2,000 percent over the past decade, a reflection of the county's boom in foreign-born residents.

washingtonpost.com - Education: Folks, We've Reached an Awkward Age 2008-05-11

Things that are " awk-ward," according to a group of University of Maryland students hanging out on the campus quad:

NYT > Education: Los Angeles High School Breaks Out in Violence 2008-05-11

A fight at a troubled South Los Angeles high school escalated into a campuswide brawl involving as many as 600 students before it was quelled by police officers in riot gear.

NYT > Education: Global Classrooms: Matching Newcomer to College, While Both Pay 2008-05-11

Some colleges seeking international applicants are paying recruiters who also advise students about where to enroll.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: Visit the Stateline.org Education Page 2008-05-11

washingtonpost.com - Education: Stability, Advances Mark Howard President's Legacy 2008-05-10

Shortly after arriving at Howard University as a freshman in the early 1960s, H. Patrick Swygert walked into an auditorium where Malcolm X, spokesman for the Nation of Islam, and civil rights leader Bayard Rustin were debating black integration. The future Howard president became overwhelmed by the...

washingtonpost.com - Education: Billions Needed To Fix Schools 2008-05-10

The Prince George's County school system requires $2.1 billion to fix its aging buildings, according to a study that found many schools running on antiquated equipment and deteriorating inside and out.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Pilot Staff: College graduation speakers include attorney general, governor 2008-05-10

Pomp and circumstance will be the order of the day throughout Hampton Roads starting today as local colleges and universities conduct their annual commencement ceremonies.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: VSAC finds new source for student loan money 2008-05-10

WINOOSKI, Vt. - The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation will work with KeyBank to provide education loans to students and their parents for the 2008-09 school year.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Tim Johnson: VSAC ensures student loans 2008-05-10

College loans will be available to Vermonters as usual this fall, the state's principal lending agency announced Thursday.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Anna King: WA invests $25 million in biofuels WSU lab 2008-05-10

RICHLAND, Wash. -- There?s been backlash recently on using food crops like corn and soybeans for fuel.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: New program lets some Wis. residents ship drugs for disposal 2008-05-10

MILWAUKEE - Residents in two Wisconsin counties will soon be able to send their unused drugs for safe disposal by a Milwaukee company.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jake Stump: Some students wage protest against Garrison 2008-05-10

At West Virginia University, students are studying and taking finals this week before a majority of them leave Morgantown for the summer.

Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Justin D. Anderson: Garrison has power to fire tenured faculty under WVU guidelines 2008-05-10

West Virginia University policies apparently would have permitted President Mike Garrison to fire two high-ranking academic officials for their part in awarding Gov. Joe Manchin's daughter a degree she hadn't earned.