In Las Vegas, over 50% of students end up homeless

Clark County School District counselors and teachers face a growing problem: the number of homeless children is growing year after year. Experts cite the rash of people veering into Las Vegas at the idea of an easy paycheck run into trouble trying to match wages to high rents.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/feb/13/school-without-home/

Higher education spending considered by Congress

New legislation being considered by Congress would force states to spend a minimum amount on higher education or risk losing federal funds. Though proponnets see this as a necessary stopgap for the ever increasing tuition at public institutions, critic warn that this could be a "dangerous precedent."

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http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=279728

School closed? Find out at the speed of light

It used be that the emergency-notification system at the school district meant recording a raspy message on an automated answering machine and leaving a message for the local TV and radio station. For the parents, it meant waiting for the entire list to scroll through to see if their child was going to hop back in bed or put on some shoes. Not any more...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/10Rnotify.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin

Congress taking aim at the high cost of college

Yesterday, the House approved legislation that would establish a list of the nation's most expensive colleges. The bill, which received bi-partisan support, seeks to hold down costs at colleges by requiring the Education Department to publish a list of the most expensive colleges and cut down on the states' eligibility for new federal grants if the states reduced funding for public colleges.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/education/08education.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin

Moneyball comes to public school teachers

New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein is trying to mimic the success of the Oakland A's professional baseball team in the 90s with his public school teachers - that is if the union doesn't stop him. Klein's new initiative is based off of unbiasing crunching numbers that he calls "value-added" data to sort out differences among teachers.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/02/06/2008-02-06_what_public_schools_can_learn_from_recen-3.html

Endowments Widen Gap Between Colleges

America's already stratified system of higher education is growing even more so as the nation's wealthiest colleges grow their endowments into the billions of dollars. This disparity creates tension with less wealthy colleges as they try and compete.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/education/04endowment.html?ref=education

The college test drive

Precollege summer programs are the buzz at winter fairs in high schools across the country. Students can sign up to take courses at universities across the US, or even abroad, to get a taste of the "college life." Take public speaking courses or SAT preparation classes and then hop in a bus to go the art museum or the beach.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/travel/03heads.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin