| State mandates ACT for juniors Beatrice Daily Sun - All high school juniors in Nebraska are required to take the ACT starting this school year. That call comes from the Nebraska Legislature and the Nebraska Department of Education and was announced locally at the Beatrice Public Schools Board of Education meeting Thursday night.,. .. |
| Enrollment numbers decline slightly at ND colleges, universities Bismark Times - FARGO — Fall enrollment numbers are in at North Dakota colleges and universities. Total numbers are down slightly at the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University. Still, UND is seeing an increase in student diversity and grade-point average.,. .. |
| Cuts to career, technical education raise concerns Kansas City Star - WILLISTON, N.D. Recent budget cuts to career and technical education programs have some people in North Dakota's oil patch worried about a potential shortage of skilled workers when the oil industry ramps up.,. .. |
| Kentucky Governor Can't Cut Universities' Budgets, Court Rules NPR.org - Ruling on a lawsuit filed by a state's Democratic attorney general against its Republican governor, the Kentucky Supreme Court says Gov. Matt Bevin doesn't have the authority to unilaterally slice money out of a state university's budget.,. .. |
| Mississippi Subsidizes Advanced Placement Test Fees Jackson Free Press - The Mississippi Department of Education announced today that the money will help pay the cost of the exams. AP courses cover both core and elective subjects, and are designed to introduce students to university-level curriculum in high school,. .. |
| Uncovering Texas’ Strategy to Slash Much-Needed Special Education Services ProPublica - Federal law mandates that school districts provide special education services to students with disabilities--physical, emotional or developmental. But outside the public’s view, the state of Texas has decided that fewer students should get those services. .. |
| Community college not free for some Oregon students with heavy course loads Mail Tribune - PORTLAND — Thousands of community college students will start fall classes next week through the Oregon Promise — a program designed to make school more affordable. But the costs of attending school won't necessarily be completely covered by the state program, ,. .. |
| Community college not free for some Oregon students with heavy course loads Mail Tribune - PORTLAND — Thousands of community college students will start fall classes next week through the Oregon Promise — a program designed to make school more affordable. But the costs of attending school won't necessarily be completely covered by the state program, ,. .. |
| Community college not free for some Oregon students with heavy course loads LA Times - On move-in day at UCLA, freshman Ashley Sanchez pulled two bins filled with blankets, toiletries, cleaning supplies, snacks, notebooks and her favorite stuffed whale to her new dorm and opened the door. ,. .. |
| California high schoolers will be required to take CPR classes Sun Herald - More than 380,000 heart attacks occur annually outside a hospital, but in two-thirds of those cases, the victims don’t receive CPR. Now a new law in California will require high schoolers to learn those skills in hopes they might one day save a life. .. |