School controversy heats up in Arkansas,
CNN/AP
With a deadline for overhauling Arkansas' public school funding long
past and still no action from the Legislature, the state's highest court
was deciding whether to cut other state services to funnel more money
into education.
Court takes charge in Arkansas schools
case, CNN/AP
Expressing impatience with the Legislature's failure to improve education,
the Arkansas Supreme Court said it would appoint someone to bring the
state's school system up to constitutional standards.
Teachers Back Tax Increase For Schools, Washington
Post
The Maryland State Teachers Association endorsed a proposal yesterday
to raise the sales tax by a penny to help fund a landmark school aid
package.
Bush turns to community colleges to fuel job growth, CNN/AP
Community colleges, the highly adaptable but often-overlooked element
of higher education, gained a big supporter this week when President
Bush identified them as a key to the nation's prosperity in his State
of the Union address.
Students Pass, But Schools Fail?,
New York Times
In the mid-1990's, Julia Richman High was a big bad Manhattan public
school, overcrowded and plagued by violence until a group of innovative
educators took over, divided the building into six small schools and
turned it into a national model.
Harvard endowment managers take home
hefty bonuses, San Diego Union-Tribune/AP
Two men who help manage Harvard University's endowment were each paid
more than $34 million last year, compensation that the university said
would lead to changes in the salary structure.
Foes of Affirmative Action Take Aim at Scholarship Offered by Pepperdine
U., Chronicle
of Higher Education
A scholarship reserved for minority students at Pepperdine University
is one of about a half-dozen such programs across the country that violate
the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on affirmative action, according to
two nonprofit groups that have filed complaints.
Congress Finally Completes 2004 Budget,
Keeping Pell Grants Level and Giving NIH 3.7% More, Chronicle
of Higher Education
Nearly four months late, Congress on Thursday finally passed a spending
plan for the 2004 fiscal year. It would raise spending on the National
Institutes of Health but keep the maximum Pell Grant at the same level
as last year.
D.C. School Vouchers Win Final Approval,
Washington Post
Hundreds of children in the District will be able to attend private
schools at taxpayer expense beginning this fall under a plan approved
by the Senate yesterday.
