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Education Loan Source Launches Private Student Loan Program for DEXSTA Federal Credit Union

Education Loan Source, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of the DEXSTA Federal Credit Union private student loan program for families looking to pay for college, graduate school and private K-12.

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Education Department Intervenes in Yupiit District

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage The state Education Department is intervening to help the poorest-performing school district in the state. The Yupiit district, serves about 450 students in the villages of Tuluksak and Akiak. It has been failing to meet the federal Adequate Yearly Progress – or AYP – standards for four years.

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Special education takes toll on school budgets

Thirty-five years ago, the federal government mandated that public school districts provide free, equal education for disabled children.

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Arizona struggles in its 2nd bid for education grant

The state’s largest teachers’ union and many Arizona school districts aren’t racing into the second round of Race to the Top, the federal education-reform effort worth $3.4 billion to states and their flagging school budgets.

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State struggles in its 2nd bid for education grant

The state’s largest teachers’ union and many Arizona school districts aren’t racing into the second round of Race to the Top, the federal education-reform effort worth $3.4 billion to states and their flagging school budgets.

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Migration changes may hurt education market

There are concerns that Australia’s international education market could be decimated by Federal Government changes to the skilled migration program.

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VET to star in govt’s education show

Vocational education and training has finally become the focus of the federal government’s education revolution.

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Education Chief Vies to Expand U.S. Role as Partner on Local Schools

Arne Duncan has been called the most assertive education ever. He is a highly visible proponent of increasing the federal government’s role in how the nation’s schools are run.

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Department of Education repeals Bush-era policy on Title IX

The U.S. Department of Education is repealing a Bush-era policy that some critics argue was a way to avoid complying with federal law in providing equal opportunities for female athletes. Under the move, schools and colleges must now provide stronger evidence that they offer equal opportunities for athletic participation under the federal Title IX gender equity law.

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Gregoire asks districts to sign on education grant

Gov. Chris Gregoire believes Washington has a chance to win $250 million from the federal government for education reform, but only if everyone involved in education - including the state’s 295 school districts - join the campaign.

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