http://education.iflove.com Teching Guides for Parents and Teachers, Learning Tips for Primary and High School Students on College Entrance, As Well As Adult Continuing Education Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:27:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even before they arrive on campus, students — and their parents — are increasingly focused on what comes after college. What’s the return on investment, especially as the cost of that investment keeps rising? How will that major translate into a job? THOMAS COLLEGE, a liberal arts school in Maine, ... http://education.iflove.com/college-majors-influence-job-opportunities/ Beginning driver Ashley Crawford grips the worn gray steering wheel and warily begins maneuvering the 1999 Ford Escort through a set of bright orange traffic cones outside Killian Senior High School. She considers herself lucky: Because of budget cuts, many schools around the country are leaving driver's ed by the ... http://education.iflove.com/school-budgets-cutbacks-hurt-driver-ed/ Pittsburgh is dropping a plan that would have taxed college students on their tuition. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl proposed the 1% tax last month to raise $15 million a year that the city needs to bolster its pension plan. He nixed the idea Monday after heavy criticism from the city's universities ... http://education.iflove.com/pittsburgh-tax-plan-college-students-tuition-not-be-taxed/ Jones Senior High School has one of the best boys' basketball teams in eastern North Carolina, but its gymnasium is on the verge of collapse. In March, engineers found that the walls and roof don't meet the state's building code and that "moderate- to high-wind velocities could threaten the stability ... http://education.iflove.com/american-schools-face-difficulties-terms-stimulus-funds/ As colleges add green majors and minors, classes fill up. Nationwide, more than 100 majors, minors or certificates were created this year in energy and sustainability-focused programs at colleges big and small, says the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. That's up from just three programs added ... http://education.iflove.com/colleges-enhance-green-specialities-and-students-fill-them-fast/ Schools could learn lessons on food safety. As Congress and the Obama administration seek new ways to assure the safety of food served to the nation's schoolchildren, the most promising paths are no secret. Scientists and food safety experts say there are industries and major companies, both in the United ... http://education.iflove.com/school-lunch-program-developing-assure-food-safety/ Colleges tackle reduced finances. U.S. colleges this year faced their worst financial challenges in decades. Endowments took their biggest hit ever — down an average 19% this year, says an estimate by the Commonfund Institute, a non-profit research organization. Disappearing dollars State support for higher education dwindled. Oregon this month became the ... http://education.iflove.com/american-colleges-2009-cut-costs-but-hike-completion-rates/ For the nation's K-12 schools, 2009 may well go down as the year when everything changed but little happened. A new president promised a fresh start but angered many in even his own party by polishing his predecessor's apple. Schools nationwide closed in fear of a pandemic that has proven mild. ... http://education.iflove.com/obama-2009-doesnt-bring-fresh-start-k-12-schools/ A federal judge has postponed school unitary hearings on whether the North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts have met their desegregation obligations. In his decision Monday, U.S. District Judge Brian Miller changed the starting dates in response to concerns from lawyers for black students known as the Joshua ... http://education.iflove.com/federal-justicer-puts-off-dates-school-court-hearings/ Tom Burnham, who will take over for his second stint as superintendent of education in January, says lawmakers should allow the state Board of Education to consolidate districts that it takes over and to establish charter schools in those districts. Mississippi law gives the state board authority to take over ... http://education.iflove.com/board-education-should-be-allowed-consolidate-districts/