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By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY

By TAMAR LEWIN - After the collapse of the emirate’s economy, American schools’ outposts there are having trouble attracting enough students to survive.

 

The abolition of GCSEs and a return to the leaving certificate of the 1950s would stop the academic rot, writes Ken Boston.

By SAM DILLON - The Department of Education, preparing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, estimated how long it should take each state to prepare its proposal: 681 hours.

Two students collected 217 samples they encountered daily and found mislabeled food and at least one surprise: hot dogs actually made of beef.

Crowded classrooms mean fewer student needs are met, they say

Gov. David Paterson is calling on school districts to dip into their multimillion-dollar reserve accounts to soften the blow of budget cuts.

Rank 2009 among the most challenging years for Rhode Island's three public colleges. Record-high enrollments, big jumps in tuition and fees and diminished state support made 2009 a tough one for public higher education.

The title of the blue, orange and white artwork -- a combination of paint and broken glass on canvas -- is "I Will Survive."

For more than 120 years, Bryn Athyn College was content in its role as one of the smallest schools in the nation.