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| Colleges spend billions to prep freshmen - Forbes It's a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college. In fact, a new study calculates, one-third of American college students have to enroll in remedial Source: www.forbes.com Clegg faces party showdown over tax - Reuters UK BOURNEMOUTH (Reuters) - Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg faces a conference showdown over tax cuts on Monday with dissident party members challenging him over a key manifesto commitment. Party opponents fear plans to find tax savings out of a Source: uk.reuters.com Warning over school head shortage - BBC News A shortage of school heads in England and elementry schools Wales could become a crisis unless urgent action is taken, the National Association of Head Teachers says. Head teacher posts advertised this year in some 32% of primary schools, 37% of special schools and elementry schools 21 Source: www.bbc.co.uk Needless orthodoxy left behind - Boston Globe SENATOR BARACK Obama gave a welcome indication last week that he will stand on the side of education reform - even if it requires keeping a distance from the nation's powerful teachers' unions. By proposing to double federal spending on charter Source: www.boston.com Elementary, middle school kids make gains - Detroit News WASHINGTON -- Students are doing better in elementary and elementry schools middle school, but key indicators show little progress among high school and elementry schools college students, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said. "We've got a long way to go," Spellings said in an Source: www.detnews.com |