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Rebranding summer school
Amy Scott Jun 20, 2012
No more summer of forgetting: To keep kids from losing what they've learned during the year, cities and school districts are rethinking summer school.
Should everyone go to college?
Robert J. Samuelson Jun 18, 2012
Commentator Robert Samuelson says too many students are encouraged to go to college who shouldn't be there.
An alternative to the college degree?
Amy Scott Jun 8, 2012
New kinds of credentials could offer a cheaper path to a good job.
Trade certificates help men more than women
Shereen Marisol Meraji Jun 6, 2012
A study says women earn certificates in lower-paid fields and are less likely to add a college degree.
'Chipping' our kids: Can we fight truancy with technology?
Jeff Horwich Jun 1, 2012
Can technology keep kids from skipping school? In San Antonio, they're going to track children with the same microchips used for cattle, or boxes in a Walmart warehouse. Plus: Are you ready for some "backyard" neuroscience?
Voters push education policy in Texas
David Gura May 29, 2012
Today is the Texas primary. Polls show voters tend to care about the economy and immigration, but education policy is growing in importance.
Another Race to the Top begins
Amy Scott May 22, 2012
The Department of Education will award $400 million to school districts in its latest contest to improve education. The challenge is to create personalized plans to teach students from poor and rural families.
Investors growing more risk averse
Tess Vigeland May 18, 2012
Host Tess Vigeland talks with CBS/MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger and Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch about why investors have been slow to return to the markets after a succession of financial calamities.
Student protests heat up in Quebec
David Brancaccio May 18, 2012
In what's seen as the most intense student demonstrations in the history of Canada, students in Quebec have been protesting hikes in tuition since the winter. Now the government there is debating emergency legislation to temporarily close some universities and to levy penalties for protesting of as much as $35,000 for individuals, $125,000 for student organizations.
Occupy movement takes up responsible banking cause
Krissy Clark May 17, 2012
Chicago is getting ready for all the world leaders who will be in town for the big NATO meeting that starts today -- and for the busloads of people who will be coming into town to protest. Some will be associated with the Occupy Movement, which is hoping to re-ignite after a quiet winter.
