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Secretary of Education Duncan proposes bans for low grad rates
If U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had his way, a dozen of the teams in the men's NCAA basketball tournament would not be eligible to play in it, including top-seeded Kentucky. Duncan proposes teams with graduation rates of less than 40% be banned from postseason play.
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Education secretary Arne Duncan credits basketball with life assist
Arne Duncan loves basketball. And why wouldn't he? It helped him get to Harvard. It's how he found his wife. It even played a role in his becoming Secretary of Education. "So much of what I've learned in life, I learned on a basketball court," he says. "It helped shape me. And it's been formative. It's been a love for a long, long time. It's something I still love."
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Kansas' Sherron Collins has big fan in education secretary Duncan
Arne Duncan hasn't had time to fill out a bracket, but the secretary of education knows whom he is rooting for Kansas. It's not because the Jayhawks are tops among the No. 1 seeds in the men's NCAA basketball tournament, but because he is such a fan of senior point guard Sherron Collins.
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Final Glance: Education companies
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top education companies were up at the close of trading: Apollo Group rose $1.44 or 2.3 percent, to $64.65. Career Education rose $.49 or 1.6 percent, to $31.38. DeVry rose $.94 or 1.4 percent, to $67.03. Strayer Education rose $2.57 or 1.1 percent, to $246.56.
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Baca to hold education summit March 26
Rep. Joe Baca has scheduled a meeting March 26 to discuss ways California can cash in on federal Race to the Top education grants.
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Midday Glance: Education companies
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top education companies are up at noon: Apollo Group rose $.51 or .8 percent, to $63.72. Career Education rose $.40 or 1.3 percent, to $31.29. DeVry rose $.14 or .2 percent, to $66.23. Strayer Education rose $3.43 or 1.4 percent, to $247.42.
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Education Report: Pink slip details and the small schools that didn't make the list
This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more at www.ibabuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy.
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State, local officials respond to president's education plans
President Obama’s proposal to rewrite the nation’s education law is provoking everything from caution to enthusiasm among local and state education officials.
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Angels to attempt world record wearing blankets
Taking a page from the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Los Angeles Angels will try to break the world record for most fans wearing fleece blankets. Fans attending the April 6 game against the Minnesota Twins will receive a free Hideki Matsui blanket. The team said Tuesday it expects a sellout crowd of more than 40,000 for the second home game of the season.
Golf world rejoices in Tiger's return
Tiger Woods' announcement Tuesday that he will return to competitive golf at the Masters next month touched off joy around the golf world that the world's top-ranked player will be back.
Race against time for South Africa's World Cup organizers
One of South Africa's World Cup stadiums needs a pitch replacement, and at many others work continues on the outside appearance of the venues, access roads, changing rooms and VIP suites.
World's shortest man, He Pingping, dies in Italy
The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.
Dubai World Close to Framing Fair Debt Plan, Sheikh Ahmed Says
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai World is close to finalizing a plan to alter terms on about $26 billion of debt that will aim to protect the interests of creditors and contractors, as well as preserve the emirate’s status as a regional business hub.
China Must Pare Stimulus to Counter Bubbles, World Bank Says
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- The World Bank indicated that China, the world’s third biggest economy, should raise interest rates to help contain the risk of a property bubble and allow a stronger yuan to help damp inflation expectations.
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