45% Of Students Don't Learn Much In College

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The research of more than 2,300 undergraduates found 45 percent of students show no significant improvement in the key measures

Conservatives Press Republican Leaders for Bigger Budget Cuts 

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders confronted pressure from conservatives on Thursday to take more aggressive steps to cut federal spending,

Test-Taking Cements Knowledge Better Than Studying, Researchers Say - 

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Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques.

State Bankruptcy Option Is Sought, Quietly 

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Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers.

Florida education cuts: As Legislature prepares deep cuts to education in Florida, they will consider allowing local school districts to raise taxes 

In coming months, lawmakers have to figure out how to plug the gaping hole left in schools' budgets when the federal stimulus money they began receiving in 2009 dries up this year.