http://www.boston.com/news/education en-us 2009-11-20T22:14:40Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/20/planes_ready_to_leave_brunswick_maine_navy_base_1258754531?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station. David Sharp, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-20T22:02:11Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/20/planes_ready_to_leave_brunswick_maine_navy_base_1258754367?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station. David Sharp, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-20T21:59:27Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/20/flurry_of_ipos_signals_ipo_rebound_to_continue?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets. Tali Arbel, AP Business Writer 2009-11-20T21:41:01Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/20/planes_ready_to_leave_brunswick_maine_navy_base?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station. David Sharp, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-20T21:13:19Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/20/pa_university_students_must_pass_fitness_class?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Kathy Matheson, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-20T20:42:58Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/20/attorney_anita_hill_named_to_s_vt_college_board?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news A Brandeis University professor who rose to national prominence during the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas has been named to the board of trustees of Southern Vermont College in Bennington. 2009-11-20T14:39:27Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/20/harvard_looks_to_reduce_professor_ranks?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The dean of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences said he will reduce the number of professors to help balance a $110 million deficit. 2009-11-20T14:09:24Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/20/audit_public_schools_lax_in_financial_management?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Legislative auditors have faulted poor financial management by school districts for allowing questionable spending of public money, including the purchase of a $91,000 tow truck. Barry Massey, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-20T14:01:09Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/20/more_college_bound_students_express_willingness_to_help_pay_burgeoning_costs?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Listen up, parents, would-be parents, and grandparents who want to help: The best time to start saving for a child’s college education is as soon as Mommy is pregnant. The best way to do it is as a family, with the children contributing what they can. Humberto Cruz 2009-11-20T03:54:39Z eco http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/20/primrose_chain_looks_to_open_school_in_hingham?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news A Georgia company that franchises high-end privately operated preschools plans to open its first Massachusetts location within 12 months. Dave Copeland, Globe Correspondent 2009-11-20T03:37:04Z eco http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/19/editorial_roundup_excerpts_from_recent_editorials?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Nov. 15 The Associated Press 2009-11-20T01:43:07Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/19/detroit_schools_seek_to_force_board_member_to_talk?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The Detroit Public Schools will seek a court order forcing a school board member to testify about his role in a $1.5 billion construction bond issue, the district's emergency financial manager said Thursday. David N. Goodman, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-19T22:46:06Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/19/study_abroad_college_students_drop_rethink_plans?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Economic reality may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad. A survey in September by The Forum on Education Abroad has found that nearly 60 percent of schools and study-abroad groups surveyed say study abroad enrollment is down this fall from last year. Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-19T20:53:38Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/19/gates_foundation_gives_335m_for_teacher_quality?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality -- from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay. Donna Gordon Blankinship, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-19T18:52:13Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/19/uc_regents_vote_to_reopen_troubled_la_hospital?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news California's public university system on Thursday agreed to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that was partially closed in 2007 after deadly lapses in care. Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-19T18:42:55Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/19/many_parents_inaccurately_claim_college_tax_credit?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news More than 314,000 taxpayers made inaccurate claims for a popular tax credit that helps pay college expenses, getting $532 million they weren't entitled to receive, a government report said Thursday. Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-19T18:37:05Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/19/northeast_vocational_reluctantly_trims_budget_but_communities_are_still_not_happy?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news WAKEFIELD - Under pressure from the state, the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District has cut more than $850,000 with its latest budget proposal and sent new assessment bills to the 12 cities and towns that send students to its high school. Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff 2009-11-19T06:29:52Z no http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/19/umass_panel_oks_plan_to_acquire_struggling_law_school?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The University of Massachusetts passed the first test yesterday in its controversial bid to open the state’s first public law school, as a board of trustees committee approved UMass-Dartmouth’s proposal to acquire the nearby private Southern New England School of Law. Tracy Jan, Globe Staff 2009-11-19T05:48:56Z met http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/19/city_unveils_plan_for_schools?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson last night revealed the names of 14 Boston schools slated for massive overhauls, reinvention, or possible closing under a plan that would affect more than 6,000 students. James Vaznis, Globe Staff 2009-11-19T05:48:29Z met http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/19/drug_arrest_for_umass_boston_student_leader?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The student body president at the University of Massachusetts at Boston was arrested and charged as an alleged repeat drug dealer last week after the Boston police Drug Control Unit raided his Dorchester apartment. John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent 2009-11-19T05:40:23Z met http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/mcas/articles/2009/09/17/mcas_scores_fall_shy_of_target?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news For the first time since testing began, more than half of Massachusetts schools are out of compliance with federal achievement standards, education officials said yesterday, a finding that raises warning flags for local educators but also sparks questions about whether the national benchmarks are too high. James Vaznis, Globe Staff 2009-09-17T03:40:40Z met http://www.boston.com/community/moms/articles/2009/09/03/science_mcas_stymies_many?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Approximately 6,000 high school seniors are in jeopardy of not graduating next spring because they have not yet passed the new science MCAS exam, state education officials announced yesterday, possibly setting the stage for a new revolt against the 11-year-old standardized test system. James Vaznis, Globe Staff 2009-09-03T03:54:39Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/27/at_elite_colleges_new_aid_for_the_middle?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Some of the nation's most elite colleges, trying to ward off perceptions that they've become unaffordable to even high-income families, are bolstering their financial aid packages by offering grants to students whose parents earn as much as $180,000 a year. Linda K. Wertheimer, Globe Staff 2007-09-27T04:00:00Z met http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2007/09/16/the_long_road_back?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news The English High School, a historic icon and once one of Boston's premier learning institutions, has become one of the city's worst schools. This year, it must improve or face closure. This story is the first of several about the students, teachers, and headmaster at English as they try to reverse the school's troubled course. Tracy Jan, Globe Staff 2007-09-16T04:00:00Z met