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Schools in crisis, reforms not working, U.S. federal panel declares

Thomson ReutersFebruary 19, 2013 16:30

* Report calls for more active federal role in education * Minority students have been "unjustly and irredeemably blighted" * Previous education reports had little impact By Stephanie Simon Feb 19 (Reuters) - A federal commission on Tuesday said the U.S. education system had "thoroughly stacked the odds" against impoverished students and warned that an aggressive reform agenda embraced by both Democrats and Republicans had not done enough to improve public schools.

US states, local governments plead for new 'No Child Left Behind'

Thomson ReutersFebruary 5, 2013 14:00

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. state and local officials again called on Congress to pass renewed "No Child Left Behind" education legislation, writing in a letter on Tuesday that it must become "a top priority for every member of the House and Senate." Nearly a year ago - on Feb. 6, 2012 - the same groups, including the National Governors Association, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National School Boards Association, made a similar plea to re-authorize the federal education funding law.

FEATURE-An Oxford in Changzhou? International schools spread across China

Thomson ReutersJanuary 13, 2013 17:15

By Lucy Hornby BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The website for a private school in Changzhou, one of China's smaller cities, features blue blazers and plaid skirts, music classes and an ivy-clad brick doorway -- all the trappings of the British school system designed to appeal to wealthy Chinese parents.