Weekend Roundup | National
An assortment of other recent education headlines I found interesting. Maybe you will too.
1. The New York Times had a short story Saturday about a federal audit of the nonprofit Teach For America. The gist: "Government auditors scrutinized $1.5 million in Teach for America spending, of a total of $6 million the group received in three government grants from 2003 through 2005. The group was unable to provide documents to support roughly half its claimed spending, $775,000 of the $1.5 million sampled, the report said."
2. The Los Angeles Times on Sunday ran this piece about the current turmoil surrounding the mayor of Denver's years-ago promise to find a way to fund college for Colorado kids who studied hard and gained entrance to an in-state school. Writes DeeDee Correll: "... the deal has soured for some students in the group: those who are illegal immigrants. Because they would be required by Colorado law to pay out-of-state tuition, it would cost much more to pay for their college educations."
3. And from the Las Vegas Sun, a nice feature about a school there -- Whitney Elementary, in East Vegas -- that has started providing its poorest kids services from haircuts to basic healthcare, hoping that if all their basic needs are met they'll be better able to learn. Impressive stuff.