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Recent Posts from Northwest Education Law Blog

• Washington Supreme Court: Disparity In District Funding Levels Is Not Unconstitutional

  The Washington State Supreme Court recently issued a groundbreaking ruling relating to the State’s funding of its public school districts in Federal Way School District et al. v. State of Washington, et al., No. 80943-7…

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Announces $335 Million in Grants To Improve Teacher Effectiveness

  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $335 million in grants designed to change the manner in which schools recruit, train, and incentivize their teachers. While no Washington schools received grant money, school districts…

• Former University President Urges Oregon to Give Its 3 Largest Universities More Autonomy

  In the face of dwindling state support for higher education, Oregon should convert its three largest public universities into public corporations to make it easier for them to raise money, David B. Frohnmayer, who recently…

• Congress's Dueling Moves Over Student Loans

  As Democrats in the House of Representatives joined the Obama administration in urging college leaders to prepare for the government's seemingly likely switch to 100 percent direct student lending, Congressional Republicans issued a challenge of…

• Community Colleges Take on the Zombie Threat

  Elgin Community College and Harper College are trying to save America's young people from becoming zombies. That's the message of a new online animated campaign run by the two Illinois community colleges. The video urges…

• Obama Administration Should Do More to Achieve College-Graduation Goal, Panelists Say

  President Obama and his administration need to get more involved if the United States is to meet his goal of having the world's highest proportion of college graduates by 2020, panelists said at the annual…

• F.D.A. Says It May Ban Alcoholic Drinks With Caffeine

  WASHINGTON — Top federal food regulators threatened on Friday to ban caffeinated alcoholic drinks unless their makers quickly proved that the beverages were safe. In a statement, the Food and Drug Administration said it had…

• U.S. Publishes Rules on Recovery Act Requirements

  The U.S. Education Department published final regulations Wednesday laying out the requirements for what states must report to the federal government to receive money in 2010 through the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund created by the…

• Updates Required on Race in Education

  A change in the way the federal government will report race and ethnicity data for educational institutions is making it necessary for the university to collect new information from students, faculty and staff. Beginning in…

• The All-Time Worst E-Mail Mistake

  Most of us have probably hit "send" once or twice before being certain that the correct person (and only the correct person) was in the address field. But when it comes to misfiring e-mail, two…