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Coburn: Education Dept. is 'tipping hedge funds' on for-profit colleges - TheDC

| Jonathan Strong

Coburn blasts ED for ‘very significant inappropriate behavior in tipping hedge funds on short selling private education’

CREW pushes SEC to investigate short-seller, Obama administration partnership on education regs - TheDC

| Jonathan Strong

Watchdog group urges Securities and Exchange Commission to explore connection between Wall Street short-seller and Obama admin

GAO's intentional distortions drove DOE's gainful employment regulations

| Lanny Davis

A government agency distorted an official report, apparently in an attempt to support proposed regulations.

Another sign of a U.S. decline? - TheDC

| Amanda Carey

Student test results show China blowing U.S., international competitors out of the water

American students lagging behind on math scores - Bloomberg

| Steven Nelson (admin)

Students in the U.S. ranked 25th among peers from 34 countries in math, while China’s Shanghai region topped every country in all academic categories

Let's stick to the facts on for-profit colleges regulations

| Lanny Davis

Critics of for-profit schools are basing their arguments on myths.

Obama giving in again to the government education monopoly

| Peter Roff

For all his talk of reform, President Barack Obama and his allies have it in for anything not part of the government education monopoly.

The public costs of higher education - TheDC

| Mike Riggs

Are taxpayers really getting soaked by for-profit colleges?

Texas sues feds over $830M in education aid - AP

| admin

Texas asserts that a state-specific provision inserted into the jobs bill signed last month unconstitutional

FL Dems, lobbyists fight Duncan over for-profit college regulation - TheDC

| Mike Riggs

Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposes to regulate recruiting at for-profit colleges after a recent report found strong evidence of predatory lending

Obama rejects opportunity to stump for Fenty, education reform - TheDC

| Jon Ward

President Obama missed a major opportunity to speak out, education advocates said Monday, by failing to campaign for Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty

Education Dept. reports student loan default rates jumped in 2008 - TheDC

| Mike Riggs

The student loan default rate jumped from 6.7 percent in 2007 to 7 percent in 2008, according to data released today by the Department of Education

'Reclaiming the Dream' rally touts liberal causes, slams Beck - TheDC

| Keith Cottingham

Labor leaders, ministers, activists headline Sharpton rally, mock FOX News host

Back to school = time for education reform

| Jeanne Allen

State-driven choice, accountability, teacher quality. As America goes back to school again, let’s remember that these basic notions can transform all schools for all children, if only the right leaders spearhead the change.

Arne Duncan dodges anti-Beck rally questions - TheDC

| Matthew Boyle

Education Secretary’s office hangs up on TheDC over Duncan’s plans to speak at Sharpton-promoted event

Democrats roll dice with education aid vote - FOX News

| Chad Brady (admin)

Democrats plan to pass a $26 billion teacher jobs bill at a time when calls for fiscal restraint are dominating the campaign landscape

Teachers unions cash in at expense of food stamp recipients - TheDC

| Chris Moody

The Senate last week passed their own version of the bill, which cuts $12 billion beginning in 2014 from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, or ‘food stamps, program to help make the measure deficit neutral

'The Amanpour brand' - LAT

| interns

After reporting for CNN for the last two decades, Christiane Amanpour is now working for ABC News on Pennsylvania Ave

Daily Caller High: Vol. XVII

| Daily Caller High

Daily Caller High is a group of young writers cutting their teeth in the world of political punditry. This week, the authors’ reflect on events of the past few weeks