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Friday, January 25, 2013  Students with disabilities must be given a fair shot to play on a traditional sports team or have their own leagues, the Education Department says.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, reveals an Education Department study.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  Legislative auditors say New Mexico's colleges of education should toughen their admission standards to provide more qualified teachers and potentially improve student performance.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  Gov. Susana Martinez's administration is rejecting a call to postpone A-F grades for more than 800 public schools.

Monday, April 23, 2012  Actors, artists join White House initiative to turn around failing schools with arts education

Friday, March 16, 2012  Texas is getting $51.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to help the state's lowest-achieving schools.

Monday, January 16, 2012  Oklahoma education officials say they've received positive feedback from the federal government on the state's application for a waiver around unpopular proficiency requirements from the No Child Left Behind education law.

Thursday, November 10, 2011  The winningest coach in major college football history was fired Wednesday night, sending angry students into the streets.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  Complete story re-write: US fines Virginia Tech maximum $55,000 for response to 2007 mass shooting

Wednesday, January 19, 2011  The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents approved demolishing three older, unoccupied buildings on the Portales campus.

Friday, December 10, 2010  US Education officials confirm that Virginia Tech's response to 2007 shooting rampage broke law

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  Summoned back from summer break, the House on Tuesday pushed through an emergency $26 billion jobs bill to protect 300,000 teachers, police and others from election-year layoffs.

Friday, July 23, 2010  The Education Department is proposing regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.

Friday, June 11, 2010  School officials and activists are encouraged by New Mexico's latest graduation rates, which show a narrowing of the state's achievement gap.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  The school district in the southwestern New Mexico community of Silver City will eliminate about 20 jobs.