Two analysts boosted their price targets for Career Education Corp. Monday, after the for-profit education company reported its fourth-quarter income tripled and trumped Wall Street expectations, on new student enrollment.
Shares of Career Education surged $1.18, or 5 percent, to close at $24.80. The stock hit a fresh 52-week high of $25.40 earlier in the session.
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Mayor Richard Daley returned to a trusted old hand today, appointing Michael Scott to the Chicago Board of Education and recommending Scott be elected board president for a second time.
The move was telegraphed last week, when Rufus Williams told the Tribune he was resigning as board president Friday to make room for Scott.
Williams said he [...]

2008 brought us new hopes for education with the election of a new president. it also brought is many reminders that we have a long way to go. Enjoy this year in Review and slideshow.
In January, College applications hit an all time high. The surge is probably due to students applying to more [...]

Mayor Tom Leppert is donating the remainder of his official annual salary, $10,000, to Destination: Graduation.
“This is a program with a proven track record that is making a difference in schools with high number of economically disadvantaged kids,” said Mayor Leppert. “It’s a solid and innovative program that not only gets students through high school, [...]

Some Detroit Public Schools’ employees will receive their paychecks one or more days late this week after a snow day forced offices to close last week, delaying the mailing of paychecks, district officials said today.
The delay comes at the worst possible time, said Detroiter Denise Beard, who works in the cafeteria at Henry Ford High [...]

TUSCALOOSA | Skyland Elementary Principal Terri McCollum has lost 50 pounds this year — and she’s in good company.
Over the last three years, employees of the Tuscaloosa City School System have collectively lost almost 3,000 pounds through a Weight Watchers at Work program.
Teachers and school staff go to meetings once a week before or after [...]

DALLAS — Eager to hire teachers for bilingual education programs, the Dallas public school system assigned fake Social Security numbers to newly hired foreigners so it could get them on the payroll quickly, an internal investigation found.
The district continued the practice for years, the investigation found, even after it was admonished by a state agency. [...]

One down, five to go.
The Upper Canada District School Board has reached a tentative agreement with one of its six collective bargaining groups, a deal that comes up for a vote by both sides next week.
The public board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) issued a joint statement earlier this week announcing the [...]

Editor’s Note: Education is a civil rights issue and the San Francisco school district is trying to close the achievement gap reports Annette Fuentes who covers education for New America Media.
Education the “greatest civil rights issue of our time,” said San Francisco Schools Superintendent Carlos Garcia. He was addressing a hearing on public school reform [...]

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