Kimberly Hefling

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Government calls for end to overly zealous discipline in schools

Kimberly Hefling · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Oct. 11, 2012 file photo shows Pilar Quinn, a volunteer, teaching a GED preparation class at Marist School in Atlanta, Ga. The GED test, the high school equivalency exam, is about to undergo some changes. On Thursday, Jan 2, 2014, an upgraded GED exam and two new competing equivalency tests offered in several states will usher in a new era in adult education testing. (AP Photo/Rebecca Breyer, File)

GED test overhauled; some states opt for new exam

Kimberly Hefling · January 1, 2014 9:38 am

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2013 file photo, University of Chicago president Robert J. Zimmer, left, shakes hands with Vice Premier Liu Yandong of China, after she finished her remarks at the U.S.-China University Presidents Roundtable at the University of Chicago. Presidents at 42 private colleges scaled the $1 million annual mark in total pay and benefits in 2011, a slight bump from the year before, according to a survey based on the latest federal tax information from the 500 private schools with the largest endowments. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Report: Many private college presidents make $1M

Kimberly Hefling · December 16, 2013 1:55 am

Asian nations dominate international test

Kimberly Hefling · December 4, 2013 2:10 am

College application process intimidating to some

Kimberly Hefling · November 30, 2013 9:22 am

Campaign seeks to recruit new teachers

Kimberly Hefling · November 20, 2013 5:15 pm

Examples of epinephrine pens that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommend that schools stock to combat food allergies are photographed in the Washington Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. The deaths of two girls in Illinois and Virginia from severe food allergies have helped spur efforts to get schools to stockpile emergency medications that can save lives. That effort has now reached the highest level: President Barack Obama's desk. The president was expected to sign a bipartisan bill that offers a financial incentive to states if schools stockpile epinephrine, considered the first-line treatment for people with severe allergies. The medication is administered by injection, through preloaded EpiPens or similar devices. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Food allergy awareness reaches president’s desk

Kimberly Hefling · November 14, 2013 12:43 am

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students are flocking to U.S. colleges and universities, helping to drive the number of international students studying in America to record levels.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Study: Record number of foreign students hit US

Associated Press, Kimberly Hefling · November 11, 2013 3:11 pm

Not good enough: Math, reading scores up slightly

Associated Press, Kimberly Hefling · November 8, 2013 12:00 am

Kaylin Wainwright, center, works with student Natnael Gebremariam, left, at a computer during a General Educational Development test preparation class at the Sonia Gutierrez Campus of the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School in Washington. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Test-takers rush to complete GED before rules change

Kimberly Hefling · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

IG finds states’ child care requirements too lax

Kimberly Hefling · November 5, 2013 8:06 am

IG: States’ child care requirements too lax

Kimberly Hefling · November 5, 2013 5:31 am