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DODEA: Teachers could face furloughs if defense cuts take effect

The Department of Defense Education Activity has developed a contingency plan that would place teachers at military base schools on involuntary, unpaid leave if Congress is unable to reach a deal by March 1 to avert deep defense spending cuts.

03:44 February 7, 2013

DODEA halts some travel, training in face of possible budget cuts

Department of Defense educators face new restrictions on travel and training as part of an agency-wide effort to slow spending before potential funding cuts hit in March.

01:34 January 18, 2013

Military leaders see danger in Congress not passing defense budget

Congress needs to “suck it up” and pass a defense budget, as well as avoid sequestration, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Thursday. Without the 2013 budget in place, the Pentagon is forced to keep operating on last year’s budget.

22:27 January 17, 2013

How many student veterans graduate? No one knows

Veterans advocates worry that lawmakers will consider trimming GI Bill benefits as part of their deficit reduction plans unless they can show that student veterans are graduating and succeeding in their education goals.

17:36 January 7, 2013

More women pursuing college with help of GI Bill

Military veteran Sara Bergeron finished finals recently at California Lutheran University, one step closer to her goal of a bachelor's degree. She partly credits GI benefits. "Without my post-9/11 GI Bill, I wouldn't be able to go to school and support my family," said Bergeron, 22, of Camarillo.

10:25 January 3, 2013

Wright State 'changing lives' for over 45 years

Melissa Kelbley never thought she would graduate from college. But she had never heard of Wright State University. In June, Kelbley became one of the nearly 98,000 people to earn a degree from Wright State in the university’s 45 years. Wright State uniquely allowed Kelbley, now 23, to attend college with its services for people with physical disabilities.

12:35 January 2, 2013

DODEA schools reviewing security after Sandy Hook shooting

Security measures are under review at Department of Defense Education Activity schools worldwide in the aftermath of last week’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, DODEA officials said Monday.

11:44 December 17, 2012

Investigation finds significant drug use, party culture at Naval Academy

An 11-month investigation last year not only ended dozens of military careers, it also uncovered a drug culture replete with users and dealers. Agents not only found use of synthetic marijuana, called “spice,” but that some mids had used cocaine, mephedrone, mescaline and psychedelic mushrooms.

15:21 December 21, 2012

Low student-teacher ratio benefit of Army's 170th Brigade inactivation

Just before Christmas, the last of the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s 4,500 soldiers will roll out of here for good, leaving this small-town Army base with fewer than half the Americans it has had for decades. While some who remain lament the reduction in jobs and facility hours, there’s at least one clear winner from the cutbacks: education.

18:08 December 16, 2012

Missouri college students move toward military commissions

For some 70 college students, Thursday was a special day at Missouri Western State University. Each of the students carries a second title — cadet. All are members of the composite Army Reserve Officers Training Corps' battalion, headquartered at Missouri Western and known as the Pony Express Battalion.

13:55 December 7, 2012

 

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