Parents Should Find Help Now to Pay for Kids' College Later
Source: cnbc.com Posted By: Len WIS...3980 days ago
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Save what you can, and don't sweat the sticker price. That's the message parents who are paralyzed by the rising cost of college tuition should be taking to heart, said Timothy Knotts, a certified....
Taking On Sallie Mae and the Cost of Education
Source: billmoyers.com Posted By: Len WIS...3980 days ago
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Nearly 200 students, parents, community members and union leaders rallied at Sallie Mae’s annual shareholder meeting in Newark, Delaware, last Thursday. On the agenda: first, demand that the....
Education is missing key for some young immigrants
Source: articles.latime Posted By: Len WIS...3980 days ago
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While kids his age were reading Shakespeare and dissecting frogs, Benito Vasquez was picking grapes and almonds in the Central Valley. He was 14 when he crossed the border from Mexico and....
Paying for Your Child's College Education: A Timeline
Source: money.usnews.co Posted By: Bailey COS...3983 days ago
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Earlier this year, the Federal Advisory Council, a group of bankers that advise the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, warned that the growth in student loan debt has "parallels to the housing....
U.S. public education needs parents in charge
Source: Washington Post Posted By: Jason BRI...3983 days ago
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Conservatives are weary of being lectured about the appropriate attitude toward the Common Core educational standards. To Michael Gerson’s recent harangue [“A Core conspiracy,” op-ed, May 21],....
Poor and Rich Kids: Here’s How They Can Get the Same Education
Source: Yahoo News Posted By: Jason BRI...3984 days ago
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When parents imagine the ideal school for their kids, many probably envision a place where children can not only master basic skills and content, but also be valued as individuals, encouraged....
Don’t Believe Everything You Read About Higher Education
Source: commentarymagaz Posted By: Ronny FLI...3984 days ago
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On my Twitter feed one morning last week, this story made the rounds. One-third of Millennials (aged 22-32) regret having gone to college. We can expect this finding to become a part of the “higher....
Inquirer Editorial: Putting a price on higher education
Source: philly.com Posted By: Len WIS...3984 days ago
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If Congress doesn't act by July 1, college loan interest rates will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. But Washington is still dawdling even as students worry about whether they will be....
BENNETT AND WILEZOL: Weighing the cost of college
Source: washingtontimes Posted By: Cat BEC...3985 days ago
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Graduation season is supposed to be a joyful time, but many graduates (and parents) of the class of 2013 find themselves staring down a fact that will surely put a damper on things: The average....
Why There Is a Persistent Education Gap
Source: christianpost.c Posted By: Cat BEC...3985 days ago
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Recently I wrote a column recounting the extraordinary positive influence of one angel from heaven – who happened to be my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Ethel Smith. Through her coaching, inspiration....
Key College Savings Plan Still Unknown to Many Americans
Source: cnbc.com Posted By: Cat BEC...3986 days ago
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As college tuition costs continue to rise, with the average graduate this year burdened with about $27,000 in student loan debt, students and families are increasingly looking for sensible ways....
EDITORIAL: Pricking the college loan bubble
Source: washingtontimes Posted By: Maxcy JON...3986 days ago
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College loans remain a cruel charade. In the name of making higher education “more affordable,” students are conned into borrowing far more than they can repay in return for a university degree.....
Online Education: No Longer Lost In Translation
Source: Forbes Posted By: Maxcy JON...3986 days ago
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Amidst live-streamed commencement ceremonies and webcasted graduation speeches, the debate over online education comes up more often than usual. Learning remotely through educational resources....
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Maxcy JON...3986 days ago
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Our education system is failing. Our kids are no longer learning at a pace to keep them competitive in a 21st century economy. There is no hope. We should give up. The sky is falling. Unfortunately,....
Source: kimt.com Posted By: Erin HER...3990 days ago
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The long awaited education reform bill is part of the many items lawmakers compromised on in Des Moines. It includes many different provisions that are meant to help keep the state in the lead....
Source: insidehighered. Posted By: Erin HER...3991 days ago
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Rising tuition, declining government subsidies, stagnant endowments, and increased competition are challenging higher education like never before. College and university leaders are struggling....
Rediscovering What Education Is All About
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Erin HER...3991 days ago
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It's been said that Jean-Jacques Rosseau "discovered" the child, as far as something to study. Perhaps it is time for us to rediscover the child, and make sure the student is always the focus....
Has anybody told Obama about the problems his education policies have caused?
Source: Washington Post Posted By: Erin HER...3992 days ago
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White House officials say they didn’t tell President Obama about an impending IRS scandal, and nobody told him the Justice Department secretly subpoenaed reporters’ phone records, and exactly....
Can Consumerization Save Education?
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Billy TAM...3992 days ago
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Education, as an institution, is at a crossroads. This is a good thing. Issues abound at all levels, and they are not--as some public policy makers sometimes maintain--always the result of....
Chinese Students Adjust to American Education
Source: bu.edu Posted By: Billy TAM...3992 days ago
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Lili Gu recalls his initial trepidation at the flood of white faces in his Massachusetts high school when he came to America for 10th grade. There was the hulking football player who noticed....