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Another Race to the Top begins
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Department of Education will award $400 million to school districts in its latest contest to improve education. The challenge is to create personalized plans to teach students from poor and rural families.
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A better college courtesy of the housing boom
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Remember the heady days when housing prices just kept going up? A new study says that extra money gave some students a ticket to a more selective school.
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Tackling poverty along with reading and arithmetic
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Cincinnati's Oyler School, is not just a center for learning. It is a Community Learning Center that brings together social services and education under one roof.
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It's never too early for a good start in education
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Kids who are well-prepared for kindergarten have a better shot at making it all the way through high school. But in poor neighborhoods, there are lots of obstacles. One Cincinnati program is fighting to remove them.
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Fact checking the student loan debate
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The latest Congressional fight is over how to deal with a student loan interest hike set for the summer. But what's the real bottom line?
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Students on hunger strike to protest fee hikes
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Students begin a hunger strike today to protest fee hikes at California State Universities. The fee hikes are not just in California.
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Hastings law school judges the job market
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
And it finds it wanting. So, the University of California school will slice enrollment rather than send too many lawyers into an economy with too few jobs.
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Obama administration wants to trademark GI Bill
Friday, April 27, 2012
It's part of an administration effort to crack down on deceptive marketing practices by educational institutions that target veterans for their federal education benefits.
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Student debt burden hits $1 trillion
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
At $1 trillion nationally, student debt surpasses credit card debt and car loans, and it can be a serious drag on the economy.
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Clarkson University backs student entrepreneurs
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
With the cost of college climbing, a small private school offers students a way to get smart, and build a business -- tuition-free.
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Making professors more productive
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The University of Texas has a plan to get more out of its faculty
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Tackling poverty along with reading and arithmetic
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Cincinnati's Oyler School, is not just a center for learning. It is a Community Learning Center that brings together social services and education under one roof.
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Tackling poverty along with reading and arithmetic
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Cincinnati's Oyler School, is not just a center for learning. It is a Community Learning Center that brings together social services and education under one roof.
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It's never too early for a good start in education
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Kids who are well-prepared for kindergarten have a better shot at making it all the way through high school. But in poor neighborhoods, there are lots of obstacles. One Cincinnati program is fighting to remove them.
Marketplace and Education Correspondent Amy Scott look at the business and economics of education, on topics including student loans, public education financing, and the cost of a college degree. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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