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• Caring Teachers May Help Keep Kids From Trying Alcohol, Drugs
• Democrats Reject Union Influence on Education Reform Plan
• Why College Students Do Not Understand Their Loans
• Regular Teachers Caught in the Middle of Pension Reform
• Group: Without Middle Class, Community Colleges Will Be 'Separate and Unequal'
• Students at For-Profit Colleges Earn Less, Study Says
• Kids Build 'Battlestar Galactica' Viper Simulator in Garage [VIDEO]

Caring Teachers May Help Keep Kids From Trying Alcohol, Drugs Posted: FRIDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- The connections youth have with their teachers may help prevent kids from experimenting with alcohol and drugs at an early age, a new study suggests.

Democrats Reject Union Influence on Education Reform Plan Posted: COMMENTARY | Ohio Republicans and Democrats finally found something to agree upon. Democratic lawmakers were able to see past party politics and strong ties to public employees unions and discover the worthiness of an education reform plan for Cleveland Public Schools. Governor John Kasich has touted the reasonable and innovative policy changes as an example which may aid other struggling districts around the state.

Why College Students Do Not Understand Their Loans Posted: COMMENTARY | As noted by The Huffington Post, a recent study by an organization called the Young Invincibles found that 65 percent of students did not understand the type of loan they had taken out or the terms of repayment. Published on March 21, 2012, the study surveyed 6,500 graduate-level and undergraduate students who had taken out some amount of student loans. The results are troubling to loan officials who worry that loan repayment may continue to be a problem for recent college graduates who are having trouble finding jobs.

Regular Teachers Caught in the Middle of Pension Reform Posted: COMMENTARY | On March 23, the Chicago Tribune featured another editorial calling for pension reform in Illinois. This time the person in the limelight is Roger Eddy, a former educator, a former elected state representative and the newly-hired director of the Illinois Association of School Boards. Because of his new job, which is going to pay him $200,000 a year, he will eventually be able to collect a pension of over $140,000 yearly.

Group: Without Middle Class, Community Colleges Will Be 'Separate and Unequal' Posted: When Rick Santorum said that only snobs believe in "college for all," nobody thought he was talking about community colleges.

Students at For-Profit Colleges Earn Less, Study Says Posted: Prospective students who are considering nonprofit schools--whether public or private--and institutions such as University of Phoenix and DeVry University that operate as for-profit businesses may be discouraged from enrolling at the latter type of schools, according to a recent study from the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Kids Build 'Battlestar Galactica' Viper Simulator in Garage [VIDEO] Posted: Here is a list of some of the geekiest things in the world: Flight sims. Kickstarter projects. Maker Faire projects. Battlestar Galactica fans who know the 1970s series as well as the 2000s version. And high school students who engineer projects in their spare time, in their garage.

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