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• College exams work to deter cheating; problems abroad
• Accenture Selected as Key Transformation Service Provider to NSW Department of Education and Communities
• Kindergarten Loans Are a Sad Reality of Our Time
• Who Wins when Educators Cheat?
• Japanese Teachers Take on Hip-Hop

College exams work to deter cheating; problems abroad Posted: (Reuters) - U.S. college admissions officers on Wednesday welcomed new rules aimed at deterring cheating on entrance exams, but continued to raise concerns about fraud, especially among foreign applicants. The new regulations require students taking the SAT and ACT, the two most widely used college entrance exams in the United States, to provide a photo of themselves when they register. Test proctors will be asked to check those photos against identification cards students present when they check in for the exams - and against the students themselves. ...

Accenture Selected as Key Transformation Service Provider to NSW Department of Education and Communities Posted: The New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education and Communities (DEC) has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) as the Transformation Service Provider for the NSW DEC Learning Management and Business Reform (LMBR) program. The 18-month contract is valued at $109 million.

Kindergarten Loans Are a Sad Reality of Our Time Posted: Following Tuesday's news that wealthy parents are being targeted for more money from their kids' expensive private schools comes a very different, but equally terrifying, tale: Some parents are taking out loans to pay for their children's educations. That's been happening for years, you say? Well, yes. Except now the loans are being taken out for high school educations—and even kindergarten. There are even lenders who specialize in "pre-college education loans."

Who Wins when Educators Cheat? Posted: COMMENTARY | This week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution released results of an investigation of standardized test scores in school districts across the nation. After months of digging, and some serious reluctance from the education departments in several states, the newspaper found that there were seriously suspicious trends in the test scores of approximately 200 school districts across the country.

Japanese Teachers Take on Hip-Hop Posted: TOKYO – The start of a new school year always brings new challenges, but teachers in Japan face a particularly high hurdle this year, mastering the art of street or hip-hop dancing. New government education guidelines require all seventh- and eighth-grade students to take dance...

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