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• A Boycott Is Happening in Chicago—And This Time It Isn’t Teachers
• Immigrant tuition debate challenges Arizona policy
• Why Should New Teachers Be the Ones to Get Pink Slips?
• Calif. educators sued over English instruction
• 20,000 students sue Calif. educators over English
• Texas Senate OKs Rainy Day spending for schools
• Why a $1 Savings Account Makes a Child More Likely to Attend College
• 4 Ways to Encourage Children to Save for College

A Boycott Is Happening in Chicago—And This Time It Isn’t Teachers Posted: 24 Apr 2013 02:20 PM PDT Students in Chicago have had enough with their school system.

Immigrant tuition debate challenges Arizona policy Posted: 24 Apr 2013 01:52 PM PDT Efforts to allow immigrants without legal status to pay lower tuition rates have pitted Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne against higher education leaders. The Maricopa County Community College District ...

Why Should New Teachers Be the Ones to Get Pink Slips? Posted: 24 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT Last In, First Out has been in place for quite a long time. On the surface, the policy is fair. If implemented consistently, it is a cut and dry policy in which the most recently hired teacher is the first one to lose her/his job in times of downsizing. It does not consider who is affected.

Calif. educators sued over English instruction Posted: 24 Apr 2013 10:40 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 20,000 students in California who need to learn English aren't getting adequate language instruction, according to a lawsuit against the state and education workers filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.

20,000 students sue Calif. educators over English Posted: 24 Apr 2013 10:32 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 20,000 students in California who need to learn English aren't getting adequate language instruction, according to a lawsuit against the state and education workers filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Texas Senate OKs Rainy Day spending for schools Posted: 24 Apr 2013 08:00 AM PDT Texas public schools pummeled by historic budget cuts in 2011 would recover nearly 70 percent of that funding under a Senate plan approved late Tuesday and made possible by Republicans softening on a longstanding ...

Why a $1 Savings Account Makes a Child More Likely to Attend College Posted: 24 Apr 2013 07:14 AM PDT I was assured that I'd qualify for student loans by my parents. I was assured by the financial aid office that I'd qualify for student loans. Since loans were inevitable, I decided there wasn't much point in saving for college. After applying for government-issued student loans, you know what happened? I qualified and was able to find plenty of student-loan resources to pay for my college education.

4 Ways to Encourage Children to Save for College Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:59 AM PDT When 4-year-old Afton Barron gets to kindergarten, she'll attend a college graduation for the first time. She'll present a graduate she doesn't know with a candy necklace.

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