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- Why promising minority students aren't signing up for AP exams
- Teachers union challenges NY's property tax cap
- Numbers taking and passing AP exams move up again
- New York teachers union unhappy with property tax cap, sues for more money
- NH House votes on bill to repeal school tax credit
- Teachers ditch student desk chairs for yoga balls
- Panel OKs school amendment to Kansas constitution
- Top 10 fundraising colleges at a glance
- Opinion: How the Next America Will Get the Biggest Bang for Its Buck
- Leighton nears sale of fiber-optic asset to Ontario Teachers'
| Why promising minority students aren't signing up for AP exams Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:37 PM PST The number of high school students passing at least one Advanced Placement (AP) exam is up overall this year, but students from minority groups still lag behind their white peers, particularly in math and science. |
| Teachers union challenges NY's property tax cap Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:32 PM PST
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| Numbers taking and passing AP exams move up again Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:29 AM PST As Advanced Placement exams have expanded to a more diverse group of high school students, more failures and lower average results seemed almost inevitable. But recent high school graduates seem to be ... |
| New York teachers union unhappy with property tax cap, sues for more money Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:37 AM PST BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York's largest teachers union says it's suing to overturn the state's property tax cap. |
| NH House votes on bill to repeal school tax credit Posted: 20 Feb 2013 07:52 AM PST New Hampshire's House is considering repealing a new program that gives businesses a tax credit for donating to scholarship organizations that send students to private or public schools.The House votes ... |
| Teachers ditch student desk chairs for yoga balls Posted: 20 Feb 2013 07:24 AM PST
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| Panel OKs school amendment to Kansas constitution Posted: 20 Feb 2013 06:22 AM PST A Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to amend the Kansas Constitution to give the Legislature sole authority to determine funding for public schools, thereby cutting out the courts.The proposal ... |
| Top 10 fundraising colleges at a glance Posted: 20 Feb 2013 06:06 AM PST Roughly 3,500 U.S. colleges and universities raised a total of $31 billion in the 2012 fiscal year, according to an annual college fundraising survey by the Council for Aid to Education in New York.Here ... |
| Opinion: How the Next America Will Get the Biggest Bang for Its Buck Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:43 AM PST Last week, President Obama announced his administration's release of the College Scorecard during his State of the Union address and called on colleges to lower costs. "Taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize the soaring cost of higher education," he said. The new tool, designed to help students get the biggest bang for their buck when choosing what college to attend, will transform the college application process for all students, especially minority and first-generation students who graduate with overwhelming student debt. |
| Leighton nears sale of fiber-optic asset to Ontario Teachers' Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:44 PM PST SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Australia's Leighton Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it was in exclusive negotiations to sell 70 percent of its telecommunication assets, including its NextGen Networks fiber-optic business, to Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, in a deal valuing the assets at A$885 million ($915.93 million). Teachers' has been on an aggressive drive into Asia in search of higher returns. ... |
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