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• Pentagon to Furlough Teachers, Cut Commissary Time
• Education secretary says comments about teachers losing jobs inaccurate
• Teacher standoff stokes debate over standardized tests
• Student Must-Haves for Scholarship Success

Pentagon to Furlough Teachers, Cut Commissary Time Posted: 04 Mar 2013 03:34 PM PST Pentagon to cut commissary time, furlough teachers, but retain school accreditation

Education secretary says comments about teachers losing jobs inaccurate Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:04 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said on Monday he had made inaccurate comments about teachers losing their jobs due to mandatory budget cuts and that he had been trying to point out the dire effects spending reductions would have on schools. The $85 billion in across-the-board budget reductions, known as sequestration, started on Friday. Although the economic impact has not been felt as yet, President Barack Obama and his cabinet secretaries have been warning lawmakers of heavy fallout, including lengthy airport delays and meat shortages. "Language matters. ...

Teacher standoff stokes debate over standardized tests Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:04 AM PST SEATTLE (Reuters) - A boycott by Seattle teachers of a widely used standardized test has attracted national attention and given new momentum to a growing protest movement that seeks to limit standardized testing in U.S. public schools. The revolt by Seattle public school teachers, joining educators and students elsewhere, comes at a time of bitter political wrangling over how best to reinvigorate a $525 billion public school system that leaves American children lagging their counterparts in countries like Finland and South Korea. ...

Student Must-Haves for Scholarship Success Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:24 AM PST What materials should high school students focus on for scholarship success? How do most scholarship organizations get to know their applicants? Scholarship organizations have the tough job of deciding whom to bestow financial aid upon. NerdScholar recently did a Scholarship Study in which 5,865 verified private scholarships were analyzed. With this data, NerdScholar looked into what materials scholarship organizations requested the most:

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