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• Education chief: Maybe start school day later
• How can we expand college access to low-income students?
• 2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 Business Programs
• Top 5 gifts to colleges or universities in 2013
• Neb. financial literacy program event on Wednesday
• Teachers in 3 Pa. school districts go on strike

Education chief: Maybe start school day later Posted: 04 Sep 2013 09:25 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — High school students could start their days later and get more sleep if the nation's top education official gets his way.

How can we expand college access to low-income students? Posted: 04 Sep 2013 08:40 AM PDT By Carol Barash As President Obama focuses on lowering the cost of college education, he is overlooking another equally important challenge: ensuring that all students, regardless of their income level, have the opportunity to attend selective colleges. Every year thousands of low-income students in the U.S. "under-match" in college admission, landing at colleges that are not the strongest academic fit for them. Most of these students never even apply to the best colleges they could be admitted to because they have no idea what their college options really are. ...

2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 Business Programs Posted: 04 Sep 2013 08:25 AM PDT Applying to college is a journey that involves finding the right school, submitting applications and then -- if you're lucky -- choosing among the acceptance letters and financial aid awards to find that place you'll call home for the next few years.

Top 5 gifts to colleges or universities in 2013 Posted: 04 Sep 2013 08:07 AM PDT Here are the Top 5 donations to U.S. colleges or universities in 2013, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. 1. $350 million from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University. ...

Neb. financial literacy program event on Wednesday Posted: 04 Sep 2013 07:43 AM PDT Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg is in central Nebraska to launch a new financial literacy education program for high school students. Stenberg will be at Gibbon High School on Wednesday to launch ...

Teachers in 3 Pa. school districts go on strike Posted: 04 Sep 2013 07:02 AM PDT Teachers in three Pennsylvania school districts went on strike Tuesday, while classes began as scheduled for many more of the state's roughly 1.7 million public school students. In northeastern Pennsylvania, ...

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