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• Teachers in Portland, Oregon, reach deal averting strike
• Former Atlanta school official pleads guilty in test-cheating case
• Teachers Make Up for Lost Time After Snow Days
• 6 Ways to Boost Financial Aid for College

Teachers in Portland, Oregon, reach deal averting strike Posted: 18 Feb 2014 12:54 PM PST By Teresa Carson PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Teachers and management in Oregon's largest school district reached an agreement in principle on Tuesday on a new contract, averting a strike planned for this week that threatened to disrupt classes for 28,000 students in Portland. Rank-and-file instructors in the 2,800-member Portland Teachers Association voted on February 5 to authorize union leaders to call a strike in the event that contract talks collapsed. The following day, the Portland Teachers Association put the district on formal notice that it intended to begin a walkout February 20 unless the parties clinched a settlement by then. The accord is still subject to approval by the Portland school board and ratification by union members.

Former Atlanta school official pleads guilty in test-cheating case Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:11 AM PST By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - A former top public school administrator in Atlanta has pleaded guilty in one of the nation's largest test-cheating scandals and has agreed to testify that the school system's award-winning ex-superintendent knew of the cheating. Millicent Few, who served as human resources director for Atlanta Public Schools, is the highest-ranking educator so far to acknowledge wrongdoing in the case. She pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor charge of malfeasance in office, the Fulton County District Attorney's office said in a statement. She will testify that former Superintendent Beverly Hall ordered the destruction of investigative documents that concluded the cheating likely occurred, according to prosecutors.

Teachers Make Up for Lost Time After Snow Days Posted: 18 Feb 2014 07:06 AM PST Severe winter weather caused schools in many parts of the U.S. to declare a high number of snow days this year -- in some states, students have missed more than 20 days of school. In states like Georgia, which generally doesn't experience much winter weather and may not have procedures in place to deal with snow days, teachers and administrators are scrambling to make up for lost time. While tacking on additional school days at the end of the school year is the solution at many schools, it does not help high school teachers who prepare students to complete state-mandated graduation tests and Advanced Placement exams, the dates of which are generally not changed because of snow days. Despite the weather-related setbacks, teachers can still find ways to help their students succeed, experts say.

6 Ways to Boost Financial Aid for College Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:30 AM PST Everyone knows college tuition costs have been soaring. For a private school, the discount is even greater: Average tuition is $29,000 per year, but the net price paid is $13,400, according to the College Board. Bottom line: The obvious is true--more financial aid you receive, the more affordable college becomes. Keep college savings out of your child's name.

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