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• Murray breaks down in tears at Scottish ceremony
• Rand Paul Wants Minorities to Embrace the School Vouchers Rural Republicans Are Rejecting
• Smaller share of US high school grads entering college. Why?
• SERIOUSLY? Texas teachers scare, shame and bully kids about standardized tests
• California GOP hopeful wants free college for science, math students
• The Most Costly College Financing Mistakes: How To Avoid Them

Murray breaks down in tears at Scottish ceremony Posted: 23 Apr 2014 11:32 AM PDT DUNBLANE, Scotland (AP) — Andy Murray burst into tears on Wednesday as he accepted a civic honor in his Scottish hometown of Dunblane.

Rand Paul Wants Minorities to Embrace the School Vouchers Rural Republicans Are Rejecting Posted: 23 Apr 2014 10:23 AM PDT Rand Paul went to President Obama's adopted hometown on Tuesday to pitch private school vouchers as the "great equalizer" for inner-city minority students. That message doesn't work as well in mostly-white rural areas, where Republicans don't want to send sparse federal dollars to private schools.  Paul visited Chicago's Josephinum Academy, a Sacred Heart-affiliated school that is 5 percent non-Hispanic white, according to The New York Times. The thing is, Democrats and Republicans in rural areas oppose private school vouchers — which divert money from public schools to private schools — for the same reason: public schools need that money more.

Smaller share of US high school grads entering college. Why? Posted: 23 Apr 2014 09:39 AM PDT A new annual review finds that 65.9 percent of 2013 high school graduates were enrolled in colleges or universities as of last October. That compares with a 66.2 percent enrollment rate in 2012 and 68.3 percent in 2011. All those numbers are below the all-time high of 70.1 percent in 2009, according to the Labor Department, which tracks the numbers and released its latest tally Tuesday. The share of high school grads heading for advanced degrees remains high compared with enrollment rates in many prior decades. But today's enrollment rates are little changed from the late 1990s, despite efforts by President Obama and others to ramp up educational opportunities as a path to economic success – and despite polls showing that Americans view higher education as financially worthwhile.

SERIOUSLY? Texas teachers scare, shame and bully kids about standardized tests Posted: 23 Apr 2014 06:50 AM PDT If, as The Daily Caller speculates, there's a special place in hell reserved for people who think up ways to make little kids feel horrible about themselves when they disappoint adults, then a bunch of teachers and school officials at Lamar Elementary School in El Paso, Texas should consider praying for mercy. Some parents of Lamar Elementary students believe teachers and school officials bullied their third-grade kids by sending home a bizarro, menacing handout about this week's state-mandated STAAR standardized tests, reports local FOX affiliate KFOX. The Daily Caller has obtained the full text of the handout, entitled "What if I don't try on the STAAR?" (See the image below.) However students who don't do it to the satisfaction of the adults at Lamar Elementary risk flunking for the entire school year – so, no pressure kids! – and being labeled as "lazy."

California GOP hopeful wants free college for science, math students Posted: 22 Apr 2014 10:17 PM PDT By Jennifer Chaussee BERKELEY, California (Reuters) - California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Neel Kashkari called for free college tuition for students pursuing math and science degrees, part of an education reform plan released Tuesday that would also model public schools after charter schools. Kashkari's proposal would waive tuition for students pursuing a four-year degree in any science, technology, electronics, or math subject in exchange for a percentage of their future earnings after graduation. It came as Kashkari, trailing a distant third in recent polls behind incumbent Jerry Brown and Republican Tea Party favorite Tim Donnelly, is struggling to add momentum to his campaign before the June primary.

The Most Costly College Financing Mistakes: How To Avoid Them Posted: 21 Apr 2014 10:11 AM PDT While I highly value a college education -- I have two degrees -- I despise the idea of college debt.  I graduated without this onerous burden, but few can do it today. That's why there's more than $1 ...

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