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• Haitian students protest over canceled classes
• Fed suit against for-profit colleges can proceed
• Glance: 2013 high school math and reading scores
• Michigan Legislature advances state budget bills
• Budget-Friendly Gifts for Teachers
• Take 4 Steps to Find the Right Online Degree Program
• How College Sex Became Obama’s War on Men

Haitian students protest over canceled classes Posted: 07 May 2014 02:27 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of high school students protested Wednesday in the Haitian capital, angry that a strike by teachers over wages forced the cancellation of classes for a third straight day.

Fed suit against for-profit colleges can proceed Posted: 07 May 2014 10:20 AM PDT A Justice Department lawsuit against a Pittsburgh-based company that runs more than 100 for-profit secondary schools for artists, chefs and other trades nationwide can continue even though the company ...

Glance: 2013 high school math and reading scores Posted: 07 May 2014 09:45 AM PDT The percentage of high school students in 2013 who were proficient or advanced in reading and math nationally, and in a select 13 states:

Michigan Legislature advances state budget bills Posted: 07 May 2014 07:23 AM PDT The Michigan House passed a $36.5 billion omnibus budget bill Tuesday as the Senate approved parts of its spending plan that would increase higher education funding by 6.8 percent. The House voted 92-17 ...

Budget-Friendly Gifts for Teachers Posted: 07 May 2014 06:17 AM PDT In case you forgot, I'm here to remind you that this week is Teacher Appreciation Week. However, there were also a good amount of teachers who said that they enjoyed receiving baked goods, especially home-baked goods that they could share with their family.

Take 4 Steps to Find the Right Online Degree Program Posted: 07 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT Below, experts share steps students can take to sift through information and find the right program. Some may even ask students to pay for information about a school -- a red flag. "So students are going to continue to see that school when maybe the best bet for them is in their own backyard." If students are eager for unbiased statistics, they can visit the U.S. Department of Education's College Navigator tool, which collects tuition, graduation rates and other data, says Todd Marshall, executive director of online learning at Regent University.

How College Sex Became Obama’s War on Men Posted: 07 May 2014 02:15 AM PDT President Obama is like the kid in the back of the classroom waving his arms to get attention. The latest headline-grabber involves the Feds investigating how colleges handle instances of sexual abuse. Is this a problem that requires federal intervention? There were only 30 complaints filed with the Department of Education in 2013 asserting sexual assault, as a violation of Title IX – assured civil rights, out of more than 21 million college students.

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