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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 |
Rand Paul Wants Minorities to Embrace the School Vouchers Rural Republicans Are Rejecting Posted: 23 Apr 2014 10:23 AM PDT
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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
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The Most Costly College Financing Mistakes: How To Avoid Them Posted: 21 Apr 2014 10:11 AM PDT |
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