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• Changing how teachers are taught: a bid to transform education
• Walker's travels as 2016 hopeful raise eyebrows at home
• Avoid 4 Mistakes When Asking an Employer to Pay for an Online Degree
• 10 Colleges Where Upperclassmen Get Less Financial Help
• Pay Attention to 4 Overlooked Factors When Researching U.S. Colleges
• Driver charged in Wash. crash that killed 2 students

Changing how teachers are taught: a bid to transform education Posted: 16 Jun 2015 02:55 PM PDT When Jeffrey Chiusano starts his job as a high school physics teacher in the fall, he'll be doing so with a full year of teaching already under his belt. "It's easy to read it in a book, but it's a lot different when you get up in front of 20 students to put in place what you learned," Mr. Chiusano says.

Walker's travels as 2016 hopeful raise eyebrows at home Posted: 16 Jun 2015 02:25 PM PDT MADISON, Wis. (AP) — While Scott Walker's fellow Republicans were grousing about his budget plan and part of his proposal to overhaul higher education, the governor was more than 1,000 miles away, gripping the wheel of the Mt. Washington cruise boat on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee.

Avoid 4 Mistakes When Asking an Employer to Pay for an Online Degree Posted: 16 Jun 2015 07:00 AM PDT While asking the boss to chip in for education is never easy, prospective online students can increase their chances of getting a "yes" by avoiding these mistakes. Don't show any insecurity or doubt about the online nature of a degree: While many employers are coming around to online degrees, some bosses who went through a traditional program might not understand the sophistication and effectiveness of today's online programs, says Matthew Rascoff, vice president of learning technology and innovation at the University of North Carolina system. One way to combat any negative preconceptions about online learning is to be confident about the degree, experts say.

10 Colleges Where Upperclassmen Get Less Financial Help Posted: 16 Jun 2015 05:30 AM PDT It's the dirty little secret that can end up walloping prospective students in the wallet. Experts call it "front-loading" -- when a university's financial aid department beefs up freshman aid packages with institutional money, in an effort to reel in admitted students, but decreases that aid in subsequent years. To identify schools where upperclassmen may secure less aid, U.S. News examined a range of data points from its 2014 financial aid survey.

Pay Attention to 4 Overlooked Factors When Researching U.S. Colleges Posted: 16 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT The process of researching different universities and determining which ones to apply is an important step in your college application journey. Additionally, international students might want to consider the following overlooked but equally important aspects that will shape your academic studies and school life during college, as well as your career development after graduation. Career development of graduates and alumni: College provides abundant resources that aim to create the optimal environment for learning.

Driver charged in Wash. crash that killed 2 students Posted: 15 Jun 2015 09:13 PM PDT BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Washington man accused of driving an SUV that struck four high school students out walking during gym class, killing two and seriously injuring two others, was charged Monday with two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular assault.

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