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Illinois governor offers revamped property tax freeze bill
Start Planning for 4+1 Master's Program Admissions in High School
4 Questions to Ask Before Pursuing an Online Master of Laws Degree
San Francisco school board grants diplomas without exit exam
Oakland Unified School District hiring dozens of teachers

Illinois governor offers revamped property tax freeze bill

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 02:09 PM PDT

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner unveiled on Monday a revamped bill to freeze local property taxes in hopes of wooing votes by Democratic lawmakers by boosting funding for the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and other financially struggling school districts. The measure couples a two-year tax freeze with a $74 million increase in state funding for high-poverty school districts and the creation of a commission to change Illinois' school funding formula. The state would contribute $200 million a year for two years toward pension and healthcare costs at CPS without a reduction in the district's $600 million state grant funding, according to the Republican governor.

Start Planning for 4+1 Master's Program Admissions in High School

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 06:00 AM PDT

A growing number of colleges and universities now offer accelerated degree programs, which are sometimes referred to as "4+1 programs." These programs allow a student to earn both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in just five years, rather than the usual six or seven. The admissions process for such programs typically begins during students' junior year in college, but individuals who already believe that one of these programs may be right for them would be wise to begin preparing for this application process during their junior and senior years of high school. Here are three reasons that it is beneficial for high school students to start planning for 4+1 admissions now.

4 Questions to Ask Before Pursuing an Online Master of Laws Degree

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 04:30 AM PDT

Experts say online learning offers students -- especially attorneys already practicing overseas -- a chance to stay at home and save money that would otherwise be spent on moving and relocating to the U.S. "With our program, what we have found is that the students we have enrolled are typically working," says Deborah Call, associate dean of graduate and international programs at the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law. When it comes to pursuing an LL.M. online, here are four questions students should consider about their own personal goals and possible programs.

San Francisco school board grants diplomas without exit exam

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 02:41 AM PDT

Friday night the San Francisco Board of Education held an emergency meeting to give high school students diplomas that were unable to take the exit exam.