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• Virginia college graduates sue Rolling Stone over rape story
• 3 Big Differences Between 529 College Savings Plans, UTMA Accounts
• South Africa's 'Boere Buffett' faces classroom revolt in Advtech bid
• Best Value Colleges 2015
• Teachers Save Lives in Another Mass Shooting
• Why Schools Over-Discipline Children With Disabilities
• What About the Math Olympians?

Virginia college graduates sue Rolling Stone over rape story Posted: 29 Jul 2015 03:50 PM PDT Three University of Virginia graduates on Wednesday filed a defamation lawsuit in New York against Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher Wenner Media and a journalist over a now-debunked 2014 article describing a fraternity gang rape. The three men, all 2013 graduates and members of Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity at the center of the story, claim the magazine was negligent in publishing an article entitled "A Rape on Campus" by Sabrina Rudin Erdely.

3 Big Differences Between 529 College Savings Plans, UTMA Accounts Posted: 29 Jul 2015 08:00 AM PDT According to the College Board, the average cost for a year of college is $22,958 for out-of-state residents attending a public university, and the tuition jumps to $31,231 for private schools. For those reasons, 529 plans are one of the most popular vehicles for college savings, as they allow for tax-free growth and withdrawals, as long as the funds are used for approved educational expenses. When considering the best method to save for college, parents may consider both 529s and UTMA accounts.

South Africa's 'Boere Buffett' faces classroom revolt in Advtech bid Posted: 29 Jul 2015 04:49 AM PDT By TJ Strydom JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A takeover battle to create a $1.5 billion private education giant in South Africa is pitting shareholders against parents and exposing tensions over race, language and ethnicity two decades after the end of apartheid. Although education stirs emotions in any country, it is particularly true in South Africa, where access to schooling and the language of tuition were used for decades as tools of oppression by the white-minority government that ended in 1994. The firm, 52 percent-owned by investment company PSG Group, has seen its share price rise seven-fold since its 2011 float as it has tapped into growing demand for affordable private schools.

Best Value Colleges 2015 Posted: 29 Jul 2015 02:47 AM PDT These schools give you quality for a lower price.

Teachers Save Lives in Another Mass Shooting Posted: 24 Jul 2015 01:01 PM PDT "Her friend literally jumped over her," Jindal said from the scene. "When you think about it—two friends together—one jumps in the way of a bullet to save her friend's life," Jindal told reporters. "The other, even though she was shot in the leg, she had the presence of mind to pull the fire alarm and in the process saved other people's lives." In the aftermath of tragedies like Sandy Hook, learning to respond to such scenarios is now a regular part of staff training.

Why Schools Over-Discipline Children With Disabilities Posted: 24 Jul 2015 09:15 AM PDT A quarter-century ago, on July 26, 1990, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act to give people with disabilities equal access to services like public education. In public schools today, children with disabilities are far more likely than their classmates to be disciplined, removed from the classroom, suspended, and even expelled. A report by UCLA's Civil Rights Project released earlier this year found that just over 5 percent of elementary-school children with disabilities were suspended during the 2011-12 school year, more than double the overall suspension rate.

What About the Math Olympians? Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:30 AM PDT For the first time in more than two decades, a team of American high-school students won the International Mathematical Olympiad, a feat that drew comparisons to the U.S. Hockey team's "Miracle on Ice" in 1980. When the individual math scores of the six American teens were combined for the team total, the United States took gold with a score of 185. If you're wondering how challenging the questions are for the competitors, representing 100 countries and all seven continents, consider this: Over the course of two days each student works on a total of just three math problems.

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