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• Bernie Sanders talks with nurses in San Francisco Bay Area
• Clinton’s $350 Billion College Tuition Plan Built on Rosy Assumptions
• Chicago public schools to lay off 1,500 teachers and staff
• Temple joins other colleges closing ahead of pope's visit
• Educators Guide High Schoolers to AP, IB Success in Summer Programs
• 17 Smart Gifts For College Students
• Why Schools Need More Teachers of Color—for White Students

Bernie Sanders talks with nurses in San Francisco Bay Area Posted: 10 Aug 2015 04:29 PM PDT A national nurses union warmly welcomed Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders to Oakland on Monday, along with his message of taxing the wealthy, better health care for all, and free college tuition for ...

Clinton’s $350 Billion College Tuition Plan Built on Rosy Assumptions Posted: 10 Aug 2015 01:03 PM PDT Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Monday formally unveiled a $350 billion, ten- year proposal for addressing onerous college debt in a scheduled speech in New Hampshire, as she wades into a pocket-book topic of utmost concern to all middle class families. With college tuition and room and board costs running well above inflation, student debt has tripled over the past decade, reaching $1.2 trillion in the first quarter of 2015. Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner and policy wonk, has crafted ideas for directly addressing the plight of students at state and city run public universities and colleges, and their families who are drowning in debt, as well as cracking down on lending institutions engaging in unscrupulous practices.

Chicago public schools to lay off 1,500 teachers and staff Posted: 10 Aug 2015 12:46 PM PDT Chicago Public Schools on Monday began notifying nearly 1,500 teachers and support staff who are being fired amid a previously announced, $200 million budget cut and a shift in student enrollment. The announcement came as CPS released its $5.7 billion 2016 budget, which includes a historic $1.1 billion budget deficit driven by rapidly rising pension payments. The layoff notices will affect 479 teachers and 1,012 other staff members out of more than 41,500 employees, according to the school system.

Temple joins other colleges closing ahead of pope's visit Posted: 10 Aug 2015 10:52 AM PDT Temple University students will have a day off when the pope visits Philadelphia.

Educators Guide High Schoolers to AP, IB Success in Summer Programs Posted: 10 Aug 2015 05:00 AM PDT But some high schoolers have another option: Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate summer boot camps. Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland, for example, is hosting a three-day camp this week for IB high school students in the district at Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro. "There are so many time constraints during the school day and school year," says Kim Watson, an IB coordinator at the school.

17 Smart Gifts For College Students Posted: 08 Aug 2015 01:10 AM PDT This is half of a two-part story. Read the other half, Does Your College-Bound Kid Have These 11 Basics? It's natural to want to ply your college-bound child with gifts, but one thing to consider is that ...

Why Schools Need More Teachers of Color—for White Students Posted: 06 Aug 2015 05:30 AM PDT Noah Caruso, 17, calls South Philadelphia home. Known for cheesesteaks, pizza, and bakeries, South Philly is a close-knit, largely Italian American neighborhood where much of the population has traditionally shared the same background, culture, and race. Though an influx of immigrants has made the area more diverse in recent decades, South Philly, like the rest of the city, remains highly segregated. Caruso's predominantly white community was echoed at his middle school, Christopher Columbus Charter School, where he says all of his teachers were white like him, as were virtually all of his classmates. It was against this backdrop that Caruso enrolled in Science Leadership Academy (SLA)—a public magnet high school in the city—and landed in the freshman English class of Matthew Kay, his first black teacher.

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