| Clinton wants scholarships, child care for student parents Posted: 14 Aug 2015 03:14 PM PDT  DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday called for more quality child care on college campuses and additional scholarships to help students who are parents as she pitched her plan to reduce higher education costs.
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| Hillary Clinton offers plan to help students with children Posted: 14 Aug 2015 01:51 PM PDT  By Amanda Becker CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Friday that if elected she would dramatically expand a program that provides child care for college students with children, and to create a scholarship program for student parents. Clinton announced the plan at a town hall meeting in Dubuque, Iowa, as she continued to highlight her platform to make college more affordable. Clinton also said she would create a "SPARK College Scholarship" to help parents pay for their own higher education.
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| Indonesia court overturns teachers' sexual abuse convictions Posted: 14 Aug 2015 03:08 AM PDT  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Canadian teacher and an Indonesian teaching assistant sentenced to 10 years in an Indonesian prison for child sexual offenses were released Friday after a court overturned their convictions.
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| Indonesia frees international school teachers jailed for student abuse Posted: 14 Aug 2015 01:08 AM PDT  By Angie Teo and Mohamad Mahdiza JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday freed two teachers who had been jailed for sexually abusing students at an international school in a case critics say was fraught with irregularities and put the country's justice system under the spotlight. Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman and Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong were found guilty in April of abusing kindergarten students at the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS). "The truth has finally come out," a tearful Neil Bantleman announced before kissing his wife upon his release from an East Jakarta prison, where he and Tjiong were met by dozens of cheering family members and supporters.
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| 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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