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• Teachers crowdfund school supplies. A success, but should it be necessary?
• A look at the 25 highest paying jobs in America in 2016
• Boston high school activists take concerns to streets – and statehouse

Teachers crowdfund school supplies. A success, but should it be necessary? Posted: 11 Mar 2016 02:28 PM PST Alexandria Boyd needed books. As a schoolteacher at Little Rock Preparatory Academy, a public charter school that caters to underserved communities in Arkansas, she struggled to provide her students with reading material appropriate for their grade level. "I want to expand my students' literacy and reading skills.

A look at the 25 highest paying jobs in America in 2016 Posted: 11 Mar 2016 12:42 PM PST There's no getting around it: if you want to earn a great living in America these days, you more than likely are going to have to go to school for quite some time. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but newly compiled data from Glassdoor reveals that the highest paying jobs in America in 2016 all require extensive schooling. "This report reinforces that high pay continues to be tied to in-demand skills, higher education and working in jobs that are protected from competition or automation," Dr. Andrew Chamberlain of Glassdoor writes. "This is why we see several jobs [on the list] within the technology and healthcare industries. Now will a higher paying job automatically make you a happier person? Hardly.

Boston high school activists take concerns to streets – and statehouse Posted: 11 Mar 2016 07:43 AM PST More than 3,000 students walked out of Boston Public Schools Monday, many of them converging near the gold-domed Massachusetts State House chanting "student power" and carrying handmade signs with messages like "School Lives Matter" and "Our Teachers Matter" to protest pending budget cuts. On Friday, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh was expected to announce a new budget plan that would spare the high schools from cuts. Less than two weeks ago, a few dozen concerned students put together a call to protest proposed budget cuts using the hashtag #bpswalkout, with no way of knowing how many of their peers would come out to draw attention to their frustrations over electives, advanced courses, and beloved teachers being chipped away at in their schools.

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