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• Sexism Is the Glass Ceiling That Keeps Teachers Underpaid
• Should You Use Retirement Savings to Fund Your Child's College Education?
• Five Reasons a Sane Person Might Still Vote for Trump
• LeBron James' Latest Act Of Generosity Is An Amusement Park Trip For 5,000 Ohio Children
• Dilijan Arts Observatory to launch in Armenia

Sexism Is the Glass Ceiling That Keeps Teachers Underpaid Posted: 17 Aug 2016 02:00 PM PDT All work and low pay makes teaching a profession that's in trouble. The new study, which was produced by the Economic Policy Institute, reveals that teacher pay has plunged by nearly 20 percent compared with that of workers who have a similar level of training and education. The pay differential between teachers—who may need a minimum of a master's degree and professional certification before setting foot in a classroom—and other highly educated professionals is likely to hamper recruiting of new educators and retention of current ones, said EPI President Lawrence Mishel, an economist and a coauthor of the report.

Should You Use Retirement Savings to Fund Your Child's College Education? Posted: 17 Aug 2016 07:45 AM PDT If you're in this situation, it may be tempting to tap into your retirement savings to pay for your child's college education, but this is seldom the best option. As a parent, you are probably accustomed to putting your child first. After all, if you haven't saved adequately to pay for your expenses during retirement, you might need your children to help foot that bill, which could be even bigger than college costs.

Five Reasons a Sane Person Might Still Vote for Trump Posted: 17 Aug 2016 01:45 AM PDT Has the greatest media onslaught of all time (aided and abetted, it must be said, by the candidate himself) failed to convince you that Donald Trump is 1) unstable 2) a bigot 3) in league with Vladimir Putin 4) a demagogue 5) a Nazi or worse? Hillary Clinton cannot address this issue because the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association – the two biggest teachers' unions – have donated millions to her campaign and she needs those organizations to get out the vote. Note that every single speaker at the Democratic convention, including President and Michele Obama, urged people to vote.

LeBron James' Latest Act Of Generosity Is An Amusement Park Trip For 5,000 Ohio Children Posted: 16 Aug 2016 06:21 PM PDT LeBron James' impact on northeast Ohio goes far beyond his accomplishments on the basketball court. The annual trip to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio encourages Akron kiddos to focus on their education before entering LBJ's "I Promise" initiative — which offers a free college education after high school.

Dilijan Arts Observatory to launch in Armenia Posted: 16 Aug 2016 10:29 AM PDT The Dilijan Arts Observatory, an experimental and interdisciplinary think-tank, intends to develop new models for art and higher education. This international event, the first of its kind in Armenia, will gather artists, cultural historians, and environmental scientists from 14 countries, meeting between August 22–September 11, 2016. Dilijan, an ancient spa town and mountain retreat, once attracted the composers Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten.

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