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• How can schools stop giving students bad tests?
• Teachers, students protest education system in Hungary
• Is This Why So Many Students Have Too Much Debt?
• San Francisco could become 1st city to ban eviction of teachers during school year
• Chicago schools to cut spending after teachers reject offer

How can schools stop giving students bad tests? Posted: 03 Feb 2016 01:14 PM PST The US Department of Education on Tuesday called for states to find and weed out "low-quality, redundant or unhelpful testing" in their schools, and offered guidance to support the process. Acting US Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., in a release sent to states' top school officials, acknowledged that many students are spending too much class time taking tests, and that exams can be overemphasized or less effective than other school activities. "High-quality assessments give parents, educators and students useful information about whether students are developing the critical thinking and problem solving skills they need to succeed in life," Dr. King said in a department video posted online Tuesday.

Teachers, students protest education system in Hungary Posted: 03 Feb 2016 11:14 AM PST MISKOLC, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of teachers, students and parents in several cities in Hungary protested Wednesday against the government's centralization of the education system and the increasing overburdening of pupils and educators.

Is This Why So Many Students Have Too Much Debt? Posted: 03 Feb 2016 09:40 AM PST Almost all college financial aid officers (95 percent) believe that their office has a responsibility to educate students in financial literacy. Nearly 60 percent of the financial aid officers surveyed said that they struggled to get support from campus leadership for financial literacy. The U.S. Department of Education requires entrance and exit counseling for those taking out student loans, but less than half of those surveyed believed that those programs were effective in teaching students everything they need to know about financial aid and borrowing.

San Francisco could become 1st city to ban eviction of teachers during school year Posted: 02 Feb 2016 08:25 PM PST San Francisco could become the first city to ban the eviction of teachers from their homes during the school year.

Chicago schools to cut spending after teachers reject offer Posted: 02 Feb 2016 05:35 PM PST The Chicago Public schools (CPS) will turn to layoffs and reduced pension contributions after its contract offer to teachers was rejected on Monday, school Chief Executive Officer Forrest Claypool said on Tuesday. "We do not want to do this," Claypool told reporters, referring to the planned cuts, which a school spokeswoman initially said would save $165 million for the current budget. Claypool added that the top priority is to keep classroom doors open.

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