2016年3月21日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News

To woo students, more colleges now hand-deliver acceptances

Posted: 21 Mar 2016 07:36 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, March 15, 2016 photo, Maya Wolf, 17, left, holds a sign to her mother, not shown, from the driveway of their home in Franklin, Mass., as she is visited by Wheaton College President Dennis Hanno, center, and the school's mascot. Wolf was presented with an acceptance letter from Wheaton College officials during the visit. More colleges have started to hand-deliver portions of their acceptance letters to students. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)FRANKLIN, Mass. (AP) — The visitors walking up her family's driveway mystified Maya Wolf. Four wore blue jackets. One was in a lion mascot costume. Then, as it clicked, she reached to her mouth in surprise.

Can students sue “grossly ineffective teachers”?

Posted: 21 Mar 2016 06:55 AM PDT

What happens when students—particularly low-income and minority students—are disproportionately assigned ineffective teachers?

5 Ways Undergrads Can Set Themselves Up to Pay for Grad School

Posted: 21 Mar 2016 05:15 AM PDT

As a fourth-year college student who plans to attend grad school in the fall, Kathryn Leary, 22, a communication sciences major at James Madison University, is searching for ways to pay for her master's degree in speech-language pathology. "I just got my acceptance at James Madison University and I think that's where I'm going to go," says Leary, who clicked the box on her application to be considered for an assistantship.

U.S. High Schoolers Discover Cuba on Educational Trips

Posted: 21 Mar 2016 05:00 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is visiting Cuba this week, making him the first sitting president to visit the country in nearly 90 years. "They are very curious," says Gretchen Calhoun, a social studies teacher at Aspen High School in Colorado who is accompanying a group of 12 students to Cuba on a trip later this week -- though the trip, like many high school students take overseas, is not sponsored by the district. Calhoun thinks that her students feel it's almost like an opportunity to travel back in time to see a country that has essentially been sealed off from capitalism.

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