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• Common Application changing question on criminal record
• Sanders’ Spending Plans Would Add $18 Trillion to the Federal Deficit
• Boston Globe reveals sex abuse at dozens of US private schools
• U.S. urges colleges to limit hurdles for those with criminal records
• 2016 Teachers of the Year Offer High School Teaching Wisdom
• U.S. News Twitter Chat: Choose the Right Online Bachelor's Program
• Student Loan Debt: The Invisible, Incredible Drain on Investment
• 'A gut punch:' Wake Co. teachers lose everything in fire

Common Application changing question on criminal record Posted: 09 May 2016 02:55 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Common Application used for college admissions at more than 600 institutions is changing a question it asks about student criminal records, as the U.S. Department of Education urged schools Monday to consider dropping the question altogether.

Sanders’ Spending Plans Would Add $18 Trillion to the Federal Deficit Posted: 09 May 2016 02:12 PM PDT Throughout the Democratic presidential primary, Hillary Clinton has pressed Bernie Sanders to acknowledge the real cost of his policy proposals, including universal healthcare and free public college tuition. Clinton has called his excessive spending plans a "fantasy," knowing full well what it would take for Congress to pass them. Sanders' tax and spending proposals would boost the national deficit by $18 trillion over the next decade, according to a joint analysis released on Monday by the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the Urban Institute Health Policy Center.

Boston Globe reveals sex abuse at dozens of US private schools Posted: 09 May 2016 12:24 PM PDT At least 67 private schools in the northeastern United States have faced allegations since 1991 that their employees sexually abused or harassed more than 200 students, the Boston Globe reported Monday. The findings are the product of probes by the Globe's award-winning Spotlight team, which examined court cases and interviewed school officials and alumni, as well as legal representatives and relatives. At least two other staff members at St. George's who were accused of misconduct went on to other jobs where they faced subsequent sexual misconduct allegations involving children, the Globe said.

U.S. urges colleges to limit hurdles for those with criminal records Posted: 09 May 2016 09:48 AM PDT The U.S. Department of Education urged colleges and universities on Monday to remove obstacles that can keep the 70 million Americans with criminal records from seeking higher education. The call coincided with the department's release of guidelines that encourage schools to look for alternatives to asking about criminal histories during admissions and to take a broader view of individuals' applications. The move is one way of giving people with criminal records a second chance, Education Secretary John King Jr said.

2016 Teachers of the Year Offer High School Teaching Wisdom Posted: 09 May 2016 05:00 AM PDT President Barack Obama presented Jahana Hayes, a history teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, Connecticut, with the crystal apple to mark her triumph as the nation's top teacher. Hayes grew up in a community full of poverty, violence and low expectations, Obama said. No one in Hayes's family had gone to college or particularly encouraged education.

U.S. News Twitter Chat: Choose the Right Online Bachelor's Program Posted: 09 May 2016 04:30 AM PDT U.S. News Education will host a Twitter chat on Thursday, May 19, to help prospective students choose a best-fit online bachelor's degree program. Topics will include advice on how to explore the wide range of available options and tips to ensure that an undergraduate online program is legitimate. Who: U.S. News Education will moderate a panel of experts, including representatives of the Online Learning Consortium ( @OLCToday), Pennsylvania State University--World Campus ( @PSUWorldCampus), ASU Online at Arizona State University ( @asuonline) and UNC Online ( @UNCOnline), the online programs of the 17 institutions of the University of North Carolina.

Student Loan Debt: The Invisible, Incredible Drain on Investment Posted: 09 May 2016 03:00 AM PDT In investment annals, the story of student loan debt isn't too often told, let alone treated with any sense of urgency. After all, what do portfolios, capital gains or passive income have to do with paying off the package that makes college education possible? Here's an after all, then, for the oblivious financial managers and investment pundits of the world: "After all" that debt to pay off each and every month -- and it's hit record levels unforeseen a generation ago -- America's newly minted college grads are lucky if they have a few quarters left over for milk money.

'A gut punch:' Wake Co. teachers lose everything in fire Posted: 05 May 2016 09:17 AM PDT A fire ripped through the home of two Wake County teachers, leaving nothing but walls and rubble. Still, they are grateful for the support from family, friends and even students.

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