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As Summer Kicks Off, Troubling News for Teens
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (462+ words) Jaelyn Chester will wait your tables, stock your shelves, wash your dishes, or scrub your toilets'if only someone would give the 17-year-old a chance. "I've been. .. As Summer Kicks Off, Troubling News for Teens Jaelyn Chester will wait your tables,…...
Feds Offer a Way to Trim Your Student Loan Interest Rate
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (28+ words) Student loan borrowers willing to let the government pull payments straight from their bank accounts are about to get a sweeter deal. Starting July 1, the Education Department. .....
Education Department Losing Two Key Divisions
4+ day, 21+ min ago (289+ words) The Education Department continues to shrink in President Trump's second term, as he promised it would. The White House is moving two of the department's most important. .. Education Department Losing Two Key Divisions The Education Department continues to shrink in…...
Textbook's Censoring of Nude Artifact Causes a Ruckus
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (190+ words) The apparent censoring of India's most famous ancient figurine has quickly been undone amid uproar. The National Council of Educational Research and Training has pulled a doctored. .. Textbook's Censoring of Nude Artifact Causes a Ruckus The apparent censoring of India's…...
200 Stanford Students Walk Out on Google CEO
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (213+ words) Newser 200 Stanford Students Walk Out on Google CEO Stanford's commencement turned into a slow-motion walkout Sunday as Google chief Sundar Pichai began his keynote address. Video captured dozens of grads leaving their seats, some holding signs condemning Google's work with…...
16 Colleges Now Cost More Than $100 K a Year
1+ week, 2+ day ago (177+ words) Newser 16 Colleges Now Cost More Than $100 K a Year If six digits for a single year of college sounds far-fetched, 16 schools have now crossed that line. New data from the Princeton Review, shared with CNBC, show the "cost of attendance…...
Fewer Kids Are Reading for Fun, Federal Data Shows
1+ week, 2+ day ago (286+ words) Kids' love affair with books seems to be cooling off. A new federal report finds that the share of 13-year-olds who read for fun has plunged by almost half since 2012, while. .. Fewer Kids Are Reading for Fun, Federal Data Shows…...
Owner Now Giving Away Empty Vermont College Campus
1+ week, 5+ day ago (597+ words) In Vermont, one entrepreneur is trying to unload what might be the most unusual freebie in real estate: an entire former college campus. Raj Bhakta, a onetime Apprentice contestant. .. Owner Now Giving Away Empty Vermont College Campus In Vermont, one…...
America's Classrooms Embraced Tech. Now, a Backlash
1+ week, 5+ day ago (527+ words) Just a few years ago, America's public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: "The idea was. .. America's Classrooms Embraced Tech. Now, a Backlash Just a few years…...
10 US Colleges With Stingiest Acceptance Rates
1+ week, 5+ day ago (160+ words) Squeezing into America's most selective colleges now makes Harvard in the '90s look generous. Back then, roughly 1 in 9 applicants got in. For the Class of 2029, it was. .. 10 US Colleges With Stingiest Acceptance Rates Squeezing into America's most selective colleges now makes…...