Maine teachers to get ‘financial literacy’ how-tos
Maine teachers will get some training on how to help their students manage money.
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Parents wire kids to prove teachers’ verbal abuse
Teachers hurled insults like “bastard,” ”tard,” ”damn dumb” and “a hippo in a ballerina suit.” A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, “Shut up, you little dog.”
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Obamacare Is Complicating Some Student Loans
The Department of Education has been transferring large batches of federal student loans to new loan-servicing companies 2014 leaving in the lurch some borrowers who are suddenly encountering problems with their loans, such as payments that are mysteriously adjusted up or down.
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Obama Courts Young Voters with Student Loan Battle
President Barack Obama is attempting to win favor with younger voters by championing the affordability of higher education, according to the Associated Press. Obama focused on the issue of student loans during his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday. He asked Congress to extend a law that will keep rates for one of the federal student loan programs at its current low for the time being. Without the extension, many federal student loan rates are set to double after July 1.
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For colleges, rape cases a legal minefield
A closed- door encounter between two college acquaintances. Both have been drinking. One says she was raped; the other insists it was consensual. There are no other witnesses.
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Obama hits student loan costs, courts young voters; Republicans strike at his energy policies
WASHINGTON – Eager to energize young voters, President Barack Obama is depicting Republicans as obstacles to an affordable college education as he previews an argument he will make on university campuses next week in states crucial to his re-election.
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Online Education Helped Me Achieve My Goals
I am fortunate to come from a well educated family. My parents were both college graduates, and all four grandparents have higher education of one sort or another. So, it was never a question of whether or not I would go to college, as I had wanted to my entire life. It was always just a matter of when I would attend, and for what educational purpose I sought.
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First Person: The Top 10 Benefits of Getting My Degree Online
If you’re interested in earning a degree, attending an online college can be a practical and cost-effective way to go. I returned to school in 2008, seven years after receiving my bachelor’s, and a year and a half later I’d earned my master’s degree without ever setting foot inside a classroom. While online learning isn’t for everyone, I loved everything about my experience, and I’ll definitely go that route if I return to school in the future. From the perspective of someone who’s been there and done that, here are the top 10 benefits of earning a degree online.
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Juggling Work, Home and College
Balancing work and family can be a challenge. Add obtaining a college education to the mix and the challenge becomes a walk on a tightrope.
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Why Education Department may be safe for now, even though it’s a GOP target
The US Department of Education is probably safe, for now. No matter who wins in November.
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