How A Non-Profit Funded 1,000 Students With Micro-loans [EXCLUSIVE] (Mashable)
Mashable – A Seattle-based non-profit has helped 1,000 students in developing countries get a proper education — thanks entirely to its micro-loan platform and donations from the public. Vittana was founded in 2009 with the aim of helping students in developing countries pay for their education through student loans. Two years later it has funded 1,000 students in 10 developing countries.
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How A Non-Profit Funded 1,000 Students With Micro-loans [EXCLUSIVE]
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5 Things High School Seniors Should Be Doing Now (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – If you are a rising high school senior, you probably thought you had all summer to get prepared for the upcoming college admission frenzy. But guess what? You’re running out of time.
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5 Things High School Seniors Should Be Doing Now
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White House targets sexual assault on campus (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – Vice President Joe Biden and the Department of Education are urging America’s colleges, universities, and secondary schools to do more to prevent and address sexual assault.
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White House targets sexual assault on campus
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ACLU sues over RI high school prayer banner (AP)
AP – The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Cranston over a Christian prayer banner displayed in a high school auditorium.
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Biden launches sexual violence awareness campaign (AP)
AP – A nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools’ responsibilities and victims’ rights.
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Court OKs Arizona’s tax break for private schools (AP)
AP – A Supreme Court divided along ideological lines said Monday that ordinary taxpayers cannot challenge government programs that use tax breaks to direct money to religious activities.
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New education push: 1 million volunteers to help struggling students (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – Community organizers want you. Whether it’s helping out in a classroom, tutoring after school, or mentoring a teenage church group, they’re hoping to galvanize more on-the-ground service to bring up early reading skills and graduation rates.
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Official: Kids gave ‘flu shot’ with found needle (AP)
AP – School officials in Massachusetts say two elementary school children were given medical attention after they played doctor with a hypodermic needle that one of them found on the street on his way to school.
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ROTC returns to Harvard: Does officer training program need Ivy League? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – When Harvard put out the welcome mat earlier this month to reestablish a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, it signaled a thawing of chilly relations between the military and elite universities that date back to the Vietnam War.
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How Miami students can get a free college education (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – College tuition is going up and financial aid is on the chopping block in many states, but in the Miami area, one college is offering successful high school graduates a price tag that’s hard to refuse: free.
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