Two Tax Credits for Higher Education (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Getting an education is expensive. At age 44 I just paid off my last law school loan, I’m ashamed to admit. But if you take advantage of the federal tax credits that are available today, you can catch a bit of a break.
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Two Tax Credits for Higher Education
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Cheaper Student Loans, But Shortage of College Grants Likely in 2011 and 2012 (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Although the federal government will hand out billions of dollars more in college grants in 2011 and 2012 than ever before, the nation’s financial aid programs as a whole are not keeping up with rising tuition, government officials and financial aid analysts say.
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For-profit schools sue to stop new rules (Reuters)
Reuters – A group of for-profit schools on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday to stop implementation of three costly new rules.
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Report: More Government Involvement Needed in College Search Process (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Prospective students and their parents need more and far better information–particularly about outcomes–in order to help them decide the best school to attend and the federal government should take the lead to distribute this information and mandate new data requirements. This conclusion is from a just released report, “Grading Higher Education Giving Consumers the Information They Need,” by Harvard University professor Bridget Terry Long.
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Report: More Government Involvement Needed in College Search Process
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2 kids, school bus-driving mayor hurt in La. wreck (AP)
AP – Louisiana State Police say a tractor-trailer smashed into the back of a school bus driven by a local mayor while he was stopped to pick up children, critically injuring two kids.
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2 kids, school bus-driving mayor hurt in La. wreck
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FCC to expand use of Internet subsidies in schools (AP)
AP – The Federal Communications Commission wants to get more bang from the federal dollars that subsidize Internet access in schools and libraries by lifting some of the restrictions that come with the funds.
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FCC to expand use of Internet subsidies in schools
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21 communities to plan ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ (AP)
AP – Organizers in distressed communities from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., will soon begin plans to create what the Department of Education envisions as “Promise Neighborhoods,” where children and families receive support services that boost a student’s chance of being successful in school.
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Video: NJ didn’t fix grant error as governor says (AP)
AP – A video released by the federal Department of Education shows that a piece of Gov. Chris Christie’s explanation about what went wrong when the state made a $400 million mistake on a grant application may also have been wrong.
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Financial Aid: Help Is on the Way (BusinessWeek)
BusinessWeek – Students taking out federal student loans will be confronted with a bevy of changes when they visit their school’s financial aid office this fall. This spring, the U.S. Senate passed a student loan bill — the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act — that led to a major revamping of the federal student loan program, shifting everything from how students obtain their loans to the amount of aid doled out through such programs as the Pell Grant.
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Math, reading gap among Native American students (AP)
AP – Native American students at schools overseen by the federal Bureau of Indian Education performed significantly worse on national standardized tests in reading and math compared with those in public schools.
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Math, reading gap among Native American students
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