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Feds fund AP tests for low-income students
L.A. NOWCalifornia will receive $7.6 million to help low-income high school students pay for Advanced Placement tests, the federal government announced Wednesday.... -
New letter may help families navigate financial aid process
Like countless other high school seniors across the state, Jenna Croymans faces a time of uncertainty as she prepares to fill out college applications and calculates the cost of attending each. Jenna attends Aberdeen Roncalli High School and gets...Tags: School Examinations, Science and Technology, Financial Aid, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Awards and Prizes
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U.S. Rep. Castor calls on feds to investigate FCAT
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelU.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, a Tampa Democrat, has asked U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step in and investigate Florida's school accountability sytem, and particularly the state FCAT tests. “We need some accountability for Florida's... -
Virginia schools receive waiver from "No Child Left Behind"
Virginia schools will no longer have to meet federal benchmarks of No Child Left Behind. The Virginia Department of Education announced Friday that it has received a waiver from theU.S. Department of Education. In a news release, Charles Pyle called the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Standards, Academic Progress, Science and Technology, Students
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Number of Floridians ages 25-34 with college degree fell in 2010
WASHINGTON — The number of young Floridians with a college degree fell in 2010 to about 817,000 — a decrease of about 19,000 from 2009, according to new estimates.
The Florida drop runs counter to a national uptick in college-educated...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Government, Regional Authority, Washington, DC, Executive Branch
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Department of Education lists cheapest and costliest colleges
Berea College doesn’t have the cachet and name recognition of Harvard or Yale. But it also doesn’t have the high price tag. The small Christian school in Kentucky charges the lowest annual tuition and fees of any four-year private college --...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Connecticut College, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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Feds: For-profits could lose federal student aid
Former students in career-training programs at dozens of for-profit institutions have had so much trouble paying off their loans that the schools could lose access to federal student aid if they don’t improve, new data from theU.S. Department of...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Steve Gunderson, For-Profit Colleges
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Jeb Bush praises Obama on education, worries that GOP is shortsighted
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelJeb Bush says he doesn't “have to play the game of being 100,000 percent against President Obama,” although the former Florida governor has “a long list of things” that he thinks Obama has done wrong. In an interview on “... -
Federal education leaders urge families to compare college costs
L.A. NOWU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Tuesday urged parents and students to explore the federal government’s national online tool for college costs. The tuition figures listed in the newly revised College Affordability and Transparency Center... -
Vice President Joe Biden in Orlando Friday to talk to mayors
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelVice President Joe Biden will be in Orlando Friday to give the keynote address to the annual national conference of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The convention, of mayors from throughout the country, runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Loews Royal... -
Family connections numerous for J. Daley grandson, but politics not in the plan
Like many executives running multibillion-dollar businesses, Peter Thompson adorns his office with photos of him meeting U.S. presidents. But there's one big difference: In some of them, he's a mere child. A nephew of Richard M. Daleyand grandson of...
Tags: Business, University of Chicago, Corporate Officers, Pete Carril, Melody Hobson
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Lillian Lowery named Maryland state superintendent of schools
An outsider with experience in leading a neighboring state through sometimes-unpopular reforms will become the next Maryland superintendent of schools, the state school board announced Friday.
Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian M. Lowery, a 57-year-...Tags: Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Government, Regional Authority, Teachers
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