Archive By Section - Education
College begins shortly for millions of American students (if it hasn't already). That can mean thousands of dollars for tuition, books and other anticipated expenses.
August 21, 2015
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Jeff Wuorio
Deseret News
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Education
Favorite foods, catch phrases and emojis aren't the only things difficult to predict from state to state.
August 20, 2015
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Payton Davis
Deseret News
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Education
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina may be taking a harder pro-vaccination line than other GOP candidates.
August 19, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
College graduates are not all created equal, says a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Even with a college degree, the study finds, black and Hispanic graduates trail whites and Asians on key debt and income measures.
August 19, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
It’s back-to-school time, which means parents will have their hands full prepping their children for the coming school year.
August 18, 2015
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Herb Scribner
Deseret News
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Education
Milwaukee has stood at ground zero of education reform battles since at least 1990, when the city became one of the first of two to experiment with vouchers for private schools. Today, roughly 26,000 Milwaukee students now use vouchers to enroll at private schools, while about 78,000 remain in the public school system.
August 14, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
As a student loan consultant, one of the biggest challenges I face is helping borrowers of various student loan portfolios and economic needs to navigate — and survive — their student loan repayment.
August 13, 2015
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Jan Miller
Deseret News
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Education
Know-it-alls, people quick to correct someone else's error and offer random bits of trivia, should strive to be more realistic about their expertise, according to new research.
August 13, 2015
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Kelsey Dallas
Deseret News
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Education
To the outsider looking in, little has changed on the campus of Oakdale Junior High since school recessed in May to start summer vacation. As the home to Oakdale Joint Unified School District's seventh and eighth grade classes, it is the only campus within the district that transitions its student body by roughly 50 percent each school year.
August 12, 2015
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Teresa
Hammond
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Education
Our world seems to be awash in technology. Each day, some new device or app is marketed with so much glitz that Mark Twain might prefer the modesty and constraint of his derided Gilded Age.
August 12, 2015
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Taylor Halverson
Deseret News
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Education
College can sometimes be a daunting place for new students. The New York Times reported in late July that the pressure to be perfect on college campuses has pushed some students to end their lives, or suffer from mental health issues, like depression.
August 11, 2015
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Herb Scribner
Deseret News
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Education
As the Atlanta testing scandal earlier this year made clear, when schools and teachers are placed under heavy pressure to perform on standardized tests, some will crack and resort to cheating as a way out. In the Atlanta case, 11 educators earlier this year were convicted for cheating to systematically improve the test scores of their students.
August 10, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stirred the controversy pot on Sunday, telling CNN anchor Jake Tapper that teacher unions deserved a punch in the face. The comment made headlines and was hardly a surprise, given Christie's long history of combative discourse.
August 05, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Keeping teachers in the classroom by rewarding them with leadership opportunities and financial incentives can measurably improve learning outcomes, according to early results from a North Carolina-based program.
August 02, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
With more than a decade and a hallway setting them apart, two of Magnolia Elementary's newest teachers do share one thing in common – what inspired them to teach.
July 29, 2015
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Teresa
Hammond
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Education
