| Democratic report blasts for-profit colleges |
A Senate Democratic committee report says for-profit colleges place revenues above education and charge students high tuition and excessive loan rates. It says that top officials running the schools enrich themselves.
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| Senate report calls for congressional action on for-profit colleges |
(Reuters) - U.S. for-profit colleges care more about how much they earn than about their students and need more rules to govern them, according to a U.S. Senate report published on Sunday. The report blamed colleges, such as Apollo Group's University of Phoenix and Washington Post's Kaplan, for their poor quality of education and wasting billions of dollars of taxpayers' money. ...
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| 8 iPhone and iPad apps for middle school students |
 For many kids, middle school is the first time they've gotten to tackle meaty, adult topics in class, whether it's biology or the Civil War. In that spirit, we've compiled a list of eight outstanding educational apps to give your middle school student some extra resources for the new school year.
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| Culture Minister Negotiates Monaco Bulgarian Treasures Expo |
Bulgarian Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov, is leaving Monday on an official work visit to Monaco, the Bulgarian Culture Ministry informs. The main purpose of the trip is to negotiate conditions for an exhibit of Bulgarian gold treasures to be organized under the personal proposal of Prince Albert II. On Tuesday, Rashidov will meet Paul Masseron, Monaco Counselor for Internal Affairs, in charge of culture and education. ...
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| Biden: Romney doesn't see value in education |
Vice President Joe Biden, in a speech Sunday to the nation's second largest teachers unions, said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't treat public education as a priority and distrusts the hardworking teachers who struggle to create opportunity for the nation's young people.
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| Protests Over China’s Curriculum Plans for Hong Kong |
Hong Kong residents took to the streets a day after the city’s education minister warned that such demonstrations would not stop or delay the process.
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| Where city schools seem like day care |
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| What Higher Education Will Look Like in 2020 [STUDY] |
 In 2020, students may be able to travel to faraway continents, and attend a school halfway around the world.
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| 5 Startups Transforming Online Education |
Zev Gotkin is an entrepreneur and founder of L'Mala, a writing firm specializing in website content development, blogs, branding, and social media promotion. He can be reached at wgotkin@gmail.com.
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| Babysitters earn nearly twice the national minimum wage on average |
Babysitting is good work is you can get it. The average hourly rate for childcare services is $12.75, nearly twice the U.S. minimum wage of $7.25. And babysitters in the Northeast do even better, earning an average of $15.50 per hour. "Nannies and college graduates with early childhood education experience are the ones who command [...]
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