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FROM SETBACKS TO BACK ON TRACK More students than ever are juggling their school schedules with the demands of work, family, and self-financing their education. Many of us put the brakes on our education when all these demands become too much. Yet research shows that by 2016, more than half of all new jobs will require more than a high school diploma. So what’s a struggling student with real life demands to do? Get Schooled is here to help.
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On Wednesday, a panel of educators released the proposal of a new set of academic standards for the K-12 grade levels part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Many states, including Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, and …
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The U.S. government’s official website for federal student aid information lists 34 ways to reduce college costs. We’ve taken 5 of the lesser-known ways to share here on GetSchooled with our additional comments:
Cooperative education programs allow …
The lead story in this past weekend’s New York Times Magazine, “Building a Better Teacher,” explores what makes a good teacher and how to improve those that don’t measure up.
The government is well aware of the …
It seems like the government has been announcing more new initiatives and grants toward improving education every week, which is great news for kids in America!
This time, Obama has pledged $900 million to a new campaign …
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Yesterday, the Huffington Post launched a new a section called HuffPost College, covering news and opinions from college and university campuses across the country.
The section launch kicked off with a feature that addresses …
Today’s Washington Post contains a column by Melinda Gates, who, along with her husband Bill Gates, has long been an advocate for education reform.
In this article, she voices her optimism in favor of the government’s Race …
The choice to go back to school can strike at any time. Often in an uncertain economic climate school becomes a seemingly more attractive option to those who are having limited success entering the workforce. In …
Among the host of education reform documentaries that have been coming out recently, Ten9Eight is not one to be missed.
Ten9Eight, directed by filmmaker Mary Mazzio, highlights the stories of a diverse group of inner-city teens …
Obama has proposed increased spending towards education despite cutting budgets almost everywhere else. Most notably, his administration is planning to overhaul the last administration’s infamous No Child Left Behind law.
But with the new funds that Obama …
During last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama devoted nearly three minutes of his speech to pushing education reform. Amid the president’s proposed spending freeze announced earlier this week, many feared that education spending …
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