Examiner.com – Donna Gundle-Krieg

“Financial aid for college students will be drastically expanded, simplified, and improved under the new Stimulus Plan, according to US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.“(more)

The Guardian – Polly Curtis and Anthea Lipsett

“Families face record competition for places at secondary schools in more than a third of local authorities this year, a Guardian survey has found.“(more)

The Australian – Justine Ferrari

“ENGLISH teachers are seeking to downgrade the importance of literature in the national curriculum to allow the study of an expanded range of texts covering visual and multimodal forms “as essential works in their own right”.“(more)

Examiner.com – Donna Gundle-Krieg

“Despite the many hopeful athletes in high school, a senior’s chances of going on to play in college and then the big leagues are very small, according to the High School Athletic Association.“(more)

Examiner.com – Andrea Hermitt

” A recent Atlanta news report stated that Atlanta Public schools are experiencing an increase in enrollment as parents begin to question whether they are getting what they are paying for in private schools. “(more)

The Guardian – Donald MacLeod

“More than 233,000 schoolchildren in England are “persistent absentees” – missing at least one day of school every week, government statistics showed today.“(more)

The Australian – John D. McKinnon

“The budget winners include middle-class families, low-wage workers, lower-income retirees, veterans, pre-schoolers, college students and the homeless.“(more)

Miami Herald – Kimberly Miller

“The 80-year-old mastermind of the successful Florida prepaid college plan says he is willing to spend a half-million dollars to fight proposed legislation that would allow universities to increase their own tuition, fearing it will kill the prepaid program by making it too expensive for parents.“(more)

Dallas Morning News – Holly Van

“American Heritage Academy in Carrollton has educated thousands of students in a family-like Christian setting for 12 years. But it can’t survive any longer.“(more)

BBC – Andrew Bomford

“Up to 70% of students from other European Union countries are failing to repay student loans they took out while at UK universities, the BBC has learnt.“(more)