It's not news to anyone that college costs are skyrocketing. The average cost of one year at a private college or university has risen to a shocking $31,465. It's no wonder that parents and students look at that number and wonder whether a college degree is in their reach at all. However, many families overlook the tremendous costs savings that could be achieved by attending a community college for two years. Tuition at community college is typically half that of a public ins...

Online at the Back of the Line If earning your degree, especially as a mid-life returning student, is about personal fulfillment or training to start your entrepreneurship, then where or how you get your degree isn't important to you. What's important is simply that you learn what you need to learn. If, however, you're looking for a degree to start or advance your career and you'll need to impress an employer or potential employer with that degree, you may be somewhat a...

Grants Help Students Prepare for Postsecondary Education Three San Antonio Schools? high schools have received grants from the state of Texas to aid students in achieving their goals of attending college or university. The Texas High School Completion and Success Grants, totaling $200,000, were awarded to Edison Technical High School, Fox Technical High School and Navarro Academy. Each of these San Antonio Schools will use the funds in a way that will address the particula...

Superintendent Mark Roosevelt announced the creation of the Pittsburgh Public Schools High School Reform Task Force. The High School Reform Task Force, which consists of leaders of both secondary and higher education, private foundations and businesses, experts in workforce development, parents, and members of the community will carefully examine these principles and determine how best to implement an action plan for high school reform within the Pittsburgh Schools. The Task ...

What Weighted Student Formulas Do One of the primary features of the WSF is that it allows San Francisco Schools more flexibility than the previous system, called the ?staffing ratios? model. Through staffing ratios, the central office basically directed school sites to spend the bulk of their resources in a particular way, through allocations of staff and a small supplies budget. This system gave schools little control over their financial resources. Under the WSF, each s...

San Jose Schools Win Awards and Honors This Summer This summer several San Jose Schools won some kind of award or honor for their continued achievements in education. Three schools in the San Jose Schools system have won awards for successfully competing in the California Student Media and Multimedia Festival. River Glenn Middle School and Almaden Elementary entered a multimedia technology and science project into the competition. This project entitled ?Environmental Conce...

What do you have to gain by developing a positive relationship with your child?s teachers? A lot more than you might have thought! One year, when I was a classroom teacher, I had been transferred to a new school. The day before school started, I was setting up my classroom when a woman and her son peeked in?Debbie and Logan. Logan would be in my class that year and they stopped by to warmly welcome me to their school; Somehow I knew then that Debbie was going to be a fun p...

It was not long ago that an online associate degree was looked at as just another step towards a four-year degree. Times have changed dramatically, and now it is the online associate degree that can leap start your career in ways unheard of in the past. Obtaining an online associate degree is something that can be done in less than 2 years time, and last a lifetime in terms of financial rewards. While a high school diploma doesn?t get much these days in terms of job placem...

If your child had dyslexia, do you think you could tell? Would you be able to recognize the signs? If you are like most people you may not even be sure what the signs of dyslexia are. Apart from well known signs such as mixing up letters, what else is there to alert you your child might have dyslexia? Does your child read below the average level for kids of their age and intelligence? This might be an indicator to watch out for, and if found, your child should undergo comp...

Attending college does more for a person than give them a degree and a brighter future. In fact, it gives them a rich past. It gives people a past full of fond memories and joyful youth. College should be taken as an experience to enjoy not something that needs to be endured. There are some ways to make the most of your college days. First, stay in the dorms. This a great experience, most of the time. In fact, this is where you bond with your fellow students outside of the...