| Indiana Career Council continues refining of CTE Agenda Greensburg Daily News - (Indianapolis) The Indiana Career Council last week heard an initial analysis and review of statewide data regarding career and technical education (CTE), as well as received progress reports from its study taskforces at its monthly meeting in Indianapolis.... |
| 6 ways to avoid college application fees IndyStar - It’s not just the costs of tuition and textbooks that add up for college students — you often have to shell out $20 to $60 just to apply to certain colleges. But for Indiana public and private colleges, here are a few tricks for sidestepping those nonrefundable fees:..... |
| Reviving Vocational Education West Virgina Public Broadcasting - Vocational education was once a staple of American schooling, preparing some kids for blue-collar futures while others were put on a path to college. Today that kind of tracking smacks of classism. "College for all" is the new mantra. ... |
| Private college advisers expand their reach in South Florida Sun-Sentinel - An increasingly complicated and expensive college admissions process has spawned a growing industry in South Florida: college advisers and ancillary admissions helpers, such as essay editors, test prep specialists and application consultants.... |
| Texas moves to veto AP history course MSNBC - exas has moved forward with efforts to veto a new advanced placement history course, following recent moves in other states where groups are also challenging academic curricula..... |
| Free community college: Coming soon to Oregon? USA Today - Oregon lawmakers are currently exploring a proposal that could make community college free to the state’s residents. In 2011, the state set a so-called “40-40-20” goal, which declares that by 2025... |
| Middle Class Scholarship for incomes up to $150,000! Palo Alto Online - Well, I am happy to report that this academic school year the California Student Aid Commission rolled out the Middle Class Scholarship.... |
| Arizona schools clamor for state to pay up AZCentral - A year after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state had shorted public schools during the Great Recession by not fully covering inflation costs, schools are still waiting for officials to hand over the money.... |
| Colorado students protest, walk out of schools KERO-TV 23 - Students are pouring out of high schools in Colorado this week in protest of censorship. About 200 students walked out of Pomona High School in Arvada around 8:30 a.m. today.... |