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State girl student dropout rate higher than national average - Sunday, June 15, 2008
KOLKATA - Although several steps are being initiated by the state government to impart primary education to all, the annual status report on education shows that the state’s average...
1 in 4 students in state drop out - Friday, July 18, 2008
Nearly 1 in 4 of California's 6.3 million students drop out of school, according to new statistics released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.
The report, based on...
New California dropout data will track individual students - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The public today could start getting a better picture of how many California students are dropping out of school. For the first time in California, dropout rates will be measured based...
Students propose changes to new graduation rules - Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A group of high school students today proposed dramatic changes to the state’s tough new graduation requirements that would create separate routes to a high school diploma based on...
Middle school critical to students' success in high school - Thursday, June 26, 2008
More than 100,000 California students quit high school each year, but the path toward dropping out begins long before high school. Three new studies from the California Dropout Research...
We need change in student loans - Monday, October 12, 2009
If I were a recent college graduate, I would be outraged to be paying 6.8 percent in interest on my Stafford loan when market interest rates are closer to 2.5 percent! Where’s all...
No summer jobs available for Indian students in America - Saturday, July 05, 2008
WASHINGTON: Indian grad students studying in the US are finding the summer hard.
Those who chose not to go back to India for the summer break, hoping to get summer jobs, are finding...
No easy answers to nation's student dropout problem - Saturday, October 25, 2008
We heard a common theme. Dropouts are a national crisis, the problem is not something schools are responsible for entirely, nor is it something they can fix entirely.
And, as I learned...
Student lenders face lawsuit about overpayments - Wednesday, September 02, 2009
RICHMOND, Va. - A former U.S. Department of Education researcher has filed a lawsuit against 10 student loan companies to recover roughly $1 billion the companies received improperly.
The...
9 out of 10 students pass high school exit exam - Wednesday, September 02, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO - State education officials say just over 90 percent of California's Class of 2009 passed the exit high school exam by the end of their senior year.
Data released Wednesday...
