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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...
Students Hit With $15 Fine For Using Cell Phones in School - Tuesday, July 14, 2009
When students in Abilene, Texas, return to class in six weeks they better not be caught using their cell phones.
Schools across the country have been cracking down on cell phone use...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NASA Challenges Students to Design Tools for Moon Rovers - Tuesday, September 30, 2008
WASHINGTON - A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools or instrument packages that could be used on the next generation of human-driven moon rovers. Student...
Revamped Spruce High focused on student achievement - Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The hallways at Spruce High School didn't sound typical for a first day of classes Monday. They were quiet. Principal Lucy Davila Hakemack's heels click-clacked smartly as she walked...
Student debt levels portend rising loan default rates - Monday, December 01, 2008
Not long ago, Dan Brown and his roommate headed from San Francisco to Las Vegas. They were aiming to win big so they could pay off their student loans.
"If you don't try, you can't...
