News from Gulf Times: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has introduced a child education plan, Walady, to help customers secure a bright future for their children, the bank said in a statement. D Anand, group general manager (personal banking) QIB said Walady is yet another example of the bank’s ongoing efforts to provide customers with innovative [...]
New Jersey announces high school grad exam planNews from Education Week News: Published Online: October 2, 2014 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey education officials say the state will start using a new test as a high school graduation requirement for the class of 2016. But the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and [...]
Eyes on Tennessee as it begins free community college planNews from The Tennessean: Duane W. Gang, dgang@tennessean.com 4:56 p.m. CDT April 16, 2014 Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tenn.(Photo: Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean) Story Highlights Tennessee Promise to provide free community college Program, headed to Gov. Bill Haslam’s desk for signature, will [...]
Strong debate over plan to provide free college to NY prisonersNews from WGRZ-TV: Dr. Gary Olson spoke with Two On Your Side photojournalist Dave Harrington about the plan on Tuesday. Joseph Spector, Gannett Albany 10:41 p.m. EST February 18, 2014 ALBANY Some state lawmakers Tuesday criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to use public money to [...]
News from Moneycontrol.com: Deepak Yohannanmyinsuranceclub.com Education inflation is a problem. Rising costs are taking education, especially higher education, beyond the reach of even India’s middle classes. And God forbid if your child is eyeing an MBA at a high-ranking institution, a graduate degree at a foreign university and so on—the costs can be prohibitive. Sure, [...]
Have a plan to pay for a child’s educationNews from Bowling Green Daily News: Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:38 am Have a plan to pay for a child’s education DAVE RAMSEY bgdailynews.com | DEAR DAVE, Our son is graduating from high school next spring. We’ve saved cash to pay for his first year of [...]
Pakistan launches education plan for children with focus on girlsNews from The Hindu: AP Women hold posters of 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai at a demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday. Hundreds of Pakistani students and human right activists are observing a day of appreciation for 15-year-old Pakistani girl who is being treated in Britain after being [...]
Parents plan for kids if Chicago teachers strikeNews from WSHM-TV: By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) – With Chicago teachers poised to go on strike for the first time in a quarter century, parents spent Sunday worrying about how much their children’s education might suffer and where their kids will go while they’re at [...]
Virginia’s plan rejects the goal of No Child Left BehindNews from Washington Post: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) may have had some flaws, but there was nothing wrong with its noble goal that every child be proficient in reading and math. Even though the country will fall short of reaching this benchmark by 2014, it’s [...]
JOE LAGUARDIA: A child’s education is part of God’s planNews from Rockdale Citizen: Rockdale readers: My guess is that not many young people from the middle and high school crowd read the newspaper, so I need to ask you a favor — please pass this along to a young person nearest you.It’s been nearly three [...]
