Riot after Chinese teachers try to stop pupils cheating

"Last year, the city received a slap on the wrist from the province's Education department after it discovered 99 identical papers in one subject. Forty five examiners were 'harshly criticised' for allowing cheats to prosper. So this year, a new pilot scheme was introduced to strictly enforce the rules. By late afternoon, the invigilators were trapped in a set of school offices, as groups of students pelted the windows with rocks. Outside, an angry mob of more than 2,000 people had gathered to vent its rage, smashing cars and chanting: 'We want fairness. There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat.'" Continue reading

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Government Student Loan Program a Scam?

"If you think the federal student-loan program looks like a bad deal for taxpayers, imagine how it would look with honest accounting. And now you don't need to imagine thanks to a new [CBO] report that's receiving far too little attention. Turns out that the official 'savings' for taxpayers of $184 billion over the next decade really add up to $95 billion in losses.' The 'scam' is that Congress has enabled a huge subsidy for universities while claiming that student loans create huge tax savings, the editorial says. It can make that claim because a 1990 law 'requires a deliberate under-counting of the cost of defaults,' the editorial says." Continue reading

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Students Underwater

"When government gets involved in any sector, it creates massive distortions. Easy government-backed student loans have resulted in heavy debt burdens for those who have recently graduated from college. At the same time, government regulations have resulted in poor job prospects. Leading to more and more students defaulting on their debt." Continue reading

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The 10 Worst College Majors for Job Seekers

"No. 1: Anthropology And Archeology; No. 2: Film, Video And Photographic Arts; No. 3: Fine Arts; No. 4: Philosophy And Religious Studies; No. 5: Liberal Arts; No. 6: Music; No. 7: Physical Fitness And Parks Recreation; No. 8: Commercial Art And Graphic Design; No. 9: History; No. 10: English Language And Literature." Continue reading

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The 10 Worst College Majors for Job Seekers

"No. 1: Anthropology And Archeology; No. 2: Film, Video And Photographic Arts; No. 3: Fine Arts; No. 4: Philosophy And Religious Studies; No. 5: Liberal Arts; No. 6: Music; No. 7: Physical Fitness And Parks Recreation; No. 8: Commercial Art And Graphic Design; No. 9: History; No. 10: English Language And Literature." Continue reading

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Insurers dropping Kansas schools over concealed-carry law for teachers

"At least three insurance companies have refused to renew their coverage policies for Kansas schools in the wake of a new law allowing teachers to carry firearms on campus, The Des Moines Register reported on Sunday. The New York Times reported that school district administrators in Oregon are balking after the state School Boards Association, which manages liability coverage for the vast majority of school districts there, instituted an additional premium worth $2,500 for every faculty member who has a firearm on campus." Continue reading

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Professor in Jesus-stomping controversy reinstated, will teach online courses

"Non-tenured communications instructor Deandre Poole will teach online courses this summer and in the fall. Poole endured quite a lot last semester after then-junior Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon, was suspended from class because he complained about one of Poole’s assignments. According to a letter written by FAU associate dean Rozalia Williams, Rotela faced several possible charges including 'acts of verbal, written or physical abuse; threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion; or other conduct which threaten the health, safety or welfare of any person.' The charges against Rotela were apparently hastily dismissed at some point." Continue reading

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Boston University sues Apple claiming it stole professor’s 1997 idea

"Theodore Moustakas, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Boston University, published a patent for 'highly insulating monocrystalline gallium nitride thin films' in November 1997 The patent is set to expire in 2015. Boston University has not made a comment as to why the university chose this time to file on Mr. Moustakas' behalf. BU has asked Apple to halt the sales of the iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air, and has asked for damages. Apple has sold more than 100 million iPads and 55 million copies of the iPhone 5." Continue reading

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Report: Homeschooling Growing Seven Times Faster than Public School Enrollment

"Any concerns about the quality of education children receive by their parents can be put to rest by the consistently high placement of homeschooled students on standardized assessment exams. Data demonstrates that those who are independently educated generally score between the 65th and 89th percentile on these measures, while those in traditional academic settings average at around the 50th percentile. In addition, achievement gaps between sexes, income levels, or ethnicity—all of which have plagued public schools around the country—do not exist in homeschooling environments." Continue reading

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Pittsburgh police relations meeting ends with white officer arresting black teacher

"Officer Gromek handcuffed Henderson and an associate, freelance photographer Rossano Stewart, and forced them to sit on the ground. By that time, others attending the Community Empowerment Association meeting had come outside to witness the confrontation. Gromek then decided that the growing number of people posed a danger to his safety and called for backup. 'It was threatening to us, 15 police cars, four dogs, hands on the mace, hands on the guns,' Community Empowerment Association CEO Rashad Byrdsong told KDKA. 'We were the ones in fear of our life, not them.'" Continue reading

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