Record Number Of Foreign Students Hit US

U.S. students studying abroad tend to have shorter experiences while the numbers of international students studying in the states reaches a high.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students are flocking to U.S. colleges and universities, helping to drive the number of international students studying in America to record levels. Similarly, all-time high numbers of American students are studying abroad, although there are far fewer and they tend to do much shorter

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Malala Plotter Chosen As Pakistani Taliban Leader

Man who carried out attack on now world renowned teen activist, Malala Yousafzai, last year is new Pakistani Taliban leader.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

  DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban chose the man who planned the attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai as the group's new leader Thursday, less than a week after the U.S. killed its former chief in a drone strike, a militant commander and intelligence official said. The Taliban's leadership council, or

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Does Poverty Impact A Child’s Development?

As a report finds that U.S. childhood development rates are on the decline, many are calling for increased funding for preschool.

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak
DANIELLA GAMA DIAZ, PAIGE SIMPSON, DANIELLE LEVINE

As the nation grapples over the need and cost of universal preschool, a new report has drawn a link between poverty and children’s cognitive skill sets, highlighting a trend that puts low-income children at risk of falling short of crucial development benchmarks. The report, “The First Eight Years,” takes a look at the impact early cognitive

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Study: Nearly Half Of US Public School Students Come From Low-Income Households

Education experts say the status-quo assumption of a middle-class populace is way out of date.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

For the first time in 40 years, about 48 percent of the 50 million students attending K-12 public schools in the United States are living in low-income or impoverished households. The findings come from a new report by the Southern Education Foundation, which is the oldest public charity organization in the U.S. and works to ensure “equity and

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Study Shows Americans Falling Behind The World In Skill Attainment

A lack of American commitment to education and training means the nation’s workers are losing their competitive edge.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

There are few things both Democrats and Republicans agree upon. One of these things is the common faith in the American worker. In multiple speeches, President Barack Obama has expressed that “we should never forget that our workers are still more productive than any on Earth” and that “I know this: Americans and American workers build better

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Report: Most States Have Yet To Restore K-12 Spending To Pre-Recession Levels

Budget cuts and declining tax revenues could make for long-term problems in the American education system.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

A recent report has indicated that K-12 education spending in the United States has declined since the beginning of the Great Recession, with some states reporting a per-student spending decrease of more than 20 percent. “States’ new budgets are providing less per-pupil funding for kindergarten through 12th grade than they did six years ago —

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