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Vanessa Ogle
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I've been an elementary school teacher for 14 years. I would die for my students, but I don't want to.
Julie Maresco is a teacher and a mom of two. She says in the last five years school shootings feel …
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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Wealthy Indians send kids overseas for education, says HSBC Survey
The Global Quality of Life 2024 survey commissioned by foreign lender HSBC said the United States i…
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Our 2 sons moved to Europe for college. We quit our jobs and followed.
Tiffany Fite, 51, and her husband paused their careers to pursue graduate school in Brno, Czech Rep…
Erin Liam
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I'm a former director of admissions at Cornell. Here are my 4 tips for writing a successful application for a highly selective college.
A former admissions director at Cornell shares how to write a successful college application for st…
Ashley Couto
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Wall Street tried getting into higher education. Disaster ensued.
Private equity firms made billions off of higher education. Students were left with worthless degre…
Ryann Liebenthal
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I'm a high school teacher. Taking a bullet for my students isn't written in my contract.
Michelle Donnay has been a school teacher in Minnesota for the last 27 years. She says this generat…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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As a working mom, I can't be there to drop off or pick up my kids. I wrote their teachers handwritten cards and it made a huge difference in our relationship.
"I want to let you know that I'm available from afar to support your classroom," I wrote, sharing s…
Jess deCourcy Hinds
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An NYC couple realized what tired, lonely corporate workers miss about college — fun lectures, socializing, and drinking. Now they hold events that try to bring that spark back.
Tyrone and Felecia Freely launched an event series called "Lectures on Tap," where professors give …
Aditi Bharade
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I'm a high school teacher and still encourage my students to write by hand. It helps them to learn new things.
While ChatGPT can come up with an essay in seconds I still want my students to write the "old way."…
Emily Brisse
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We have 5 kids and live on my husband's public school salary. We have no way of saving for their college education.
My husband is a public school teacher and I'm a freelancer. While money is tight, we are trying to …
Chaunie Brusie
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My son and I deciding whether he'll go straight to college or take a gap year. I'm fine with whatever he chooses.
My son and I are talking about college options. Whether he chooses a university, does a gap year, o…
Stephanie Kaloi
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I run a global tutoring business for rich families. To survive in this field, you have to ignore the wealth.
Adam Caller, who founded Tutors International, said he sees the downsides of wealth up close, like …
Lian Kit Wee
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As an English teacher and writer, I've struggled with my son's apathy toward reading. Here's how I've gotten him interested.
I'm an English teacher, and my son is uninterested in reading. But I haven't given up. I buy books …
Ashley Archambault
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It's a terrible time to be an international student. Australia is the latest country to limit visas.
Australia is introducing a cap on new international students that it will accept from next year, to…
Shubhangi Goel
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As an educator, I used to come out to my students every September. But I'm keeping my identity to myself this year.
This teacher used to come out as queer at the start of every school year in September. She no longe…
Jess deCourcy Hinds
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I grew up in Connecticut and moved to Europe for college. I never intended for the move to be permanent.
Liza Jean Miezejeski says studying in Europe taught her to become more open-minded and feels she wi…
Erin Liam
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I've been a student in the UK for 6 years. But my family in the US is getting older, and I'm torn about moving back to be with them.
After completing her bachelor's and master's overseas, Scarlett Kiaras-Attari now plans to pursue a…
Erin Liam
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Delhi University admissions: Only 6,100 undergraduate seats up for grabs in Round 2
The University of Delhi has released a list of 6,100 vacant seats for the second round of undergrad…
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I'm a high school educator. I wish parents stayed active through school events.
I've seen parents being very involved when kids are younger, but as they move in the school years t…
Jess deCourcy Hinds
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I went to college for free thanks to a scholarship. I'm still debating whether it was worth it.
A student overworked herself in high school to earn a free ride to college. But her scholarship pro…
Terryn Witherspoon-Woolfolk
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My husband has been a teacher for 18 years. This is the beginning-of-school motto our family lives by.
To get through back-to-school, after 18 years of teaching, my husband learned to only focus on what…
Saba Khonsari
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Over 65 lakh students failed class 10, 12 exams in 2023; higher failure rate in state boards: MoE
"Around 33.5 lakh students of class 10 are not reaching next grade. While 5.5 lakh candidates di…