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The Best High Schools In America For STEM 2012

| Kelsey Sheehy | Posted 05.30.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. Science and technology can play an integral role in boosting the economy and strengthe...

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Newsweek: Best High Schools In America 2012

Posted 05.21.2012

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Where are the best public high schools in America? Newsweek has a whole list of answers with its "1,000 Schools That Made the Grade," released Monday....

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State, Federal Errors Rank Nevada High School 13th In U.S.

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 05.11.2012

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LAS VEGAS -- Federal and Nevada state officials are taking responsibility for data errors that mistakenly launched a suburban Las Vegas high school ne...

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Principal: Errors Ranked Nevada School Too Highly On 'Best High Schools' List

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 05.08.2012

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LAS VEGAS — A principal says his suburban high school outside Las Vegas is great, but probably shouldn't win the title of 13th best in the natio...

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The Best High Schools In America 2012

| Laura McMullen | Posted 05.09.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. When considering your child's education, it may be hard not to focus on the potential ...

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5 Hidden Costs of Public High School

| Katy Hopkins | Posted 05.08.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. With two sons already through public high school, mother of four Tamara Krause assumed...

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The 10 Cheapest Public Med Schools

Posted 05.02.2012

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Going to medical school isn't cheap. The average tuition can run from $28,812 to $45,870, depending on whether you attend a public or private schoo...

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America's Best Medical Schools

Posted 03.14.2012

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U.S. News & World Report released their annual rankings of the best research medical schools in the country on Tuesday. Harvard University retained...

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'Free Market' Will Lead to Lower Tuition? Good Luck.

Jeff Selingo | Posted 04.07.2012

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But for an expense that is among the biggest of a family's lifetime (perhaps second only to the purchase of a home), we should be able to do better than rely on annual rankings from a magazine that doesn't really publish anything beyond rankings anymore.

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College Official Admits To Inflating SAT Scores

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

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NEW YORK -- A senior administrator at California's Claremont McKenna College has confessed to submitting false SAT scores to publications such as U.S....

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The 10 Colleges With The Least Debt Per Student

Posted 03.04.2012

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Want to graduate college without crushing amounts of debt? Is that even a question? US News and World Report recently named the 10 schools with th...

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Are The Cynics Wrong About Boomer Retirement?

U.S. News and World Report | Posted 12.08.2011

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Many people claim that baby boomers entering retirement are in for a world of hurt. Financial challenges due to a faltering economy have damaged lifel...

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Top 10 Pet Friendly Colleges

Posted 07.24.2011

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You grow up with, care for, and love your pet all through your life, but then you have to leave him/her behind to go to college? It seems so wrong! T...

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7 Tips For Repaying Your Student Loans (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 07.17.2011

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Graduation is an amazing and scary time. It is amazing because college is finally over! And it is scary because, well, you have to find a job. You al...

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13 Colleges That Are Still Accepting Applications

Posted 07.12.2011

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Didn't get into any colleges you applied to? Put the process off until most other people heard where they were going? All is not lost! As of May 4...

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What Does Donald Trump Have Left?

Danny Groner | Posted 07.08.2011

After all is said and done, what kind of damage will Trump's "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week" have on his future?

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Famous List-Making Magazine Full of Baloney on Airline Rankings

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

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My middle-school teacher Paul Wesche once told me that the word assume could be broken down to into three parts ass - u - me, as in - to assume ...

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U.S. News Getting It Wrong: Assess Teacher Programs Sensibly

Nancy L. Zimpher | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is great potential value in these new rankings, but not in their current format. I see a U.S. News methodology that is a certain recipe for failure.

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Turning Lemons into Lemonade: 11 Components of a Social Media Crisis Plan

Paula Berg | Posted 05.25.2011

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While crises are never welcome or wished for, they are a fact of life and an opportunity -- an obligation, even -- to show the world what you're really made of.

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Mr. Boehner, People in Burning Houses Shouldn't Brandish TNT

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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To date, the orange-faced, red-nosed Mr. Boehner has been more of a pie-throwing clown than the ringmaster of a well-oiled Republican circus.

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GENERATION EARN: A Chat With Kimberly Palmer

Manisha Thakor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Financial security is the new measure of success -- but that doesn't mean you're greedy

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What Wall Street Thinks of Wall Street

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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With movie critics split on the film, here's a look at what Wall Street's real bankers -- and those who cover them -- had to say about the movie, its 1987 original, and the larger-than-life Gordon Gekko.

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Tomorrow Starts Right Now

Oghene Oyiborhoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Welcome to college, now what are your plans for graduate school? Sorry to rein you in so quickly, but as freshman, your tomorrow starts today.

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Outing Campus Censors in U.S. News & World Report

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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In this age of campus obsession with sensitivity above all else, some may think that criticizing a university professor could rightfully land a student in hot water. But colleges and universities must not insulate themselves from serious controversy.

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How the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings Are Destroying Higher Education

Bob Samuels | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even if every school criticizes the validity of the U.S. News & World Report college rating system, these institutions still spend a great deal of money and time on trying to raise their rankings

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