Students

Why Asking for Help Is a Necessary Lesson

Teach Plus | Posted 05.30.2012

Teach Plus

It seems like an easy concept: if you don't know how to do something, ask for help. But recent research shows that a student's socioeconomic background affects his or her strategies for seeking help in the classroom.

7 Things You Can Do to Cut Your Student Debt Load Now

Credit.com | Posted 05.29.2012

Credit.com

People who return to school after age 40 have fewer years of employment to help repay expensive school loans, and they also need to be setting money aside for retirement. One way to compete is to minimize your costs from the outset.

Student Loans: The Real Numbers to Worry About

Ellen Schloemer | Posted 05.25.2012

Ellen Schloemer

News stories about student loan debt have suddenly become as numerous as stories on the U.S. economic recovery. For some really scary statistics, check out a recent College Board study on for-profit colleges.

Pennsylvanians Mobilize in Response to New Voter ID Law

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2012

Denise Dennis

When the voting rights of our most vulnerable citizens are threatened, everyone's rights are threatened. Democracy is not a fait accompli, it requires attention and constant care or else it might be lost.

Mom Outraged After Teacher's Aide Pulled Wrong Tooth From Son

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.23.2012

Sabrina Grant, mother of a fourth grade student with autism at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, is upset after her son's teacher's aide not only pull...

5 Students Earn Nation's 1st Degrees In Philanthropy

The Chronicle Of Philanthropy | Posted 05.23.2012

As a sophomore studying anthropology at a college in southern Indiana, Mark Lighthizer took a spring-break trip to build houses in the Dominican Repub...

One Surprising, Over-the-Top College Admissions Essay: The Fun, Lighter Side of Getting Onto College

Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz | Posted 05.22.2012

Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz

If you write about something you care about and dare to be yourself, or perhaps use a bit of irony or "tongue in cheek," you might just end up having a good time.

Community Service To Wipe Away School Suspensions

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.22.2012

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Robyn Gee Recent data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights shows that black and Latino students are much more likely to...

Schools and Communities: Stronger Together

Randi Weingarten | Posted 05.18.2012

Randi Weingarten

It's time to stop ignoring poverty and the realities that disadvantaged students face. We must instead address the factors that can and do impede student achievement and well-being.

Crowdsourcing the Student Loan Mess

Adam Levin | Posted 05.18.2012

Adam Levin

For the record, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Hitler Youth. I point this out because based on the comments to my last few column...

Moving Forward

Cory Zacker | Posted 05.17.2012

Cory Zacker

Parents of kids with learning issues have a lot of questions, but this the biggest one of all: If my child is struggling now, will he always? Listening to those who have been there, done that, is like looking into a crystal ball.

Food 101: Why College Students Should Learn How to Cook

Will Levitt | Posted 05.16.2012

Will Levitt

Too many students leave college without any knowledge of how to cook for themselves. Learning how to microwave instant ramen is not a cooking skill. When we enter the real world, we need to be able to provide for ourselves.

What Is It Like to Be a Teenager Today?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By James Wang, Quora user I am 18. Let me tell you what life is like. It's awesome and I love it....

Report Digs Into Teachers' Feedback And Finds Bias Towards Minority Students

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.15.2012

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Robyn Gee When white teachers were asked to give feedback on C-minus level essays, they gave more positive feedback when they believed the studen...

Financial Knowledge Can Be Economic Destiny

Randi Weingarten | Posted 05.14.2012

Randi Weingarten

Knowledge is power, and in the case of financial education, knowledge is economic power, perhaps even economic destiny. Individuals, families, employers, communities and schools all have roles to play in ensuring that a secure economic destiny is available to all.

Teachers' Lounge: The Mustachioed Advocate

Teach Plus | Posted 05.11.2012

Teach Plus

We should not expect the most vulnerable in our community, those who could most benefit from a proper education, to bear the highest burden in times of economic crisis.

Teachers' Lounge: The Bluff City Philosopher

Teach Plus | Posted 05.09.2012

Teach Plus

Teachers need to wake up and realize every decision is a political decision. If teachers are not engaged, decisions will continue to be done to them rather than with them.

Student Heading To Harvard After Being Homeless, Abandoned By Parents

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.07.2012

When facing homelessness, bullying, and being abandoned by family, many people might be tempted to give up hope. But for 18-year-old Dawn Loggins, who...

College Counseling

Kinne Chapin | Posted 05.02.2012

Kinne Chapin

Since listening to my peers' thoughtful advice, I have been stockpiling a list of the things that I wish I had known before coming to college -- things a little more substantial than my older brother's advice to bring an extension cord.

The New Kid on the Block: Austyn Weiner, Student at the Parson's School of Design, Breaks into the New York Art Scene

Samantha Tritsch | Posted 05.02.2012

Samantha Tritsch

Her ability to follow her passions may not have been the most atypical college experience that most are expected to have. Nevertheless, her decisions have made her the person and artist she is to this day.

The Missing Teachers

Jay Mandle | Posted 04.30.2012

Jay Mandle

The quality of public school education almost certainly was damaged. Between May 2007 and May 2011, the number of teachers in the United States decreased by 223,770 -- a decline of almost 6 percent.

Three Groups of People You Must Know to Succeed in College and Beyond

Isa Adney | Posted 04.30.2012

Isa Adney

The truth is: people are the answer to success in any area -- especially college. In order to succeed you must know how to cultivate your community.

Michael McAuliff

John Boehner: President Obama's College Tour Is 'Pathetic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.26.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's travels around the country to promote a student loan bill are "pathetic," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) c...

Can Mitt Romney Lead His Own Party?

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2012

Chris Weigant

The first issue Romney chose to show a glimmer of independence from Republican orthodoxy is an interesting one, because the deadline for action is right around the corner. Which means it will serve as a very important test for Romney's candidacy as a whole.

The New Student Battle Cry: Don't Double My Rate!

Rich Williams | Posted 04.25.2012

Rich Williams

The media and the country are just waking up to the alarming fact that unless Congress acts by July 1, the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Congress must not let that happen.