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Sweetwater Teachers Avert Strike After Tentative Deal Reached
After more than six months of contentious negotiations, Sweetwater Union High School Districtand the teachers union, Sweetwater Education Association, reached a tentative deal late Thursday night. The...
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More Americans are saving for retirement through their employers’ 401(k) programs. That’s because in recent years they’ve been given a strong nudge — more companies are automatically enrolling workers...
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How College Students Battled Textbook Publishers To A Draw, In 3 Graphs
College textbooks are expensive. You probably already know this. A new biology or economics book can cost $300. And prices have been soaring, doubling over the past decade, growing faster than the...
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Identifying The Worst Colleges In America
But for its 2014 edition, the magazine has done something new. It has put out a list of what it says are the nation’s worst colleges. That is, schools with high tuition, low graduation rates and high...
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Health Premiums And Costs Set To Rise For Workers Covered At Work
Fall is enrollment season for many people who get insurance through their workplace. Premium increases for 2015 plans are expected to be modest on average, but the shift toward higher out-of-pocket...
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Los Angeles schools Superintendent John Deasy has stepped down
Los Angeles schools Superintendent John Deasy has stepped down as head of the nation’s second-largest school system after a controversial tenure that saw him at odds with the teachers union and unable...
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New Research Suggests Small High Schools May Help After All
Findings from a new long-term study of small high schools in New York City show the approach may not only boost a student’s chances of enrolling in college but also cost less per graduate. The city...
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The Secret Lives Of Teachers
So where do they go, all the teachers, when the bell rings at 3 o’clock? When you’re a kid, you don’t really think they go anywhere. Except home, maybe, to grade papers and plan lessons and think up...
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7 Financial Decisions Made In Your 30s That May Haunt You In Your 50s
People often say “life is short” as a justification to do or buy something immediately rather than waiting. But the truth is, life isnot short. Life is long. The average life expectancy for an...
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Do You Need Long-Term Care Insurance?
Have you thought about long-term care insurance? Most people don’t until they are approaching retirement and the thought of turning over their life savings to a nursing home drives them to consider...
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