Thursday 20 June 2013

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june – college checklist for juniors

By Kristen Learner, the director of college counseling at The Benjamin School in High school graduations, N.B.A. finals, the first days of summer and the last days of school make it easy to get wrapped up in fun and festivities. However, this month also offers many opportunities for rising seniors to continue …

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june college checklist for graduating seniors

By Nikki Magaziner Mills the director of college counseling at St. Albans School for the New York Times's The Choice. Finalize Your Admission Make a list of tasks you need to complete before

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Swedish high school forgets to offer class needed for graduation

Skipping out on a class required for graduation is the kind of thing you’d expect from a slumping senior, but not the high school itself. Students at a high

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10 scripps national spelling bee words you’d definitely mess up

This year's Scripps National Spelling Bee is now underway, and Wednesday morning's action provided our annual reminder of just how much smarter some kids are than the rest of us. The

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improper cellphone video could invalidate AP exam at DC area high school

Hundreds of Quince Orchard High School students who took the Advanced Placement psychology exam Monday may have their tests ruled invalid after a student recorded a cellphone video at the

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new report challenges beliefs about the value of AP classes

Enrollment in advanced placement courses has skyrocketed in recent years, and there are many reasons for this spike. Students often believe taking AP courses will give them an

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hopefully, coming not too soon to a high school near you

The New York Times just ran a story a new technology called CourseSmart, that allow teachers to track their students progress with digital textbooks. Nine universities are testing CourseSmart

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7 bogus grammar ‘errors’ your don’t need to worry about

When it comes to the English language, I'm not an anything-goes kind of guy. If I were, I wouldn't have written a book called How to Not Write Bad:

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tying student passions to school subjects

What if your extracurricular activities weren’t just extra but a part of your academics too? New thinking on education intends to bring students’ interests into the classroom. It’s

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INTEL science talent search

While many teenagers were out causing trouble this weekend a group of 40 finalists chosen from more than 1,700 applicants displayed their work at the Science Talent Search sponsored by The