Posted by admin on April 10th, 2010 in Education, Jobs/Careers, Money
How much do you think teens learn about finances? Do they learn anything in schools? We’ve been teaching our kids about money since they were little. But, I’m not so sure all the important lessons have been taught (or even learned).
I’m wondering if the recent economic downfall would have happened so easily if more people [...]
Posted by admin on February 6th, 2010 in College, Education
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About two-thirds of incoming college freshmen have said they had “some” or “major” concerns about their ability to pay for their education. John H. Pryor, director of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at UCLA says, “We expected that, given what we were seeing last year in the economy, we would [...]
Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2010 in Communication, Education
According to a recent article in the New York Times, thousands of public schools have stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade. Chinese classes on the other hand have increased. It seems the Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools around the world and are paying part of their salaries.
We Don’t Value [...]