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  Rise of For-Profit Vocational Schools
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  By the time I graduated from high school, I had signed up for another four years of school – because getting a bachelor’s degree was the next step. I knew plenty of people who were setting themselves up for years of loan payments and somehow, this sense of solidarity helped assuage my...

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  GED Popularity Grows Despite Job Challenges and Impending Changes
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  In 2002 participation in the General Education Development exam (GED) dropped 43.6 percent . That was a substantial decrease for a test that attracted 1,016,000 takers in 2001. The drop reflected tougher standards and new, open-response questions that aligned with an increase in high school...

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  How Effective is Unschooling?
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  In a world where gaining a public education is deemed important, a small percentage of people are not participating in public school systems, or home schooling. Unschooling is a different approach to learning without tests or grades. In other words, without a set curriculum, unschooling...

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  Academic Ethics: Why Students Cheat
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  Students today face new pressures that didn't previously exist. High schools and colleges are filled with students striving to attain the best grades while balancing extracurricular activities and maintaining a social life. For some high school students, the need to impress colleges has...

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  Single-Sex Dorms: Gender Separation and Education
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  The President of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. recently wrote an editorial in the Wall Street Journal to explain his decision to return all of the school's student housing to same-sex dorms. He states that more than 90 percent of college residence halls are now co-ed...

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  China's New Prada Bag: The American Diploma
  Topic by Carrie Kirby

  In upwardly mobile China, labels have always mattered, whether the goods behind the label are genuine or not. The latest must-have brand names for wealthy Chinese are not Prada or Louis Vuitton; they are Harvard and Andover. Studying abroad is not a new pursuit in China, but the number...

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  Failure, The Unrealized Trend in Today's Schools
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  America's school system has been criticized for its downward spiral over the past decade. Policies that were once concerned with the success of the student through comprehension of the curriculum and a sparked curiosity for learning, have been replaced with policies that stress high test...

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  Gun Laws and Safety in Schools
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  On August 4, 2011, an armed individual was spotted walking on the Virginia Tech University campus. While authorities notified students on campus of the gun alarm, the individual could not be found and caused no harm on the school grounds. However, this incident raises questions concerning...

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  The Ongoing Debate of American Education
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  With the upcoming 2012 Presidential Election drawing closer, candidates are sure to address the U.S. education system. As students in the United States continue to lag behind countries such as India and China in math and science, the issue of American education remains an unsolved problem....

• Is No Child Left Behind a Failure?
  Topic by Nidhi Singh
• Pros and Cons of Teacher Evaluations
  Topic by Enelda Butler
• College: Worthwhile or a Waste?
  Topic by Carrie Kirby
• Standardized Testing: OK to Opt Out?
  Topic by Marta Segal Block
• Inventing Undergraduate Learning Modules for the 21st Century Multiversity
  Article by John H Scanzoni
• Children and Computing
  Article by Alexander Birger
• Many Students with Learning Disabilities Are Not Receiving "Special" Education
  Article by Daniel P Hallahan
• MOOCs Offer Alternative to Traditional College Learning
  Topic by Marta Segal Block
• Why Are There Teacher Cheating Scandals?
  Topic by Enelda Butler