Posts tagged with ‘The Times

One Laptop per Child Expands Presence in Asia Region

August 7th, 2008

One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries “learn learning,” is strengthening its presence in Asia with the appointments of Anthony S K Wong as President of OLPC China and Satish Jha as President of OLPC India.
“With 40 percent of the world’s children located [...]

College debts weigh on grads

June 5th, 2006

There’s a lot Kristin Bolig has to be nervous about now that she’s graduated college. Will she find a job both satisfying and well-paying? Will making friends be easy? East Coast, West Coast or somewhere in between? Buy or rent?
One thing is overshadowing the typical worries that come with beginning a new chapter in life. [...]

Look at your school loan options

April 25th, 2006

By HELEN HUNTLEY
If you borrowed money for college and haven’t paid it all back, I have a homework assignment for you:
Take a close look at your options for consolidating federal education loans.
And if you’re in the borrowing stage, be prepared to pay more. On July 1, we officially say goodbye to the era of record [...]

Pupils ‘missing out’ on first-choice schools

November 19th, 2005

Chris Johnston
Thousands of secondary school students have failed to win places at their first-choice school and more than 20,000 have launched appeals, according to a survey released today.
The survey, published in the Times Educational Supplement (TES), found that half of 11-year-olds in some parts of England have been forced to enrol at their school of [...]


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