Fort Worth, TX to Involve Parents in Transgender Student Decisions
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The sixth largest school district in the state of Texas has issued a new version of guidance meant to protect transgender students from discrimination, stating that it will work More...
Wells Fargo Takes Student Loans to Amazon Prime Subscribers
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Wells Fargo is now offering Amazon Prime members a discount on interest rates for private student loans in a unique partnership with the online retail giant. “We are focused More...
Dept of Ed Announces Protections for Student Loan Borrowers
(Photo: Steve Castillo, Stanford) The US Department of Education has introduced a series of protections and customer service standards in an effort to implement a new vision for student loan servicing that hopes More...
Socratic App Matches Student Questions with Answers
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Three years after the initial launch of Socratic.org, the online learning community whose members have answered questions posed by over 15 million students to date, the Socratic More...
Seesaw App Focuses on Student Work to Boost Engagement
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Seesaw, which allows students of any age to document what they are learning at school, is now among the most popular student-driven apps. Developed by a former Google Product More...
Mother Must Repay Murdered Child’s New Jersey Student Loans
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A recent investigation into New Jersey’s official college loan agency has found the state has some of the strictest repayment rules in the country, causing financial ruin More...
Microsoft Entices Student Surface Pro Purchases with Free XBox One
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Microsoft is running a new promotion through August 14 through which any student, parent, or teacher in the United States or Canada who purchases a Surface Pro 4 tablet or More...
Government to Forgive $171 Million in Student Loan Debt
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Mounting student debt is not a new topic in the United States, but the government footing the bill is — and for former students of the now obsolete Corinthian Colleges Inc., More...
Teacher, Student Stress Could Be Contagious, Study Suggests
A new study from the University of British Columbia suggests that there may be a connection between teacher burnout and increased stress levels in students — and vice versa — causing researchers to More...
Cal State Bolsters Efforts on Student Hunger, Homelessness
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) According to research conducted at California State University, one in five college students go hungry, and one in ten students are hovering over the border of homelessness. Cal More...