Education

Get a Refund for Baby Einstein Videos

If you were duped into thinking that Baby Einstein videos were helping your baby's brain, you can now get your money back. Three years after Walt Disney Co. stopped claiming the videos were educational for children under 2, it has announced it is offering a refund to anyone who bought a Baby Einstein video in the last five years.


Average College Tuitions Post Hikes

Reduced state spending and diminished endowment funds are making for higher college tuition for students this year, figures indicate.


Texas higher education board seeks to close gap in Latinos attending college

Texas State higher education officials are developing a plan to address the lagging college attendance of Latinos and to close the gap within that group -- where men are behind.


Zachary Christie: When Zero Tolerance Equals Zero Common Sense

Zachary Christie is a 6-year-old boy who's been suspended from his Newark, Delaware school due to a zero-tolerance knife policy. The knife in question? A Cub Scouting accessory that also serves as a spoon, fork and bottle-opener.


Hispanic Students Aspire to Higher Education

Nearly nine in 10 Hispanics say it's "necessary" to get a college education to get ahead in life -- more than any other ethnic or racial group in the USA. But Hispanic students' plans to get an actual diploma fall well below those of other groups, a survey finds. The findings, reported in a survey released by the Pew Hispanic Center, suggest several reasons for the divide between aspirations and reality.


Hispanic Scholarship Fund 2009 to Induct Five into Alumni Hall of Fame on Sept. 30

For 34 years, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund has been helping Hispanic students -- more than 90,000 to day -- achieve their dreams . Tomorrow night, with The Today Show's Natalie Morales serving as emcee, the HSF will honor five outstanding people and one outstanding corporation with induction into its Alumni Hall of Fame.


Skills, Not Salaries, Are Priority as Recession Hits MBAs

Two new studies examining how business schools effectively attract students show a clear impact of the current global recession - MBAs are putting skills ahead of salaries and alumni are less likely to give to a financial appeal.


The Next 10: 2009 Top Engineering Schools for Hispanic Students, 11-20

We present our 2009 Top Engineering Schools for Hispanic Students, numbers 11-20. For the top ten, please click here.


The Next 10: 2009 Top Medical Schools for Hispanic Students, 11-20

We present our 2009 Top Medical Schools for Hispanic Students, numbers 11-20. For the top ten, please click here.


Obama's Ideas on Saving for College

Dismal college savings statistics among middle-income families have the Obama administration pushing for a series of changes to 529 plans, the tax-favored higher education savings accounts. But industry experts gave the proposed changes mixed reviews.


The Latino Education Challenge

There's a serious gap between Latinos' successes in school, including their high school graduation and college-going rates, compared to their white peers. If we don't close that gap, America's workforce will lack the high-order skills the economy demands. There's no upside to allowing such a fast-growing demographic group trail behind.


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