Education
Vietnam places a high value on education
April 15, 2016Today, primary education is compulsory and tuition "free," and according to statistics, the national literacy rate in Vietnam has reached 97.3 percent for those aged 15-50.
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Limited ACCESS for undocumented students
April 8, 2016Beyond the possible funds that the ACCESS bill would make available, undocumented students have few options when it comes to continuing their quest for higher education.
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Chicago teachers plan April 1 strike for public education
March 29, 2016Hoping to send a message to the Board of Education, Mayor Emanuel, and Illinois Gov. Rauner, Chicago teachers are set to walk off the job in a one-day strike this Friday.
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Next Einstein Forum: African countries seek to keep their brain power
March 23, 2016More than 700 persons, researchers, decision-makers, industrialists and heads of state, traced a future path for science in Africa.
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This week in women’s history: First American woman dentist
March 15, 2016"People were amazed when they learned that a young girl had so far forgotten her womanhood as to want to study dentistry."
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