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How To Use Your Current Financial Aid Award To Get More Free Money From Connecticut Colleges
Every spring there are thousands of Connecticut parents of college bound high school students who are devastated when they realize that the awards letter that they received from the colleges that their child applied to are substantially short of meeting the true cost of attendance. This happens because the college’s award letter does not meet the student’s financial needs either in the total amount of aid or in the type of aid and the student can appeal the award on that basis to the college.
Every college has an appeal process that allows students to request a review of their financial aid eligibility and corresponding financial aid award offer. But before you go and contact each college then remember that each college determines its own regulations for this process, and be ready to be on your best professional behavior in order to get your appealed approved.
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Shortage of Teachers Impacts High School Rankings
Teachers and Their Place and High school rankings
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) specifically determines the quality of teachers in a school as one of the basis for high school rankings. According to the provisions of NCLB, teachers are required to be highly qualified to teach core academic curriculum, and are required to prove their competency through tests. Teachers need to have a bachelor’s degree and must demonstrate their proficiency through completion of an academic major. Finding such teachers is proving to be easier said than done. Qualified teachers are hard to find and this shortage has inevitable repercussions on high school rankings for those institutions that fail to attract and retain top quality teachers.
High School Rankings and Under Qualified Teachers
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You Can Teach Your Child Accelerated Learning
Accelerated learning is a phrase evoked to describe child who learns at a pace that extends well beyond an age-appropriate curriculum. An interesting note is given that an average curriculum is composed for the average student, it is generally rigid and unresponsive to the changing needs of most students, and therefore it isn’t surprising that many kids can easily surpass it.
According to one recent article, three states are now considering legislation that will allow 16 year olds to enter college to continue on with their education simply because the current offerings at their local high schools no longer meet the needs of so many. There is also the explosion of early entrance college programs awarding admission to youth who have exhausted K-12 options at earlier than expected ages.
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