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5 Financial Aid Mistakes to Avoid
Each year thousands of college students attempt to get financial aid to help them through school. Especially for first year students, navigating the financial aid landscape can be at least a little confusing. Some students my accidentally make these blunders that will surely effect the amount of money that they are able to get for school. Get to know what these mistakes are so you can avoid them!
1. Missing Application -
The absolute biggest mistake is failing to fill out the application. If you don’t fill out the FAFSA (free application for student aid) you will not be eligible for government grants or even government backed student loans.
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Financial Aid For Colleges – 5 Tips On Finding Cash Now
Tip #1 is to make sure that you are applying to a college that is an accredited college that will accept financial aid. Often times, many new students will not realize that their choice for college may inhibit their ability to get monetary help in the form of loans or even grants for their prospective major.
Tip #2 is to examine exactly what minor courses are available for your career choice major. To determine if there is enough emphasis on your job path, make sure that the adequate class focus is available for your needs. This can be solved with a quick trip to a counselor to determine your best suited direction.
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Two teachers on using test scores to evaluate teachers
One of the more controversial aspects of the Obama Education Department’s approach has been its insistence upon using student test scores as a means of evaluating teachers for merit pay. This is in fact something Sec. Duncan has posed as a non-negotiable requirement for a state to be eligible for $4.5 billion in grants that are part of ARRA (stimulus). These funds, a part of the badly named Race to the Top (RtTP – as if the purpose of education is a race) have led Gov. Schwarzeneggar to try to change current law which that keeps test scores from being used to evaluate teachers.
I want to share an op ed in the Sacramento Bee by 2 teachers who are part of the Accomplished California Teachers Network. David Cohen, who teaches in upscale Palo Alto, is like me a National Board Certified Teacher and a member of the Teacher Leaders Network. Alex Kajitani is California’s current Teacher of the Year, and teaches at an inner city middle school in San Diego. And they clearly make the case in their title: Test scores poor tool for teacher evaluation.
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