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No matter which part of the world you come from, chances are you have attended school at some point in your lifetime. Education is what drives the human race to evolve, improve technology, increase our knowledge, and so much more. Without education and school, learning new things and advancing our knowledge would seemingly come to an end. How else would we learn from our mistakes as a culture and society?

You're never too old to attend school, and in today's society we're seeing more and more adults heading back to school to finish up a degree, learn a new skill or trade, or to completely change careers. Attending college is one of the greatest investments anyone could ever take on – both in terms of the financial investment to pay for the cost of college, and the longterm financial benefits that an education can provide – and people are taking advantage of this investment like never before.

Just search the Internet, and you'll find countless websites on the topic of education, school, online learning, paying for college, consolidating student loans, private schools, public schools, and the list goes on. Why is it such a hot topic across the Blogoshpere? Well, without school, learning, and knowledge, we simply wouldn't be where we are as a society today.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “school”

• in Family
  Back To School Organizing
  Back to school preparations are right around the corner. By starting to get prepared early you won't be caught up in the last minute craziness and can avoid the stress that comes with it.
  by professionalorganizer4u / on Jul 4, 2010
• in Lifestyle
  Would You Want To Be A Student Now?
  Would you want to be a student in BC today?
  by itsnotpunk / on Jun 21, 2010
• in Lifestyle
  Aussie Prime Minister Reacts to School Bullying
  Australian school system seeing a rise in bullying
  by jaideepkhanduja / on Mar 4, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “school”

 

• Carnegie Mellon / Tepper Deadlines 2010-2011

  
  Clear Admit: MBA Admissions Consultants Blog — Authority: 139
  The Carnegie Mellon / Tepper deadlines for the 2010-2011 admissions season have just been released. The five deadlines are below: Round 1 Deadline: October 25, 2010 Notification: December 20, 2010 Round 2 Deadline: January 3, 2011 Notification: March 14, 2011 Round 3 Deadline: March 7, 2011 Notification: April ...
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• Birthday

  
  Lightning Strikes Everyday — Authority: 116
  Having a birthday, when you are some nth standard uniform-wearing student in school, is the most horrendous thing that can happen to you. Do you remember being allowed to wear "color dress" on your birthday? That single gap in the "color dress" rule gave way to a lot of connected events that went on to cause havoc in ...
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• Columbus returns to middle-school model

  
  Flypaper — Authority: 552
  The Columbus Dispatch has had great coverage of the struggles of– and now the proposed fix for – the city’s troubled middle schools. Of Columbus’s 18 middle schools, 13 are rated “D” or “F” by the Ohio Department of Education. Only one school scored well enough to garner a “B.” Proficiency ...
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• Churchill’s dentures fetch 15,200 pounds

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 615
  London, July 30 (IANS) A pair of dentures worn by war-time British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were auctioned for 15,200 pounds, thrice the expected price.The set of partial upper dentures was put up for sale by Nigel Cudlipp, son of the dental technician who made them.Churchill used to hide his childhood lisp ...
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• Celebrating Four Years! To Infinity and Beyond!

  
  The Habitation of Justice — Authority: 111
  Today my blog celebrates it’s fourth birthday!   Four years, and I’m in it for the long haul. It began with the intention of writing about my law school experience, and when that fell through the next blogging phase became a struggle with an identity crisis, as I struggled to decide what my blog ...
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• High-School Cheerleader Kealey Oliver Tackles Thief at Shopping Mall

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 497
  Kealey Oliver, a 16-year-old cheerleader from Moore High School, tackled an alleged thief at Penn Square Mall on Sunday night.Oliver was on her cell phone, talking to her mother, when suddenly a man started running toward her.She said that at first she wasn’t even sure what she had done. She said, “If I would have ...
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• Convergence Media Examples from Mike Koehler of Smirk New Media

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 529
  This afternoon Im learning with educators participating in the week long "Oklahoma Multimedia Teachers" workshop on convergence journalism at OUs Gaylord College of Journalism . This is the third year of the workshop here in Oklahoma, which is part of the High School Broadcast Journalism (HSBJ) Project . Earlier ...
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• Zac Efron Spends $2K at Strip Club

  
  Gabby Babble — Authority: 429
  Zac Efron and his buddy from High School Musical spent $2000 at a New York strip club on Sunday nigh, according to NYpost.com . He and Corbin Bleu spent the cash on vodka and lap dances. A source dished: “They were seated in the VIP lounge behind the main stage. There was only a rail between them and the girls ...
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• Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown

  
  Kids Lit — Authority: 553
  Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown by Jarrett J. Krosoczka A fourth book in the spectacularly funny Lunch Lady series, this book returns with the same formula of humor and action.  In this book, Lunch Lady is working at a summer camp that the Breakfast Bunch kids just happen to be attending.  This is not ...
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• 7 tips to see if your child likes school …

  
  All Women Stalk — Authority: 511
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• Approaching Neverland: A Memoir of Epic Tragedy & Happily Ever After

  
  Psych Central — Authority: 509
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• weirdest death in recent memory

  
  Jeffs Gameblog — Authority: 433
  So last night Loric the Bard, Kelgar the Dwarf and the two junior magic-users Orlen and Bob visited the Dungeon of the Unknown (i.e. the dungeon I have located at the Cave of the Unknown on the wilderness map for the Keep on the Borderlands ).  They pondered some minotaur poop, visited the halfling political ...
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• Zac Efron Chats About His Visit to Strip Club

  
  The Insider Featured News — Authority: 545
  Zac Efron was recently spotted coming out of a strip club in New York City, and spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about how he broke the news to longtime girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens that he was going to the risque bar. The actor admitted to going to the strip club with his "High School Musical" costar Corbin Bleu . "Im not ...
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• Atheist school proposal welcome under Britain’s new education policy

  
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  Telegraph : "The Education Secretary said he would be interested to look at proposals for non-religious schools from figures such Professor Richard Dawkins. Prof Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, said last month that he approved of the idea of setting up a free-thinking school. The comments follow the publication ...
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• So You’re Thinking about Giving Your Kids Music Lessons

  
  Psych Central — Authority: 509
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• Clayton College Is Going Out Of Business

  
  Published Articles — Authority: 140
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• Unnamable and Unnamed: A Personal Reflection on Diagnosis

  
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• A Tribute to Andy Warhol by Central Saint Martin ’s School of Art & Design for Dom Pérignon

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 154
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• Girls & Their Word-Games: I’m Not Mad. I’m Disappointed.

  
  The K.I.T Yearbook — Authority: 129
  Don’t you just hate it when girls say things that totally contradict each other and don’t make any sense? Here’s a really serious and dramatic yearbook letter bent on making a guy go emotionally insane with all of its idiotically encrypted, conflicting messages (my responses as a confused man will be in red – ...
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• * President Barack Obama Speech to the National Urban League (videos – full speech/transcript)

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 595
  Remarks by the President on Education Reform at the National Urban League Centennial Conference July 29, 2010 Remarks by the President on Education Reform at the National Urban League Centennial Conference Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 10:09 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Everybody, please have ...
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