Math teacher awaits verdict in fraud trial

Math teacher awaits verdict in fraud trial
Matthias Vheru is accused of making nearly $1 million by arranging for L.A. Unified to order 45,000 copies of his textbook without revealing his financial interest in the transaction.

Sipping a cup of coffee in the Los Angeles courthouse where he is on trial for fraud, math teacher Matthias Vheru said all he wanted to do was write the best algebra book possible to help his students and those of his colleagues.

Debt Solution Options to Help Students Get Out of Debt

Debt Solution Options to Help Students Get Out of Debt
by Joel Marks When It Comes To Student Loan Debt… You’re Not Alone! Escalating college tuitions are making student loan debt an eerie fact of life for students everywhere. The average cost of tuition for 4-year colleges has more than doubled over the past 30 years. By the time you add up the cost of tuition, plus room and board, the cost of attending a private college hovers around $29,026 per year and around $12,127 at four-year public universities. Consequently, debt from educational loans

Missouri system president says furloughs unlikely

Missouri system president says furloughs unlikely
Just two weeks after gaining curator approval to furlough employees, University of Missouri President Gary Forsee said Friday that it's "highly unlikely" the four-campus system will resort to forcing workers to temporarily stay home without pay.

California schools struggling with budget-trimming decisions

California schools struggling with budget-trimming decisions
Because of reduced funding, school districts across the state are facing teacher layoffs, class-size increases and elimination of programs.

In a cheery classroom decorated with posters exhorting students to "Dive into a Good Book," four first-graders, who are struggling to read, recited words ending with the "ang" sound -- bang, rang, sang, fang, gang. The Foothill Ranch Elementary School students used their index fingers to trace the letters into squares of felt and carpet, imprinting the connection between the letters and the sound into their minds.