A multibillion-dollar bill has passed the US House.  The bill - America Competes Act (short for the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act) - will increase the available grants of many education related agencies.  Some of the agencies affected are: National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy’s science programs and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

This bill has a wide berth - not only does it cover basic technology in schools, but it has provisions for “obsticles to development of new energy technologies” and a government funded summit to “examine the health and direction of the United States’ science and technology enterprises.”

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GSN is holding its 2nd annual “National Vocabulary Championship.”  High school students compete via a qualifying exam either online or at a participating school nation wide.  Thanks to USA Today, American Heritage Dictionary, Sony, VAIO, Mead, Chipotle, JetBlue and others students will be competing to win $100,000 in tuition money.

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In the era of college tuition prices skyrocketing it pays to hit the books and hit the college financing research center.

“Parents are building up their college bankrolls by turbocharging savings. And while Congress reshapes college lending in response to this year’s scandals, students and parents are figuring out new ways to find and negotiate the best loan terms.”

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