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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Marty Rochester

The lows in higher education

BY MARTY ROCHESTERPublished July 18, 2019

Summer break is a good time to pause and reflect on America’s schools. Our K-12 institutions have come in for constant criticism as inferior to schools in many other countries. In contrast, American higher education generally has been considered the...

Op-Ed: Keep down the rates of student loans

By Alan Kalish, JTAPublished May 3, 2012

NEW YORK -- Education is the key to success -- a "silver bullet" for changing lives in all segments of society. An affordable, quality college education must be available to all, not just the wealthy. Horace Mann, the renowned innovator in public education,...

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