May 20, 2013

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3 Commencements for UW-Madison Triplets

Triplets Stephanie, Kyle and Ashley Verhasselt, of Freedom, will receive their undergraduate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in three separate commencement ceremonies.

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House to Take up Student Loan Fix

House Republicans are looking at a student loan system that would give students lower interest rates in coming years but would cost students more over time.

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Nygren Promises More Money for Schools

One of the co-chairs of the Legislature's budget committee says public school spending will be allowed to increase over the next two years, even though Gov. Scott Walker wanted to keep it frozen.

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Wis. GOP Blasts UW over Tuition Surplus

Republican legislators are giving University of Wisconsin System officials a tongue-lashing over a report that shows the system has squirreled away a massive tuition surplus while raising students' rates for years.

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Wis. white, Asian Students Still Lead in Class

A new report on Wisconsin school students' scores on assessment tests show Hispanic students making slight progress to shrink the achievement gap with their white classmates in math and science.

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Sample SAT Question

  • The Official SAT Question of the Day for Monday, May 20

    Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

    Many forests in the southern region of the continent are ------- plant and animal diversity, partly because they never suffered the onslaught of glaciers that wiped out flora and fauna in northern forests long ago.

    1. click to choose answer A  rich in
    2. click to choose answer B  devoid of
    3. click to choose answer C  dependent on
    4. click to choose answer D  protected from
    5. click to choose answer E  conflicted about