2010-03-21: Headlines
Boston.com -- Education news: The Associated Press: Today in History 2010-03-21
Today is Sunday, March 21, the 80th day of 2010. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History:
Boston.com -- Education news: Katheleen Conti, Globe Staff: McGrath returns to Andover to head schools 2010-03-21
In many aspects of her life, Hamilton-Wenham Regional School Superintendent Marinel D. McGrath has demonstrated an ability to adjust, and excel, when challenges come her way.
Boston.com -- Education news: Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent: Marshfield High in mock trial finals 2010-03-21
MARSHFIELD — Marshfield High School’s mock trial team celebrated its victory against Newton South in the Elite Eight competition last week by eating hamburgers at the local Wendy’s.
Boston.com -- Education news: Katheleen Conti, Globe Staff: To get an edge, school chief searches start earlier 2010-03-21
When it comes to school superintendent searches, the game of musical chairs among districts has become increasingly commonplace and extremely competitive.
Boston.com -- Education news: Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff: Cape case shows educational trusts can be altered 2010-03-21
As the Feoffees of the Ipswich Grammar School and Little Neck homeowners prepare to ask a Probate Court judge to change William Paine’s will, they might look to changes made to a similar educational trust in another Bay State town.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Leslie Williams: IL: District 86 weighs cost-cutting moves 2010-03-21
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Cuts to supplies, travel and training workshops are some of the cost-saving measures District 86 school board members weighed Thursday night in an attempt to plug what could be up to a $3 million gap in next year's budget.
The Detroit News: Nolan Finley 2010-03-21
Robert Bobb's vision for radically restructuring Detroit's failing education system is validated by the decision of Kansas City to shutter half of ...
Ithaca Journal: A sign of hope: ACA reopens on first day of spring 2010-03-21
We remember, but we also have a mission to continue helping immigrants and refugees," said Katherine Gruss, who teachers English as a Second Language.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Monica Scott: MI: Public school chiefs like that Obama is veering from No Child Left Behind 2010-03-21
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Many local public school chiefs praised President Obama's plan to abandon No Child Left Behind and take a more-carrot-than-stick approach to education reform. But an official with the state's largest teachers union has concerns.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Abby Rapoport: TX: The runoffs -- SBOE District 10 2010-03-21
State Board of Education candidate Brian Russell has got the social conservative circuit covered.
parentcentral.ca: State of denial: Revisionist education in Texas 2010-03-21
Dalton McGuinty is convening a Toronto summit of US President Barack Obama's schools czar and other international experts on education.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Joseph Dits and Kevin Allen: IN: Will union make allowances for school reform? 2010-03-21
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- If the South Bend Community School Corp. goes through with state mandates to lift failing ISTEP test scores at Bendix, Riley and Washington high schools — specifically, the state's list of "must do" tasks — it will have to violate the teachers contract.
Chicago Sun-Times: Panel criticizes Obama's handling of black agenda 2010-03-21
The rollicking "black agenda" debate at Chicago State University focused on African-American concerns, including jobs and education -- and whether Obama ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: VT: Billions for student aid will help VSAC 2010-03-21
WASHINGTON -- A $36 billion boost in student aid could preserve a role for Vermont Student Assistance Corp. in the student-loan process. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Thursday that an agreement on student aid legislation would provide billions in new spending on Pell grants -- rescuing VSAC jobs in the process.
Asbury Park Press: Preschool education: Should it be extended? 2010-03-21
Several of the preschoolers come from Spanish-speaking households and the children arrived with no English language skills. Yet, the district's poverty ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: MS: Policy meant to ease transfer to 4-year colleges 2010-03-21
Students from the state's community and junior colleges will be able to transfer more credits to four-year universities under a proposal approved by the state College Board on Thursday.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Dave Haney: IL: ICC approves smaller tuition increase 2010-03-21
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- An initial vote to raise tuition at Illinois Central College by $8 per credit hour failed Thursday, ending with a stalemate and at least two trustees remarking how students and families are struggling financially.
Emirates News Agency: DJI organizes orientation day for Ajman University law students - WAM 2010-03-21
WAM Dubai, March 21st, 2010 (WAM) -- Dubai Judicial Institute (DJI), has organized a special orientation day for law students of Ajman University of Science ...
The Guardian: Austin Heap: how I helped Iran's citizens to beat the censor 2010-03-21
Outside the obvious things that are human rights violations, free speech is free speech. Isn't that a very American point of view? I don't think [Haystack]
San Jose Mercury News: Opinion: Pedigo: Time for immigration reform is now 2010-03-21
As people of faith, we are keeping our eyes on the prize, just as we did as leaders of the civil rights movement and other historic struggles for justice ...
BeritaJakarta.com: With TKD, Teachers Go For S2 Program 2010-03-21
The performance-based allowance (TKD) which has been distributed since last February has been felt quite useful for civil servants; teachers at (Junior High ...
Winnipeg Free Press: Despite pressure from black activists, black support for Obama's race-neutral ... 2010-03-21
Not everyone supports Obama's approach. Patrick Graham, president of the local Urban League, a civil rights group, estimated that black unemployment in ...
Huffington Post: Courage to Fight for the Future of Our Country 2010-03-21
We march for our families to be reunited, for students to access higher education, for all workers to benefit from vigorous enforcement of civil rights ...
The Thetford and Brandon Times: Cupids fires at Thetford school 2010-03-21
Love Is… was a sell out for the pupils of Charles Burrell High who followed the story of Cupid as he told the story of love through time.
Knutsford Guardian: 'Superground' joy for primary school pupils 2010-03-21
CHILDREN at Egerton Primary School have been jumping for joy, after their playground was transformed into a £9600 'superground'.
The Guardian: Don't destroy our universities. Our future depends on them 2010-03-21
The solution is to return Polys to their core business - vocational education - slash their pointless pretend degrees, get the Government out of higher ...
Nigeria: Osuji's Success Story - The Guardian 2010-03-21
The author's command of the English language, her descriptive powers and simplicity would facilitate the drive to improve students' grasp of the language.
The Guardian: Target BNP: a battle for the soul of east London 2010-03-21
The BNP have told people that they are here to defend the borough against an "Africans for Essex" conspiracy, in which the government has paid immigrants ...
Wash Post Education: Young students compete in D.C. schools Scrabble tournament 2010-03-21
"Let's play Scrabble," the tournament organizer announced, setting off a frenzy of tile pulling and arranging and rearranging of letters. Each two-person team of elementary- and middle-schoolers searched for a high-scoring word.
Austin American-Statesman: Eight ways to ease your tax expenses 2010-03-21
That's a $250 payment the government sent out to Social Security recipients to make sure they weren't forgotten in all the economic stimulus money being ...
St. Joseph News-Press: Officials plan to improve education act 2010-03-21
Frustration with No Child Left Behind and state testing has caused the Obama administration and educators across the country to look into reauthorization.
PR-USA.net: NoMachine Offers Education Licensing to Reduce IT Expenditure for Non-Pr ... 2010-03-21
NoMachine has reconfirmed its educational licensing program for all schools, universities and charities worldwide, making it easy and cost-effective ...
PR-USA.net: National Center for Parents as Teachers Partners in Unprecedented Public ... 2010-03-21
National Center for Parents as Teachers announces that it is an outreach partner of text4baby – a new free mobile information service providing timely ...
PR-USA.net: Beverage Industry Applauds Members of Congress for Their Leadership on School ... 2010-03-21
The American Beverage Association (ABA) today commended Sens. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, as well as Reps.
Melodika.net: Labels For EducationSM Joins the GRAMMY Foundation® to Support Music Educati ... 2010-03-21
Campbell Soup Company's (NYSE: CPB) Labels For Education program, which has supported music programs in thousands of schools since its inception in 1973 ...
HollandSentinel.com: OUR VIEW — Trend in test scores is positive, but much more needs to be done 2010-03-21
Standardized tests like the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) have come in for a lot of criticism from both inside and outside the educati ...
Picayune Item: New Miss. law sets deadline for prez candidates 2010-03-21
The bill becomes law once it's approved by the Justice Department. The bill is Senate Bill 3058. New Miss. law sets deadline for prez candidates Gov.
WalesOnline: Welsh charity gives Ugandan HIV orphans school help 2010-03-21
FOR orphan Shariff Hugenyi school is not just somewhere to go. It's a reminder he is still a little boy. Because when he's not in class, the seven-year-old ...
Braintree and Witham Times: School to run leisure centre? 2010-03-21
As part of a cost cutting move, a secondary school will be asked to consider running a leisure centre. Braintree Council is looking for ...
Littleton Independent: Inspiring students, inspiring music 2010-03-21
I understood the potential power of the English language effectively set to music. When the English language is set properly, when the emphasis is set well ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Robbie Brown: GA: Two in Georgia governor's race were accused of misconduct 2010-03-21
ATLANTA — Two former high school teachers running for governor in Georgia were suspended from their jobs in the past for sexual misconduct involving students, according to state documents.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Riopell: IL: Plan to elect U of I trustees rejected 2010-03-21
A plan to have voters pick trustees to run the University of Illinois was rejected in the Illinois House Wednesday.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Michael Rothfeld: CA: UC could oversee prison health 2010-03-21
The Schwarzenegger administration wants to put the University of California in charge of state prison inmates' medical needs in an overhaul of the troubled corrections healthcare system that could save $12 billion over a decade, officials say.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Lauren Roth: VA: State schools will lose $700 million in 2 years 2010-03-21
Budget cuts this year could have negative implications for Virginia schools for years to come, members of the State Board of Education said Thursday.
Green Bay Press Gazette: More families in Wisconsin using free, reduced-cost school lunches 2010-03-21
The number of Wisconsin students who qualify for free or reduced-cost school lunches this year has jumped to nearly 40 percent.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Edward L. Kenney: DE: Delaware Board of Ed lets schools skip some snow days 2010-03-21
Delaware public school students and teachers won't have to make up some of the class days missed earlier this year because of inclement weather, the State Board of Education decided Thursday.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Sarah Avery: NC: Grant to aid work of stem cell groundbreaker 2010-03-21
An internationally known pioneer in using umbilical cord stem cells will research novel cerebral palsy treatments thanks to a $10.2 million gift to Duke University.
Grand Island Independent: Rally held in Grand Island in support of immigration reform 2010-03-21
In many cases, the children of those parents who were arrested were American citizens or legal immigrants and many said their rights were ignored by ICE ...
AnnArbor.com: Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti school boards to tackle budget proposals this week 2010-03-21
Students walk in front of East Middle School after classes in Ypsilanti on Friday afternoon. As Ericka Knowles dropped her nephew off at Ypsilanti's East ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press: AR: Ark. lottery hit with trademark suit over name 2010-03-21
A Little Rock businessman filed suit Thursday against the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, arguing that the lottery should be ordered to stop using terms for which he secured the trademark years ago — including the phrase "Arkansas Lottery."
Cleveland Daily Banner: Cleveland High cosmetology students visit beauty show 2010-03-21
Cleveland High School cosmetology students recently visited New York City to attend the International Beauty Show. Industry professionals from around ...
The Tennessean: Tribe identity splits Native Americans 2010-03-21
At stake is federal funding for everything from housing to health care, education to economic development. It could open the door to opportunities only ...
Gary Post Tribune: Ranger devoted to Lakeshore, kids 2010-03-21
"You don't see a lot of African-Americans doing the park service thing, especially around here. But I grew up fishing and hunting, whereas a kid from Gary ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Curtis Lum: HI: Softball players claim bias 2010-03-21
U.S. District Judge David Ezra today will hear a motion for a temporary restraining order after three members of Baldwin High School's girls softball team filed a federal lawsuit against the state and Maui County yesterday alleging they are being discriminated against because of their gender.
BlueOregon: Peter DeFazio: The Wages of Independence Steve Novick 2010-03-21
When you do things like vote against the stimulus bill because it has too may tax cuts and not enough jobs, it gives you credibility, and therefore leverage ...
Maui News: Abercrombie: Fixing schools would be priority as governor 2010-03-21
Right now, he said, principals, under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, must take all the blame when their students don't test well and even risk losing ...
phillyBurbs.com: Vouchers to voters 2010-03-21
This also invites greater scrutiny of "No Child Left Behind,'' which mandates stringent testing in public schools, causing many to appear to be failing ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Riopell: IL: Bill OK'd by Illinois House allows schools to skip new unfunded mandates 2010-03-21
Under legislation approved Thursday, local schools wouldn't have to implement some new rules made by the state unless the state also sends money to pay for the changes.
Associated News Today: Indiana school hopes to win Obama graduation speech 2010-03-21
Richmond, Ind. – An eastern Indiana high school hopes its unique structure and improving graduation rates win it a commencement speech from President Barack ...
El Paso Inc: EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES 2010-03-21
Undocumented immigrants live in the shadows, taking jobs at low wages, fearful of deportation. If they were legalized and unafraid, they could look ...
MiamiHerald.com: Pains and bruises won't stop them 2010-03-21
Pacheco estimates she has spent some $60000 in six years of higher education; $25000 from her own pocket, with the help of family and friends; the rest ...
Bolingbrook Sun: Son's death spurs 'war against heroin' 2010-03-21
"We all hear No Child Left Behind, but what they don't tell you is where they are left and what they are left with. There should be no such thing as ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Tom Loftus: KY: Bill to ease college transfers advances 2010-03-21
A bill to make it easier for community college students to transfer to four-year public universities cleared the Senate Education Committee on Thursday in a weaker — but satisfactory — form, the bill's original sponsor said.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Rick Karlin: NY: Senate backs school tax cap but fate uncertain 2010-03-21
The idea of a school tax cap refuses to die in the Senate, despite earlier failed efforts, and an apparent cold shoulder from the Assembly.
Southtown Star: Students get a chance to feel like stars 2010-03-21
As students from the Glenwood School for Boys and Girls made their way into Marcus Cinema in Chicago Heights last week, they strolled down ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Dave Altimari: CT: Private fundraiser foundation to pay majority of UConn president's office furniture 2010-03-21
University of Connecticut officials have turned to the school's private fundraiser foundation to pay the bulk of the bill for the more than $35,000 in high-end furniture purchased for President Michael Hogan's office.
University World News: US: Decline of a once-great system 2010-03-21
Several initiatives by President Obama have attempted to mitigate the damage but these have not been sufficient. In particular, last year's stimulus package ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Christopher Flavelle: US: Congress does repair job on stimulus school construction plan 2010-03-21
Last December, we reported in USA Today [1] that a plan to subsidize billions of dollars in school construction under the stimulus bill had largely flopped. Now, Congress has passed a fix to get the program back on track. President Obama signed the bill today.
Appleton Post Crescent: School Specialty CEO and president David Vander Zanden is featured speaker ... 2010-03-21
DE PERE — David Vander Zanden, president and chief executive officer of School Specialty Inc. in Greenville, will speak Tuesday as part of St. Norbert ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: Visit the Stateline.org Education Page 2010-03-21
Ada Herald: Hardin Northern students perform drama 2010-03-21
Hardin Northern's Vocal Department presented "Fiddler on the Roof jr." earlier in March, under the direction of Stephanie Schumann, Vocal Director.
Waukegan News Sun: Lakes High students assemble baskets for Open Arms 2010-03-21
Two years ago, students and faculty from Lakes Community High School established a partnership with Open Arms Food Pantry. This year, Key Club members ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Ernie Suggs: GA: Zero Tolerance bill passes out of Senate, moves to House 2010-03-21
An overhaul on Georgia's zero-tolerance policies, the kind of law that Emanuel Jones said he was elected to the Georgia Senate to write, passed his chamber Thursday and now heads to the House. SB 299 would give principals and school systems more discretion in how they handle disciplinary cases in their schools.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Trip Gabriel: NY: Despite gains, charter school is told to close 2010-03-21
Accountability is a mantra of the charter school movement. Students sign pledges at some schools to do their homework, and teachers owe their jobs to students' gains on tests. But as New York State moves to shut down an 11-year-old charter school in Albany, whose test scores it acknowledges beat the city's public schools last year, it is apparent that holding schools themselves accountable is not always so easy, or bloodless, as numbers on a page
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Santa Cruz County schools promote census to bring in federal dollars 2010-03-21
Teachers have a lot of influence," said Ruth Smith, principal at DeLaveaga Elementary School, whose April newsletter will have census information.
Southtown Star: Students gain first-hand look at village government 2010-03-21
Twenty junior high students in Frankfort recently learned that village government is more than a mayor, police or a fire ...
South Coast Today: Open Season: Remembering TV's ultimate outdoorsman 2010-03-21
Hunter Education Program are eligible to participate in the program. A Firearms Identification Card (FID) and hunting license is required for all young ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Encarnacion Pyle: OH: Columbus State may hold line on tuition again 2010-03-21
Columbus State Community College students likely can count on tuition being frozen for a fourth year in a row, thanks to the school's financial health.
Anderson Independent Mail: Despite programs, black enrollment hits a wall at SC flagship universities 2010-03-21
“In order to learn and have a life spectrum and the best education you can have, you need diversity,” Williams said. “There aren'ta lot of African-Americ ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By David McGrath Schwartz and Cy Ryan: NV: Gibbons' education task force to meet behind closed doors 2010-03-21
Gov. Jim Gibbons declared this week that Nevada's future education policy will emerge from a blue ribbon task force he created by executive order.
MLive.com: Political campaign rhetoric rarely matches reality 2010-03-21
Good thing Hoekstra didn't vote for the federal stimulus bill that bailed out Michigan's state budget, without which Cox's department would now be a whole ...
Southtown Star: It's your government, Not the employees' 2010-03-21
The educators threatened to scuttle a bill that would have made Illinois eligible for Race to the Top funds - millions in federal money available ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Frank Anderson: Radical change needed to improve our schools 2010-03-21
Free the teachers to take on this burden by lessening the time they spend filling out state paperwork and attending meetings held by Ph.D.'s selling their ...
Calgary Herald: Schools rise to challenges 2010-03-21
Behind any classroom door you'll find children from low-income families, youths with behavioural issues, recent immigrants from as many as 30 countries ...
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Funding sought for new Oakvale school 2010-03-21
— PRINCETON — If the West Virginia School Building Authority decides to provide the necessary funding ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Brian Murphy: ID: Proposed law takes aim at youth concussions 2010-03-21
A history of concussions and the concern of his father could not keep Kort Breckenridge from suiting up for Teton High against Sugar-Salem on Oct. 7, 2005.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Linda B. Blackford: KY: Proposal to alter principal hiring process gains new life 2010-03-21
In a surprise move Thursday, the Senate Education Committee tacked a controversial and embattled bill about school principal selection onto a House measure to create a Kentucky Literacy Day and then approved it without discussion.
Concord Monitor: Bolder education reform plan needed 2010-03-21
Nor is competition between states for federal money, the key component of Obama's Race to the Top incentive program, the answer.
GoErie.com: Obama education plan earns mixed grades from Erie, national educators 2010-03-21
"We were expecting to see a much broader effort to truly transform public education for kids," National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By John Lyon: AR: Student who sued over confiscated cell phone loses appeal 2010-03-21
The Arkansas Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by a high school student who sued his teacher after she confiscated his cell phone.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Dorie Turner, The Associated Press: GA: State taps lottery reserves 2010-03-21
State officials are dipping into reserves to help pay for education programs funded by the Georgia Lottery for the first time in nearly a decade, as ticket sales lag behind the growth of the HOPE scholarship and statewide prekindergarten.
Florida Times-Union: Private schools have fewer students, public schools more 2010-03-21
TALLAHASSEE - Even as the Legislature debates a proposal that could expand access to a scholarship program for private school voucher ...
Baltimore Sun: Broadband plan holds great promise for minority access 2010-03-21
A recent study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that African-Americans and Hispanics in those categories are adopting broadb ...
Green Bay Press Gazette: Ghost of referendums past haunts Green Bay School District's new push for funds 2010-03-21
There's plenty for voters to consider when it comes to April's $16.7 million Green Bay ...
OfficialWire: U.S. Supreme Court: Court To Decide Whether Minor Drug Offenses Should Lead ... 2010-03-21
Alsol has since pursued her education, obtained her medical assistant's certificate and married a US citizen. Immigrant-rights advocates maintain similar ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: AZ: Ariz. House considers 3rd-grade reading standards 2010-03-21
The Arizona House has given preliminary approval to a measure that would require school districts to hold back third-graders who score far below grade-level reading standards.
Richmond Times Dispatch: Jackson Ward hopes for revival 2010-03-21
And as segregation's grip eased, African-Americans embraced education and job opportunities that hadn't been available during Jim Crow.
Orlando Sentinel: Mike Thomas says merit pay rewards good teachers, punishes bad ones 2010-03-21
Just ask President Obama, whose federal Race to the Top grants triggered this battle. Obama says if there is no merit pay, there won't be any ObamaBucks.
MLive.com: Carnival at elementary school in Manchester fun for all - The Jackson Citizen Patriot 2010-03-21
Jeremiah Wilson | Jackson Citizen PatriotTyler Grigonis,11, of Manchester reaches for a “lucky coin” in order to win a ticket ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jordan Blum: LA: Higher education cuts loom 2010-03-21
State higher education leaders Thursday were preparing to cut another $85 million from their budgets after receiving word from the Jindal administration.
WatertownDailyTimes.com: 'WE NEED TO GET BETTER' 2010-03-21
Watertown High School's placement earlier this school year on the "schools in need of improvement" list under the No Child Left Behind Act for low English ...
NYT > Education: In Texas Curriculum Fight, Identity Politics Leans Right 2010-03-21
In the fight over curriculum, conservatives in Texas have more in common with liberals than they think.
BlueOregon: Peter DeFazio: The Wages of Independence 2010-03-21
When you do things like vote against the stimulus bill because it has too may tax cuts and not enough jobs, it gives you credibility, and therefore leverage ...
Times of Malta: Workshop on future of education 2010-03-21
In a recent workshop organised by Microsoft Malta, a group of leaders in Maltese Education discussed the future of education, the major transformations ...
Richmond Times Dispatch: Schapiro: Future votes woven into state budget 2010-03-21
•Spending $9 million to build an education center at the Virginia War Memorial, it makes sense to run it once it's completed this year.
The Ledger: Knowledge of FCATs' Tactics Helps Teachers Give Students an Edge 2010-03-21
Fast ForWord, which is in every traditional school in the district, is for all students but is especially helpful for English language learners and student ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jennifer D. Jordan: RI: Obama effigy found in Central Falls, RI, high school classroom 2010-03-21
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — A teacher at Central Falls High School has been disciplined after School Supt. Frances Gallo discovered a doll representing President Obama hanging upside down in effigy in the teacher's third-floor classroom Monday afternoon. The doll wore a sign: "Fire CF teachers."
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Michelle Manchir: IL: Sexting bill passes Illinois Senate 2010-03-21
Students under 18 who use computers or cell phones to share nude photos of their peers would earn little more than a scolding under a measure the Illinois Senate approved Thursday to address the "sexting" phenomenon.
Journal Times: Principal's posting of grades served purpose 2010-03-21
He conceded his actions were probably a violation of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects the privacy of a student' ...
Peoria Journal Star: Rove rallies against health care bill during visit to E. Peoria 2010-03-21
An opportunity to peddle his new book, inspire Republicans and rail against the proposed Obama health care plan brought President ...
Houston Chronicle: Liz Carpenter was press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson and wrote speeches ... 2010-03-21
1978: Appointed by President Jimmy Cater to serve as Assistant Secretary of Education for Public Affairs. 1985: Inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame ...
Comtex Smartrend: Uptrend Spotted in Shares of Education Realty Trust (EDR) 2010-03-21
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Education Realty Trust (NYSE:EDR) on January 21, 2010 at $5.59. In approximately 2 month ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Janese Heavin: MO: College leaders OK scholarship equity 2010-03-21
Some private college presidents have given up their fight against Missouri lawmakers who want to equalize Access Missouri scholarships.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Dennison: MT: What happens to Otter Creek coal revenue, regarding schools and other programs 2010-03-21
While Thursday's lease of state coal in the Otter Creek Valley creates an $86 million windfall for the state next month, the ultimate decision on how to spend it is a year off — at the 2011 Legislature.
North Platte Telegraph: Rural school administrators planning for 'funding cliff' 2010-03-21
Regardless of how they fared in the 2010-11 state aid figures certified last week by the state Legislature, Central Nebraska' ...
Scranton Times-Tribune: Job search-related companies see boom in business during recession 2010-03-21
A lot of students are taking advantage of money President Barack Obama put in his stimulus package for education, said Marianne Pindar, director of ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staci Hupp: IA: ISU, UNI athletics face end to use of tax money 2010-03-21
Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa officials would have until September to draw up plans to wean their athletic departments off taxpayer money under a proposal state regents will consider next week.
Washington Daily News: Candidates hold forth at county convention 2010-03-21
The federal stimulus packages have failed to revive the economy, Carter argued. “The private sector creates jobs,” he said. “Government is holding us back ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: DE: Delaware House OKs tax refunds to college accounts 2010-03-21
Legislation to make it possible for people to have their state tax refunds deposited directly into a Delaware College Investment Plan account passed the House unanimously Thursday.
Victoria Times Colonist: At your service 2010-03-21
ESL taught by professional teachers, at VIRCS we speak 14 languages. Find jobs or training for immigrants. Tel. 250-361-9433. Hsin I Tai Chi and Qi Gong ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Melissa B. Taboada: TX: UT, A&M joining others in transition to federal direct loan program 2010-03-21
As federal lawmakers prepare to possibly eliminate the primary program through which students currently obtain loans to pay for college, Texas universities are joining thousands across the country abandoning the bank-based system.
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle: Montgomery County schools tighten budget belts 2010-03-21
School and state officials expect to learn next month whether Tennessee will be selected to receive federal Race to the Top money, which is part of ...
Journal: Immigrant finds perfect match for his dreams - Las Vegas Review 2010-03-21
He fought his antagonists with his fists, and he struggled in school as the English language got the best of him. But by middle school, the boy who ...
Green Bay Press Gazette: High school honors 2010-03-21
Students from Wisconsin high school and college technical education programs won the nation's highest awards at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skill ...
Southtown Star: Southland teachers face mass layoffs 2010-03-21
Colleen McQuillan, a single mother of three, borrowed her mom's pink button-down shirt after receiving a letter informing her she's out of ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Pat Kossan: AZ: Cuts to all-day kindergarten big problem for schools, parents 2010-03-21
State lawmakers last week permanently cut the funding that made the programs possible in many schools, and now parents, public-school districts and charter schools around the state are struggling to find ways to keep them going.
Gary Post Tribune: School board races cast in stone 2010-03-21
Ten Lake County communities plan to elect their local school board representatives. Here are how the races break down: Incumbents Thomas K. Hoffman ...
Cherry Hill Courier Post: Governor needs to slash 2010-03-21
Unfortunately, the unions are against school vouchers that would bring this about. The governor's efforts are only a first step.
Boston Herald: Obama watch 2010-03-21
Education Secretary Arne Duncan got a grilling from congressional leaders - and teacher unions - over a proposed scrapping of the Bush-era No Child Left ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: ND: NDSU hires new VP for finance, administration 2010-03-21
North Dakota State University has hired a new vice president for finance and administration.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Chelsea Schneider Kirk: IN: Full day kindergarten hurt by sour economy, cost 2010-03-21
Northwest Indiana parents who pay their school districts for full-day kindergarten may face steeper costs next year as districts struggle to find revenue in the wake of $300 million in cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Larissa Chinwah: IL: Teachers safe for now in Huntley Dist. 158 2010-03-21
While school districts across the area are reducing staff in order to make up decreased revenue from the state, the Huntley Unit District 158 school board shaved a further $2 million from its draft 2010-2011 budget without laying off teachers.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: NC: Legislators' grades weighted - heavily 2010-03-21
The N.C. Association of Educators, an organization of mostly teachers, released its grades for legislators Thursday.
Waterbury Republican American: Liberals get a taste of 'balance' 2010-03-21
Lack of balance is the charge being levied against the Texas Board of Education after it inserted changes to new standards in social-studies programs ...
Today's Zaman: Covered women still awaiting solution to discrimination 2010-03-21
... in society is a strong indication that the public is strongly opposed to the practice, which deprives thousands of women of their right to an education.
Huntington Herald Dispatch: Achievements & Announcements 2010-03-21
The national initiative was developed in 1990 to celebrate the writings of African Americans. Twenty-one years later, there are more than 1 milli ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jason Clayworth: IA: Iowa schools making doomsday predictions, Senate leader says 2010-03-21
School officials have made "doomsday-scenario budgets" but the reality is much brighter, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal told reporters today.
New York Times: Who Grades the Graders? 2010-03-21
While we had mixed feelings about President Obama's plans for reworking the No Child Left Behind Act, he got it right when he called on the states to create ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: AL: Gag order issued in UAH shooter case 2010-03-21
The judge set to preside over accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop's upcoming preliminary hearing Tuesday on capital murder and attempted murder charges issued a gag order in the case today.
Thaindian.com: For teachers and parents, here's a new motivation manual 2010-03-21
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Life is not a race but if one treats it like one, then a false start doesn't mean that the race is lost, says V. Raghunath ...
Albany Times Union: Ex-Watervliet school chief repays sick time 2010-03-21
The former superintendent of Watervliet schools paid back more than $7000 in improperly credited sick time to the school district, the current district head ...
Green Bay Press Gazette: Government and School Board Meetings 2010-03-21
Brown County Community Options Program Planning Committee, 8:30 am, Sophie Beaumont Building, 111 N. Jefferson St., Board Room B, Green Bay.
Comtex Smartrend: New Oriental Education (EDU) Price Target Raised Alert, Watch for 14.8 ... 2010-03-21
New Oriental Education (NYSE:EDU) maintained Buy, target raised to $95 from $88, at Brean Murray. The stock closed yesterday at $85.04 ...
Tallahassee Democrat: County mulls LGBT rights 2010-03-21
Protections would come in the areas of employment, housing, education and public accommodation. County commissioners are expected to talk about ...
Cleveland Daily Banner: School Activities 2010-03-21
Students at Arnold Elementary School will participate in a Cystic Fibrosis Mini-Walk and fundraiser Friday at 1:30 pm The students will be busy this week ...
The Virginian-Pilot: Norfolk State to host immigration conference 2010-03-21
He said scholars have rarely examined how African Americans react to immigrants of color. "I want people to realize that responses to immigrant ...
Detroit Free Press: Obama visit pumps up UM 2010-03-21
"At our school, we embrace diversity. We embrace historical moments," Winfrey said. Abhishek Mahanti, a computer science senior, said Michigan is a good ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Kenyan students assured maximum security 2010-03-21
Ugandan Minister for higher Learning, Mwesigwe Bukhataan, says the Ugandan government will ensure that the rights of East African students in Uganda who vie ...
The Register-Guard: Scoring the stimulus | How a $3.9 billion federal infusion into Oregon ... 2010-03-21
Education got $279 million, mostly to pay teachers and other school and university employees. Separately, hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars ...
Jakarta Post: South Sumatra boasts free school for public, professional 2010-03-21
Reporters and public alike can sharpen their journalistic skills at the Indonesian School of Journalism (SJI) in Palembang, South Sumatra, for free.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: MA: Harvard will raise tuition 2010-03-21
Harvard University will increase tuition next school year by 3.8 percent, the school announced yesterday, bringing the annual cost of a Harvard education, including room and board, to $50,724.
La Crosse Tribune: Three area schools looking to voters for operating, maintenance costs 2010-03-21
The tight quarters also leaves several teachers without classrooms and vocational programs in need, Burhop said. English language learner programs — ...
Southtown Star: Quinn, Brady spar over education, budget, jobs 2010-03-21
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican Bill Brady took rhetorical shots at each other in one of their first joint appearances following victories in their ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Loren Moreno: HI: More freshmen urged to Step Up 2010-03-21
Some 1,800 high school freshmen have pledged to work toward a more rigorous diploma known as the Board of Education's "Step Up" Recognition Diploma, but officials are hoping to get hundreds more students to step up.
Tampa Tribune: Eliminate tenure, but don't trample teachers 2010-03-21
President Barack Obama's "Race to the Top" education reform encourages performance pay. Florida is one of the 14 states that is a finalist for ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Liam Farrell: MD: House panel split on private school funding 2010-03-21
The fate of controversial legislation granting tax credits for contributions to private and public schools now rests in the hands of a divided House of Delegates committee.
Manteca Bulletin: Volunteer to help teachers in classroom 2010-03-21
Any many of you know teachers throughout the state of California received “pink slips” on or after March 15. The school boards are required to send these ...
Education News Hyderabad: US general public expecting Education bailout too? 2010-03-21
NYC: Speed up the passage of student loan reform; lift the heavy burden of financing. It is a cause for extreme concern when the general public ...
Express Buzz: Congress keen on quota for Muslims: Rosaiah 2010-03-21
People speaking for equality for all indians or those speaking only for minortities& their privileges? Hope indian intellectuals& media wake up from bribed ...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader: Very few rays of Sunshine 2010-03-21
The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office. Ap photo The review included ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Matthew Stone: ME: Money there for some schools 2010-03-21
Maine school districts will have access to $41.4 million in school construction bonds this year, but they have to move fast to get the money.
AnnArbor.com: Nominate a deserving high school student for AnnArbor.com's Young Citizen ... 2010-03-21
There's still time to nominate a deserving young person for AnnArbor.com's Young Citizen of the Year Award. The award honors community service ...
NYT > Education: $1 Million Question: Will Math Expert Accept Prize? 2010-03-21
The mathematician, a recluse, won $1 million for solving one of the most intractable problems in his field, but he did not show up to accept a previous award.
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle: Austin Peay State University's Center for Extended and Distance Educati ... 2010-03-21
The following courses are being offered by Austin Peay State University's Center for Extended and Distance Education. HR Certificate—Part 2 will meet ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jodi S. Cohen: IL: NIU probes motives, response to 2008 shootings 2010-03-21
Steven Kazmierczak wanted infamy. He wanted video game-style bloodshed. And perhaps most of all, he wanted to punish Northern Illinois University, the "surrogate family" that had kept his demons at bay but that he felt ultimately abandoned him.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Matt Friendman: NJ: State school board group ask Christie to suspend school budget elections 2010-03-21
The New Jersey School Boards Association yesterday called on lawmakers and Gov. Chris Christie to suspend this year's school budget elections so districts can grapple with unprecedented cuts in aid announced this week.
Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Budget amendment gains school board approval 2010-03-21
Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, approved a budget amendment as well as teacher tenure recommendations and bids for pest control ...
WREX-TV: WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderCommunity shares ideas for District 205' ... 2010-03-21
Dr. Sheffield hopes potential Race to the Top funding, along with support from city leaders can help achieve that. "If we want to make sure we have gre ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Riopell: IL: Plan could let schools opt out of new rules 2010-03-21
Under legislation approved Thursday, local schools wouldn't have to implement some new rules made by the state unless the state also sends money to pay for the changes.
ChrisD.ca: Trojans, Raiders Crowned High School Basketball Champions 2010-03-21
Vincent Massey clinched the 2010 Milk Provincial “AAAA” Girls High School Basketball Championships Saturday at the Investors Group Athletic Centre.
Monroe News Star: DOE hotlines opened for test preparation 2010-03-21
Also on the Web site is EAGLE, a resource designed to provide teachers and administrators in third through 12th grades with access to tests based on ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jeannine Koranda: KS: No tax increase, but schools would take a hit in latest Kansas budget plan 2010-03-21
The House Appropriations Committee passed a $5.1 billion budget proposal Thursday that includes no tax increases and would cause public schools to lose $172 million.
Galesburg Register-Mail: Editors' Roundtable: Education Funding 2010-03-21
By Anonymous As many as 17000 school personnel could be laid off for next school year due to state funding problems. What should the state do about this?
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Maria Burnham, The Associated Press: MS: Colleges eye rate hike for boarding 2010-03-21
The leaders of Mississippi's eight public universities presented the state College Board with requests to raise room-and-board rates Thursday but were told to come back next month with proposals for the long-term upkeep of dorms, not just the bare minimum needed to scrape by.
ENC Today: No Child Left Behind mandates Rochelle Middle School undergo restructuring ... 2010-03-21
After reviewing the No Child Left Behind options, Lenoir County Board of Education member Bruce Hill said he believed the committee's decision to transform ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Erik Eckholm: NC: School suspensions lead to legal challenge 2010-03-21
CHOCOWINITY, N.C. — As school let out one day in January 2008, students from rival towns faced off. Two girls flailed away for several seconds and clusters of boys pummeled each other until teachers pulled them apart.
2010-03-20: Headlines
OregonLive.com: Are high school transfers out in Portland for neighborhood schools? 2010-03-20
The other transfers -- to alternative or magnet schools and those required by the federal No Child Left Behind program -- could continue with few changes.
Boston.com -- Education news: Jeff Barnard, Associated Press Writer: Ore. town uses geothermal energy to stay warm 2010-03-20
When snow falls on this downtown of brick buildings and glass storefronts in southern Oregon, it piles up everywhere but the sidewalks. It's the first sign that this timber and ranching town is like few others.
Boston.com -- Education news: RI asst. principal on leave after accusations 2010-03-20
An assistant principal at a Providence high school has been placed on leave until police complete an investigation into child abuse accusations.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Abby Rapoport: TX: The runoffs -- SBOE District 10 2010-03-20
State Board of Education candidate Brian Russell has got the social conservative circuit covered.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Monica Scott: MI: Public school chiefs like that Obama is veering from No Child Left Behind 2010-03-20
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Many local public school chiefs praised President Obama's plan to abandon No Child Left Behind and take a more-carrot-than-stick approach to education reform. But an official with the state's largest teachers union has concerns.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: VT: Billions for student aid will help VSAC 2010-03-20
WASHINGTON -- A $36 billion boost in student aid could preserve a role for Vermont Student Assistance Corp. in the student-loan process. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Thursday that an agreement on student aid legislation would provide billions in new spending on Pell grants -- rescuing VSAC jobs in the process.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Leslie Williams: IL: District 86 weighs cost-cutting moves 2010-03-20
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Cuts to supplies, travel and training workshops are some of the cost-saving measures District 86 school board members weighed Thursday night in an attempt to plug what could be up to a $3 million gap in next year's budget.
Lancaster Eagle Gazette: YOUNG STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO GET MORE VACCINES 2010-03-20
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Ohio will require students entering kindergarten and seventh grade to get more shots starting in the new school year.
Fox 59: Richmond, Ind., school enters contest to win Obama commencement speech 2010-03-20
A team of Richmond High School students and educators spent 10 days writing essays and producing a video for the national Race to the Top High School ...
Phoenixville News: Spring-Ford Intermediate School students enter great mail race 2010-03-20
ROYERSFORD -- At a time when text messages, e-mail and web cameras seem to be the way for young people to communicate, an activity called the Great Mail ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Joseph Dits and Kevin Allen: IN: Will union make allowances for school reform? 2010-03-20
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- If the South Bend Community School Corp. goes through with state mandates to lift failing ISTEP test scores at Bendix, Riley and Washington high schools — specifically, the state's list of "must do" tasks — it will have to violate the teachers contract.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Dave Haney: IL: ICC approves smaller tuition increase 2010-03-20
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- An initial vote to raise tuition at Illinois Central College by $8 per credit hour failed Thursday, ending with a stalemate and at least two trustees remarking how students and families are struggling financially.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: MS: Policy meant to ease transfer to 4-year colleges 2010-03-20
Students from the state's community and junior colleges will be able to transfer more credits to four-year universities under a proposal approved by the state College Board on Thursday.
Frederick News Post: 'Seeing Heaven in the Face of Black Men' 2010-03-20
Ewing said he believes many in the social justice, political and religious communities who support racial justice and harmony got complacent after Obama' ...
San Francisco Chronicle: GOP grabs illegal immigration as election issue 2010-03-20
Moreover, a recent Pew Research study showed illegal immigration ranks at the bottom of the 20 leading issues with voters, who are far more concerned ...
BBC News: Obama's health bid: Your views 2010-03-20
It infringes on state rights. No such large entity as the federal government can manage such an enormous part of the economy for people.
Opposing Views: Blind Justice: Statistics vs. The Real World 2010-03-20
In an effort to clean their books and escape the Obama justice probe, the school has gone from a policy of equal enforcement to one where yellow student ...
Firedoglake: Ask And You Shall Receive: Fifty Point Third Party Platform 2010-03-20
The Gaian Independence and Social Justice Party recognizes that our mother Gaia is an interconnected living system of which we are a part; that all hum ...
Nation on Sunday: Election is not a tamasha 2010-03-20
We also have the issue of a need for a revolution in education. Then, when it comes to justice, we have proposed some legislative reforms.
Osceola News-Gazette: Briefs on Iran, oil, taxes, the dollar, double standards, etc. 2010-03-20
Ditto the late Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black and West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, each a former member of the Ku Klux Klan. Yet former Senate Republic ...
NPR: Rep. Gutierrez On Why The Health Bill Has His Vote 2010-03-20
He appointed a Supreme Court justice, a woman, Latina; more health care under the SCHIP program for children and for mothers; more money for education;
North County Times: LETTERS: NCT, March 20, 2010 2010-03-20
Press your Sacramento legislators to change the law to keep even first-time offenders in prison for life so that these families and others will find justice ...
Arab Times: Med pot users fall victims to criminals 2010-03-20
Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, but the Obama administration loosened its guidelines for prosecutions of medical pot last year. The Justice ...
W&M The Dog Street Journal: Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter Linda Greenhouse Speaks to Students 2010-03-20
Also heavily discussed was the possible retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens in the near future. As to how President Obama will react to the opening ...
HeraldNet: Medical pot frequent target for crime 2010-03-20
Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, but the Obama administration loosened its guidelines for prosecutions of medical pot last year. The Justice ...
OregonLive.com: Students from Portland's Lincoln High take civics from classroom to citizenship 2010-03-20
She was surprised to find that her teachers were 16-, 17- and 18 year-old high school students. But that didn't deter her. "I thought I would learn a lot ...
Tampa Tribune: Pasco letters, March 20 2010-03-20
The Krewe of Chasco, however, which stereotypes Native Americans and mocks Native American spirituality, meets the parade criteria. If this is true ...
Los Angeles Times: Despite pressure from black activists, black support for Obama's race-neutral ... 2010-03-20
But now, "nobody can go to Obama and say, 'This is what African-Americans want,'" said David Bositis, an expert on black politics at the Joint Center ...
Los Angeles Times: Real immigration reform, now 2010-03-20
Thousands of our best and brightest students, brought to this country as small children, have limited access to higher education and legal employment.
NYT > Education: Corner Office: Guy Kawasaki: I Want 5 Sentences, Not 'War and Peace' 2010-03-20
Guy Kawasaki, co-founder of the Alltop news aggregation site, says business schools need to teach students how to communicate more concisely.
Bradenton Herald: Civil rights lawyer delivers message of tolerance 2010-03-20
Frequently, immigrants who are in the United States without proper documents fail to report crimes against them, he said.
Minneapolis Star Tribune: George Will: Education is not a matter of civil rights 2010-03-20
By not allowing black children access to better education in Washington DC, the Obama Administration makes itself clear that it does ...
WAND: African-Americans host Obama symposium in Chicago 2010-03-20
Topics included education and the economy. Those in attendance included civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakh ...
Cumberland Times-News: Public comment sought on K-12 plan 2010-03-20
This group has received feedback from teachers, post secondary educators, civil rights groups, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities;
Socialist Project: Canada's Long Embrace of the Honduran Dictatorship 2010-03-20
Ignoring the ongoing abuses of human rights in the country under the new coupist presidency of Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo, Kent has been following through ...
ReliefWeb: Human Rights Council adopts outcome of Universal Periodic Review on Ethiopi ... 2010-03-20
... a victim of the unjust economic order and facing many challenges, progress had been achieved in terms of health, education, rights of disabled per ...
The News International: IIU holds ELT workshop for teachers 2010-03-20
By Our correspondent The Department of English (FLL) of International Islamic University (IIU) conducted a one-day training workshop on English Language ...
The Hill: Pelosi inches closer to 216 as fence-sitters pledge 'yes' vote 2010-03-20
DeGette said a move allowing the enrollment resolution to go forward would put “somewhere between 40 and 55” pro-abortion rights votes at stake.
The Hill: The 20 House Democrats who will decide the fate of the healthcare reform bill 2010-03-20
DeFazio voted for the health bill last year, but he rejected the stimulus and the climate change bill in 2009. * Marcy Kaptur (Ohio) Kaptur is torn.
The Guardian: Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20
Quite the contrary: as the response of the Obama administration suggests, the reversion to Keynesian economics is but a tactical retreat.
Wandsworth Borough Guardian: Underground classrooms for Hornsby House School in Balham 2010-03-20
Hornsby House School in Balham is saving on space by building several new classrooms underground. Two thirds of its ground-breaking new ...
Washington Post: At TC Williams High School, a 'low achieving' label is a wake-up call 2010-03-20
Things only got worse when Sherman told the teachers that we had four options for corrective action, three of which would probably involve firing at least ...
Washington Post: On Leadership 2010-03-20
Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the senior director of Harvard Project Zero ...
Wash Post Education: D.C. Schools Chanceller Rhee taps media adviser Anita Dunn to help improve image 2010-03-20
Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, whose image has been frayed by a series of high-profile news controversies, is turning to former White House communications director and veteran Democratic media consultant Anita Dunn for help.
Washington Post: Willingham on Obama's vision for education 2010-03-20
We will not have a race to the top. We will have a scramble from the bottom. Perhaps the best news is that about 90% of schools won't be affected—only those ...
Wash Post Education: Washington region's unemployment rate hits 6.9% in January, 20-year record 2010-03-20
The unemployment rate in the Washington region soared to 6.9 percent in January, according to government data released Friday. It is the area's highest level in 20 years of record-keeping.
Austin American-Statesman: College readiness overlooked in social studies fight 2010-03-20
Those kudos were echoed by Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott. "I am confident that our students are well served by standards created by Texans," ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Student broadcasters: Getting names and news right 2010-03-20
A recent Pew Research study says increasingly “the process Americans use to get news is based on foraging and opportunism.” Foraging? Opportunism?
Jakarta Post: Understanding students' rhetorical tradition 2010-03-20
The writer is associate professor at Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta. He is the chief editor of Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching.
Longview Daily News: Religion Briefs: Notre Dame giving Laetare Medal to former NEA leader 2010-03-20
Notre Dame had come under criticism from Roman Catholic bishops and others for honoring Obama over his support for abortion rights, among other positi ...
Bristol Evening Post: Bristol private school widens the net 2010-03-20
A Bristol independent school is launching its 300th anniversary year with a foundation to help more young people from less well-off backgrounds attend ...
Lancashire Evening Post: Protest as children are turned away from school 2010-03-20
Angry mums have launched a protest campaign after their youngsters were turned away from their village school. Oliver Dodd-Wynne, three, and four-year-old ...
Bristol Evening Post: Bristol students have a lesson in foreign relations 2010-03-20
Teenagers from Qatar in the Middle East visited Bristol Metropolitan Academy in Fishponds this week as part of a schools cultural exchange.
GazetteLive: Mephedrone 'sold outside Teesside school gates' 2010-03-20
THIS week two teenagers became the latest apparent victims of the party drug mephedrone. Police have linked the so-called “legal high” to the deaths ...
Bristol Evening Post: Rev Richard Barrett: BNP policies are based on fear, falsehood, hatred ... 2010-03-20
Also in the news is a report, accepted by the Government, recommending that teachers should not be banned from membership of the BNP.
The Argus.co.uk: Unions warn of church school staff strike 2010-03-20
Support staff in faith schools could go on strike if education officials refuse union pay demands. Brighton and Hove City Council w ...
PR-USA.net: SC Johnson and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Unite to Combat Malaria 2010-03-20
The partnership between SC Johnson and BMGF will also support a research study conducted by a consortium of Indonesian research institutions led ...
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: No contract winners 2010-03-20
Because of the pressure exerted on the district by Public Law 221, the state's version of No Child Left Behind, officials must make dramatic changes ...
PR-USA.net: Pacific Ridge School Athletic Director Earns Certification from National ... 2010-03-20
Darren Lawlor has served as Athletic Director for Pacific Ridge School since its opening in 2007. Last year, Lawlor partnered Pacific Ridge School with ...
Catskill Daily Mail: Most schools doing well, but budget fears persist 2010-03-20
Darfler-Sweeney also suggested that although NYS is still in the running for substantial federal money under President Obama's “Race to the Top” initiative ...
Pendar.net: Report: School Wall News Paper, Pilot Project 2010-03-20
The course has been carried out by consultants from Pendar Institute; a non-governmental organization focused on the development of media skills and medi ...
News-Medical.net: Recent releases in Global Health 2010-03-20
"The NIH says it will also serve a related objective: strengthening developing country medical education systems and enhancing clinical and research ...
Yokwe: Workshop to Kick-Off Next Month's Annual Marshallese Education Day 2010-03-20
For teachers and school administrators throughout Hawaii and elsewhere, this influx of new immigrants brings with it new challenges– unfamiliar language ...
PR-USA.net: MassMutual Expands Scholarship Program, Helping Multicultural College Student ... 2010-03-20
Alyssa Whitwell's scholarship enabled her to continue studying math and economics at UCLA, despite a huge spike in tuition and fees.
PR-USA.net: Texas Adult Drivers Education Course Offered Online 2010-03-20
Defensive Driving Company of America based in Dallas Texas is now offering the Texas Adult Drivers Education Course. You can take the course online today ...
PR-USA.net: Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium Seeks Feedback on Draft Model ... 2010-03-20
ETS serves individuals, educational institutions and government agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification, English-language ...
Nevada Appeal: High school students very verbose this weekend 2010-03-20
With dramatic hand gestures and deliberate enunciation, Sergio Ramirez drove his point home ... to the wall. And he wasn't alone.
Labor Notes: No More Empty Promises, Say Immigration Activists Descending on DC 2010-03-20
And this weekend they are heading to Washington, DC They'll be just one organization of many on their way to DC Immigrant rights activists from around ...
Huffington Post: The New Public Option 2010-03-20
How has the United States responded to this global challenge in education? We continue to lower our standards. While No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was a maj ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Liam Farrell: MD: House panel split on private school funding 2010-03-20
The fate of controversial legislation granting tax credits for contributions to private and public schools now rests in the hands of a divided House of Delegates committee.
Bangor Daily News: Innovation vs. Inertia 2010-03-20
Without changes — at both the state and local level — Maine likely won't be eligible for the Race to the Top funds. The changes proposed by the Educati ...
Fenton Tri County Times: Four-day school weeks 2010-03-20
About a week ago our Street Talk question asked people how can schools save money. It made me think about what I thought would be a good opti ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jennifer D. Jordan: RI: Obama effigy found in Central Falls, RI, high school classroom 2010-03-20
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — A teacher at Central Falls High School has been disciplined after School Supt. Frances Gallo discovered a doll representing President Obama hanging upside down in effigy in the teacher's third-floor classroom Monday afternoon. The doll wore a sign: "Fire CF teachers."
Danbury News Times: Danbury area educators welcome major education reform bill 2010-03-20
The blueprint President Barack Obama and US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released this month on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Trip Gabriel: NY: Despite gains, charter school is told to close 2010-03-20
Accountability is a mantra of the charter school movement. Students sign pledges at some schools to do their homework, and teachers owe their jobs to students' gains on tests. But as New York State moves to shut down an 11-year-old charter school in Albany, whose test scores it acknowledges beat the city's public schools last year, it is apparent that holding schools themselves accountable is not always so easy, or bloodless, as numbers on a page
Janesville Gazette: High marks for Janesville School District 2010-03-20
That, at least, is a conclusion that could be drawn from preliminary results of a survey ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Dennison: MT: What happens to Otter Creek coal revenue, regarding schools and other programs 2010-03-20
While Thursday's lease of state coal in the Otter Creek Valley creates an $86 million windfall for the state next month, the ultimate decision on how to spend it is a year off — at the 2011 Legislature.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jason Clayworth: IA: Iowa schools making doomsday predictions, Senate leader says 2010-03-20
School officials have made "doomsday-scenario budgets" but the reality is much brighter, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal told reporters today.
Petoskey News-Review: Arizona school district sues citizens who seek public documents 2010-03-20
“The district has done nothing but aid these people in the exercise of their rights. But these particular people have exercised their rights in ...
The Newark Advocate: Third annual 5K run/walk to benefit Heath students 2010-03-20
The third annual Heath Community 5K Run/Walk will be at 9 am April 3 at Heath High School ...
Chicago Tribune: Panelists urge Obama to address blacks' needs 2010-03-20
On the eve of a crucial vote in Congress on health care legislation, thousands of African-Americans gathered in Chicago ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Melissa B. Taboada: TX: UT, A&M joining others in transition to federal direct loan program 2010-03-20
As federal lawmakers prepare to possibly eliminate the primary program through which students currently obtain loans to pay for college, Texas universities are joining thousands across the country abandoning the bank-based system.
DesMoinesRegister.com: Worst-performing schools need rules that work 2010-03-20
This is part of the proposed overhaul of the No Child Left Behind law, signed by President George W. Bush in 2002. Then the goal was for all children to ...
Chicago Tribune: Education lessons are lost on Obama 2010-03-20
Steve Chapman commentary: I can't pinpoint the moment the Obama administration went wrong on the subject of education. But I can pinpoint the moment when ...
Bangor Daily News: SAT fails to define school value 2010-03-20
However, I can stand behind the education that our school provides to the vast majority of our students. Our school is committed to improving the learning ...
FayObserver.com: Weekly Wrap: A way to cut Medicaid costs; big trouble coming in schools 2010-03-20
Federal stimulus money is covering the salaries of more than 9200 teachers, and that money will disappear next year. Merit: For North Carolina's Sen.
Big Journalism: To Boldly Go Where No Man… Aw, Fugeddaboutit; 'Health Care' Is More Important ... 2010-03-20
Native Americans had and have land set aside for them. That's one to disprove your point. You sure do hate Israel. Who would you have us support in th ...
Charleston: Govs seek more time to apply for federal ed grants - Daily Mail 2010-03-20
States face a June 1 deadline for the next round of Race to the Top funding. The nine governors have asked US Education Secretary Arne Duncan to either give ...
CNN Political Ticker: LBJ aide Liz Carpenter dies at 89 2010-03-20
"Liz was a passionate pioneer in the battle for women's rights," Tom Johnson said. "She used every weapon at her disposal in that fight - her splen ...
Indian Country Today: Videographer: A portrait of Nathan Young IV 2010-03-20
While emphasizing cultural studies and bilingual education in Native American languages, Young encountered Joe Erb, who taught him the techniques needed ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel: Swiss office to hold hotel management school fairs 2010-03-20
Taipei March 20 (CNA) The Trade Office of Swiss Industries (TOSI) will hold school fairs in two cities in Taiwan later this month to provide a platform ...
Financial Times: Lord Pearson of Rannoch 2010-03-20
A good example is Ukip's education policy, which Pearson describes as follows: “Vouchers, grammar schools and abolish teacher training.
DailyFinance: Books@Daily Finance: Marketing to Well-Heeled African Americans 2010-03-20
There are three distinct segments of the African-American audience, say the authors, distinguished by age, education, income, and cultural tastes.
Sand Springs Leader: Under the Ink: Certainty is a dangerous thing 2010-03-20
This session, he wrote House Bill 3384, a bill that he says would help the state determine the cost of illegal aliens' education.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Ernie Suggs: GA: Zero Tolerance bill passes out of Senate, moves to House 2010-03-20
An overhaul on Georgia's zero-tolerance policies, the kind of law that Emanuel Jones said he was elected to the Georgia Senate to write, passed his chamber Thursday and now heads to the House. SB 299 would give principals and school systems more discretion in how they handle disciplinary cases in their schools.
Daily Camera: Overhauling No Child Left Behind 2010-03-20
But the first step toward graduating more students should be robust vocational education, which has largely fallen by the wayside. The term "college ready" ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: MA: Harvard will raise tuition 2010-03-20
Harvard University will increase tuition next school year by 3.8 percent, the school announced yesterday, bringing the annual cost of a Harvard education, including room and board, to $50,724.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Rick Karlin: NY: Senate backs school tax cap but fate uncertain 2010-03-20
The idea of a school tax cap refuses to die in the Senate, despite earlier failed efforts, and an apparent cold shoulder from the Assembly.
24-7PressRelease.com: Sandra Close Turnquest Emerges at Forefront of Public Administration 2010-03-20
Possessing over 31 years of experience, Sandra Close Turnquest is recognized for her tireless advocacy for African Americans at South Florida Water ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Not the President of blacks 2010-03-20
Questions over whether Mr Obama should be held accountable for the staggering unemployment rate, home foreclosures and economic and education disparitie ...
Malaysia Star: Workshops kick off 2010-03-20
Students submitting entries under the video clip category will have the chance to walk away with gadgets like iPods in addition to Pizza Hut vouchers worth ...
Rutland Herald: Vilaseca apologizes to school staff 2010-03-20
BRANDON — Face to face with the state's top education official, Otter Valley Union High School ...
Moultrie Observer: Williams Tabernacle to hold annual black history event 2010-03-20
After centuries of unrequited toil as slaves, African Americans gained their freedom and found themselves in the struggle to make a living.
Red Bluff Daily News: Dr. Joe Harrop: Speaking of public education 2010-03-20
The state received bad news from Washington; it has been eliminated from the Race to the Top, the federal incentive program offering money for reforms.
San Antonio Express: S.A. receives $15.6 million to fight childhood obesity 2010-03-20
The grant was one of 44 announced Friday, funded through stimulus money and hailed by first lady Michelle Obama, who has taken on the battle against ...
Morris Daily Herald: Standardizing the Standards 2010-03-20
Race to the Top is a federal grant for education reform for which states are competing. About $4.35 billion is available for education reform, and Illino ...
Nevada Appeal: Students practice life skills in competition 2010-03-20
Ty Keppner, 15, plans to pursue a degree in agriculture engineering after graduating from Lund High School. After that, he wants to return ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Riopell: IL: Bill OK'd by Illinois House allows schools to skip new unfunded mandates 2010-03-20
Under legislation approved Thursday, local schools wouldn't have to implement some new rules made by the state unless the state also sends money to pay for the changes.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By The Associated Press: AL: Gag order issued in UAH shooter case 2010-03-20
The judge set to preside over accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop's upcoming preliminary hearing Tuesday on capital murder and attempted murder charges issued a gag order in the case today.
The Coloradoan: Vet students offer workshop on pet first aid 2010-03-20
Interested in learning what to do if a cat or dog is facing a medical emergency? Colorado State University veterinary students are sponsoring a daylong ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Riopell: IL: Plan could let schools opt out of new rules 2010-03-20
Under legislation approved Thursday, local schools wouldn't have to implement some new rules made by the state unless the state also sends money to pay for the changes.
Afro American: Education Secretary Duncan Proposes Postseason Ban for Low Graduation Rates 2010-03-20
If his idea was in effect this year, at least 12 programs wouldn't be tournament eligible, according to a study from the Institute for Diversity and Ethic ...
CTV.ca: Bike fundraiser helps newcomers 2010-03-20
About 300 people put the pedal to the metal to help raise money for refugees and immigrants in the city through the Stationary Bike-a-thon Fundraiser ...
Reporter-Times: Local students ready to 'Pound the Playground' 2010-03-20
MORGAN COUNTY Students across Morgan County are getting ready to “Pound the Playground” in April — but they won't be just playing around.
Desert Independent: The Desert Independent 2010-03-20
Local wags have noted that future agendas could also eviscerate the English language with possible items such as: Agenda Item 1. “Means and Ways to Insure ...
The Salinas Californian: Throwdown: At Alisal schools, failure began at top 2010-03-20
To turn these schools around, the state should relieve the board and the superintendent of duties and assess teachers' skills. In addition, parents must ...
GroundReport: Distract, Deflect, Spin: Health Care Deformers Pulling Out the Stops 2010-03-20
It is strange that what is ocurring right now in this country both over the border issue and illegal immigrant "rights," the swine flu "outbreak" and now ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staci Hupp: IA: ISU, UNI athletics face end to use of tax money 2010-03-20
Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa officials would have until September to draw up plans to wean their athletic departments off taxpayer money under a proposal state regents will consider next week.
Dissident Voice: Nadering Kucinich 2010-03-20
If single-payer healthcare, tuition free education for every American and worker's rights are what the Democrats consider to be part of an “ideal utopi ...
News-Herald.com: Star Parker: Unions, public schools and minority kids 2010-03-20
He has introduced a bill opening the door for vouchers for kids in Chicago's public schools. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Coalition ...
Monthly Review: No St. Patrick, Kucinich Is a Phony Liberal Leprechaun 2010-03-20
[and] basic rights in a democratic society to healthcare, education and employment. Highfaluting words indeed. Towards the end of the fundraiser in ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Pat Kossan: AZ: Cuts to all-day kindergarten big problem for schools, parents 2010-03-20
State lawmakers last week permanently cut the funding that made the programs possible in many schools, and now parents, public-school districts and charter schools around the state are struggling to find ways to keep them going.
Great Falls Tribune: Police seek man who approached Sunnyside school kids 2010-03-20
By Tribune Staff • March 20, 2010 Great Falls Police and school officials are reminding children not to get into a stranger's vehicle after at least two ...
The Evening Leader: Education a legacy for local woman 2010-03-20
— Editor's note: This is the third story in a series highlighting local women in their workplace in honor of Women's History Month.
Chicago Daily Herald: Quinn, Brady fire campaign salvos at teachers conference 2010-03-20
On the issues, Brady said he supports vouchers to divert tax dollars for private education, backs allowing local school boards to mandate the teaching ...
Auburn Citizen: Parents oppose Philly school webcam spying lawsuit 2010-03-20
Some suburban Philadelphia parents are seeking to halt a potential class-action lawsuit accusing their school district of using cameras ...
Politics Daily: Out of the Shadows: A Rally for Immigration Reform 2010-03-20
On what they labeled "Coming Out of the Shadows" week, grassroots volunteers and veteran organizers, militants and activists, legal and illegal immigrant ...
Suburban Life Publications: Edison Elementary nominated for federal Blue Ribbon honor 2010-03-20
As a prerequisite, Edison had to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress in reading and math for three straight years as determined by No Child Left Behind ...
China Worker: US: National day of action to defend public education a major success 2010-03-20
At the same time, the budget cuts are severe and with the federal stimulus money running out this year, the fiscal crisis and push for deep cuts ...
Florida Times-Union: Putnam County school bus-pickup truck crash injures man, boy 2010-03-20
A school bus carrying children collided with a pickup truck driven by an unlicensed man in the Interlachen area late Friday, leaving the m ...
North County Times: ESCONDIDO: Students rally for immigration reform 2010-03-20
They said that until the nation's immigration system is changed, their dreams of a college education and professional careers are on hold.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By David McGrath Schwartz and Cy Ryan: NV: Gibbons' education task force to meet behind closed doors 2010-03-20
Gov. Jim Gibbons declared this week that Nevada's future education policy will emerge from a blue ribbon task force he created by executive order.
Waterloo Record: A view from the West Bank 2010-03-20
She consulted English language teachers in schools run by Palestinian Lutherans. During their volunteer stint, the Kitchener couple got to know Palestini ...
MLive.com: Kids get cookin' at Handy after-school program - The Bay City Times 2010-03-20
John Ehlke | The Bay City TimesHandy Middle School sixth-grader Veronica Urban stirs around a pot of noodles that will be used for chicken ...
Contra Costa Times: Partial funding restored for Chino Valley adult school 2010-03-20
Several students said they were also worried that they wouldn't be able to learn the English language and support their children in school.
Aysor: International Francophonie Days 2010-03-20
Today all over the world in the frameworks of the UNO program on supporting and developing the cultural and linguistic diversity is celebrated ...
New Haven Register: Branford board offers options for school budget 2010-03-20
BRANFORD — The Board of Education made its plea Thursday night for something near the $43.3 million it has requested ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Dave Altimari: CT: Private fundraiser foundation to pay majority of UConn president's office furniture 2010-03-20
University of Connecticut officials have turned to the school's private fundraiser foundation to pay the bulk of the bill for the more than $35,000 in high-end furniture purchased for President Michael Hogan's office.
NYT > Education: Big City: At Stuyvesant, Parent-Teacher-Interpreter Night 2010-03-20
Stuyvesant High School's Asian population has soared to 70 percent, inspiring a volunteer interpreter program to help parents who don't speak English.
New Era: Bank supports top school achievers 2010-03-20
It is highly appreciated and the learners who received money vouchers at this event will open bank accounts at FNB Namibia.” A special prize was ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: NC: Legislators' grades weighted - heavily 2010-03-20
The N.C. Association of Educators, an organization of mostly teachers, released its grades for legislators Thursday.
East Valley Tribune: Bunning saga shows what's wrong with DC 2010-03-20
Unspent stimulus funds were available as a funding source. It will never be easier than this to show even the mildest spending discipline, yet they failed ...
BurlingtonFreePress.com: School: Burlington student injured in bullying incident 2010-03-20
A 12-year-old boy's arm was broken Thursday in a bullying incident in a public bu ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press: AR: Ark. lottery hit with trademark suit over name 2010-03-20
A Little Rock businessman filed suit Thursday against the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, arguing that the lottery should be ordered to stop using terms for which he secured the trademark years ago — including the phrase "Arkansas Lottery."
TopNews United States: Students Informed of Their Residency Programs on Match Day Ceremony 2010-03-20
Every year, Georgetown's fourth-year medical students wait in anticipation for the third Thursday in March, since on this day they receive an envelope ...
Press TV: Militants blow up girls' school in NW Pakistan 2010-03-20
Pakistani pro-Taliban militants have blown up another girls' school in Mohmand Ageny in northwest Pakistan in the latest wave of extremist attacks targeting ...
Troy Messenger: Spring brings season of tests 2010-03-20
The “AYP” results that are released each fall as part of the No Child Left Behind legislation are drawn, for public schools, from the results of ...
AlterNet: Mr. President, You Dance With the One that Brought You! 2010-03-20
Now you want to move on to jobs creation, education reform, and financial reform. But the sad truth is that as long as you allow the DNC to control ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jordan Blum: LA: Higher education cuts loom 2010-03-20
State higher education leaders Thursday were preparing to cut another $85 million from their budgets after receiving word from the Jindal administration.
Statesman Journal: High school dance and drill 2010-03-20
The Sprague Olyannes took seventh in Thursday's Class 6A small competition at the Memorial Coliseum. Centennial of Gresham won the 6A small divisi ...
Viking Update: Small-School LB Impresses Pack 2010-03-20
The best defensive player in FCS last season wrapped up his career with 11 sacks and 23.5 TFLs. We have the details on his workout as well ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jeannine Koranda: KS: No tax increase, but schools would take a hit in latest Kansas budget plan 2010-03-20
The House Appropriations Committee passed a $5.1 billion budget proposal Thursday that includes no tax increases and would cause public schools to lose $172 million.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Linda B. Blackford: KY: Proposal to alter principal hiring process gains new life 2010-03-20
In a surprise move Thursday, the Senate Education Committee tacked a controversial and embattled bill about school principal selection onto a House measure to create a Kentucky Literacy Day and then approved it without discussion.
El Paso Inc: PROGRAM HELPS BABY BOOMERS TRANSITION TO NEW CAREERS 2010-03-20
They dived into what are called Encore Fellowships, six-month or yearlong paid stints with nonprofit organizations in fields like education and ...
Philippine Star: Asian research project on El Niño on 2010-03-20
The scientific gathering was the “inception workshop” of the “FAO-SEARCA Research Study on the Impacts of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Events ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: DE: Delaware House OKs tax refunds to college accounts 2010-03-20
Legislation to make it possible for people to have their state tax refunds deposited directly into a Delaware College Investment Plan account passed the House unanimously Thursday.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Dorie Turner, The Associated Press: GA: State taps lottery reserves 2010-03-20
State officials are dipping into reserves to help pay for education programs funded by the Georgia Lottery for the first time in nearly a decade, as ticket sales lag behind the growth of the HOPE scholarship and statewide prekindergarten.
Politics Daily: God as Tea Partier: Judges Defend the Pledge of Allegiance 2010-03-20
In effect, reciting the Pledge this way serves as a profound public education project whose end result would be to break down many of the ugliest forms ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Michael Rothfeld: CA: UC could oversee prison health 2010-03-20
The Schwarzenegger administration wants to put the University of California in charge of state prison inmates' medical needs in an overhaul of the troubled corrections healthcare system that could save $12 billion over a decade, officials say.
Grand Forks Herald: Q&A WITH THE CANDIDATES: Paul Sorum 2010-03-20
I feel Congress had gone as far as it should, and that it should not take further steps in limiting our rights as individuals to bear arms.
Houma Courier: Nicholls students earn top science honors 2010-03-20
THIBODAUX — Projects on pollution in Bayou Lafourche, using sugar cane for alternative energy and threats to sea birds on local barrier ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Larissa Chinwah: IL: Teachers safe for now in Huntley Dist. 158 2010-03-20
While school districts across the area are reducing staff in order to make up decreased revenue from the state, the Huntley Unit District 158 school board shaved a further $2 million from its draft 2010-2011 budget without laying off teachers.
The Morning Sun: OUR VIEW: Area Technical Center prepares students for future 2010-03-20
The Mt. Pleasant Area Technical Center is one of the true showpieces of education in mid-Michigan. It's run by the Mt. Pleasant Public Schools and ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Erik Eckholm: NC: School suspensions lead to legal challenge 2010-03-20
CHOCOWINITY, N.C. — As school let out one day in January 2008, students from rival towns faced off. Two girls flailed away for several seconds and clusters of boys pummeled each other until teachers pulled them apart.
NYT > Education: Albert J. Rosenthal, 91, Ex-Law School Dean, Dies 2010-03-20
Mr. Rosenthal helped to increase the number of women on the faculty during his stewardship of the school in the 1970s and 1980s.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Jodi S. Cohen: IL: NIU probes motives, response to 2008 shootings 2010-03-20
Steven Kazmierczak wanted infamy. He wanted video game-style bloodshed. And perhaps most of all, he wanted to punish Northern Illinois University, the "surrogate family" that had kept his demons at bay but that he felt ultimately abandoned him.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: ND: NDSU hires new VP for finance, administration 2010-03-20
North Dakota State University has hired a new vice president for finance and administration.
WorldNewsVine: President Obama on Health Care Reform and Education Affordability 2010-03-20
Washington, DC (Mar 20) – Yesterday President Obama issued a statement regarding both HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and HR 4872 Health ...
Newsweek: Growing Green Jobs 2010-03-20
The stimulus effect of not driving is particularly impressive. "If you can get people out of cars, or at least get them to drive less, you can typically ...
Deseret News: Utahns urged to opt out of No Child Left Behind 2010-03-20
"Education should be as local as possible. Not only every state, but every district and school has a unique situation." In exchange for roughly $86 milli ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Lauren Roth: VA: State schools will lose $700 million in 2 years 2010-03-20
Budget cuts this year could have negative implications for Virginia schools for years to come, members of the State Board of Education said Thursday.
Express Buzz: Bill on 20 pc quota for AP law students adopted 2010-03-20
HYDERABAD: The State Assembly today passed a bill replacing an ordinance which provides 20 per cent reservation to State's law students at the National ...
Fresno Bee: Democratic groups split over California schools chief race 2010-03-20
While he's a lifelong Democrat who supported Obama, Aceves said he doesn't support Obama Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's solution of closing failing ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Brian Murphy: ID: Proposed law takes aim at youth concussions 2010-03-20
A history of concussions and the concern of his father could not keep Kort Breckenridge from suiting up for Teton High against Sugar-Salem on Oct. 7, 2005.
Reno Gazette-Journal: Education leader: Empower teachers, engage parents 2010-03-20
She said that education reform shouldn't be left to politicians, no matter how well intentioned they might be and that reauthorization of No Child Left ...
Allentown Morning Call: 4 vie to lead Allentown schools 2010-03-20
Feria said she has experience improving the academics of students who struggle with the English language. ''The demographics and the city just matched my ...
Suburbanite: Walsh Jesuit High School's Zach Durant commits to Walsh University 2010-03-20
By Anonymous Walsh Jesuit's Zach Durant, 17, has signed a National Letter of Intent with the Cavaliers of Walsh University, where he will play for ...
my.hsj.org: The Red & White: Testing cuts class time 2010-03-20
The federal No Child Left Behind Act mandates all states set standards for their students. For Pennsylvania to keep track of student progre ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Staff Reports: AZ: Ariz. House considers 3rd-grade reading standards 2010-03-20
The Arizona House has given preliminary approval to a measure that would require school districts to hold back third-graders who score far below grade-level reading standards.
Harvard Law School News: Minow, Levi confirmed to board of Legal Services Corporation 2010-03-20
President Obama announced Minow and Levi's nominations last August, and they were approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensi ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Matt Friendman: NJ: State school board group ask Christie to suspend school budget elections 2010-03-20
The New Jersey School Boards Association yesterday called on lawmakers and Gov. Chris Christie to suspend this year's school budget elections so districts can grapple with unprecedented cuts in aid announced this week.
Tahoe Daily Tribune: GUEST COLUMN: Bijou scores don't give school enough credit 2010-03-20
California has applied for Race to The Top, a $4.35 billion competitive grant program funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Voxy: Australian Labor Faces Electoral Tests In 2010 2010-03-20
This forced Rudd to disappointingly backtrack on immigration issues after effectively ending the 'Pacific Solution' policy which saw immigrants ...
Arizona Daily Star: Pima to get $16M to fight obesity 2010-03-20
"In Pima County, the burden falls disproportionately on Hispanics and Native Americans." The county will be working closely with a community-based coaliti ...
YubaNet: The $285 Billion Nonsolution: The Cost of Deportation 2010-03-20
It would pay 6.7 million Americans' salaries for a year. * Enough to hire 1 million new high school teachers and pay their salaries for five years.
NorthJersey.com: The Record: Finding every child 2010-03-20
AT LONG last, President Obama has unveiled his plan to update the No Child Left Behind act, the sweeping, controversial federal law that expanded ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Sarah Avery: NC: Grant to aid work of stem cell groundbreaker 2010-03-20
An internationally known pioneer in using umbilical cord stem cells will research novel cerebral palsy treatments thanks to a $10.2 million gift to Duke University.
Palladium-Item: Indianapolis is home to rising number of refugees 2010-03-20
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of refugees resettling in Indianapolis has risen more than 30 percent from last year as immigrants seek better economic ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Matthew Stone: ME: Money there for some schools 2010-03-20
Maine school districts will have access to $41.4 million in school construction bonds this year, but they have to move fast to get the money.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Janese Heavin: MO: College leaders OK scholarship equity 2010-03-20
Some private college presidents have given up their fight against Missouri lawmakers who want to equalize Access Missouri scholarships.
Torrington Register Citizen: FLOYD AND MARY BETH BROWN: Sen. Reid caught red-handed 2010-03-20
When pundits talk about leaders waltzing America into a future of European-style socialism, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi get most of the attention.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Chelsea Schneider Kirk: IN: Full day kindergarten hurt by sour economy, cost 2010-03-20
Northwest Indiana parents who pay their school districts for full-day kindergarten may face steeper costs next year as districts struggle to find revenue in the wake of $300 million in cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Delaware County Daily Times: Guest Column: Incarceration alternatives needed in Pennsylvania 2010-03-20
About two-thirds of these prisoners are African Americans and Latinos, although these groups, respectively, make up only 10.8 percent and 4.8 percent of ...
Malaysia Star: Reward good schools 2010-03-20
Obama wants to overhaul the 2002 education law championed by former President George W. Bush. Under Bush's “No Child Left Behind” law, which has tagged more ...
OCLNN: Costa Mesa students washing cars to raise cash for classmate's funeral 2010-03-20
Students to put on fundraiser to help raise money for the funeral expenses of boy who collapsed on high school campus last week.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Maria Burnham, The Associated Press: MS: Colleges eye rate hike for boarding 2010-03-20
The leaders of Mississippi's eight public universities presented the state College Board with requests to raise room-and-board rates Thursday but were told to come back next month with proposals for the long-term upkeep of dorms, not just the bare minimum needed to scrape by.
Tampabay.com: Pasco officials plan big changes at Ridgewood High School 2010-03-20
They're expecting many of the items to resemble the Race to the Top education accountability goals outlined by the Obama Administration.
Kansas City infoZine: National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010-03-20
“Reaching Native populations with messages about HIV prevention and education is vital to community health and vitality.” The following event has been ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: Visit the Stateline.org Education Page 2010-03-20
St. Augustine Record: Committee clears merit pay bill for Senate vote 2010-03-20
It would place teachers on annual contracts and force the Department of Education to implement some method to gauge whether students made learning ga ...
Macon Telegraph: Tenn. church members called from suburbs to Haitian mountaintop 2010-03-20
They taught vacation bible school at three churches, including two filled with Haitian immigrants who greeted the Knoxville families warmly.
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Curtis Lum: HI: Softball players claim bias 2010-03-20
U.S. District Judge David Ezra today will hear a motion for a temporary restraining order after three members of Baldwin High School's girls softball team filed a federal lawsuit against the state and Maui County yesterday alleging they are being discriminated against because of their gender.
Greenville News: Former Sterling High student rises to federal appeals court 2010-03-20
Richard's Grocery, a now-shuttered corner store run by Lebanese immigrants, was a hangout. A number of their friends and mentors ended up in public service ...
Newnan Times-Herald: Questions about charter school 2010-03-20
What will be done with the new school building if the lawsuit by the Coweta County School Board is successful? Will the school be able to attract qualified ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: For-profit schools have role 2010-03-20
Despite the efforts of some to politicize Pell grants, President Obama has announced a nonpartisan effort to increase the amount of post-secondary educati ...
Press Trust of India: 54 per cent high school students use tobacco in Mizoram 2010-03-20
Aizawl, Mar 20 (PTI) At least 54 per cent of high school students in Mizoram use tobacco products, officials of the Mizoram State Tobacco Control Society ...
The Japan Times: Protecting the right to education 2010-03-20
Exclusions would infringe on our right to an education and deprive our school [of resources]. Protecting children's educational rights is a responsibility ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Texas' education standards alarm legislator in California 2010-03-20
The names of many Hispanic and African-Americans were added to the TEKS, but the board majority rejected a motion to specifically mention that Tejanos ...
El Paso Inc: ONE SUBJECT PUSHES TALK OF ANY OTHER TO THE MARGINS 2010-03-20
WASHINGTON – One Friday last month, US forces drove into the Marjah area of southern Afghanistan, opening the biggest military operation of the Obam ...
Dayton Daily News: Bellbrook grad plants career roots in forest management 2010-03-20
The 25-year-old is wrapping up a stint at Shawnee State Forest with the Ohio Woodlands Job Corps, funded with stimulus money from President Obama's Americ ...
Savannah Morning News: Vox Populi: "Oh boy, an increase in stimulus funds for Savannah. Get ready ... 2010-03-20
By Vox Populi Here are your responses to last week's question: (thanks to a Vox caller for this week's question) Where were you when President Obama' ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Encarnacion Pyle: OH: Columbus State may hold line on tuition again 2010-03-20
Columbus State Community College students likely can count on tuition being frozen for a fourth year in a row, thanks to the school's financial health.
Politics Daily: George Gallup, Health Care and the Peril of Legislating by Polls 2010-03-20
Eric Cantor of Virginia and Charles Boustany of Louisiana made the same point directly to President Barack Obama at the White House-sponsored health c ...
Coosa Valley News: Cherokee Co. to Cut 191 School Jobs 2010-03-20
Cherokee County schools has become the latest county to face huge cuts due to the budget crisis. The system announced that it will cut at least 41 teaching ...
The Olympian: Principal admired for her strength, dedication 2010-03-20
Maria Harrison, born to Italian immigrants in New York City, was involved in education for 45 years, with a career that brought her to New York state ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Mike Riopell: IL: Plan to elect U of I trustees rejected 2010-03-20
A plan to have voters pick trustees to run the University of Illinois was rejected in the Illinois House Wednesday.
Mansfield News Journal: This administration's health care bill is not going to help the middle class 2010-03-20
This administration wants control of industry, banks, housing, health care and, of course, education. In case you did not know it, an education bill w ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Loren Moreno: HI: More freshmen urged to Step Up 2010-03-20
Some 1,800 high school freshmen have pledged to work toward a more rigorous diploma known as the Board of Education's "Step Up" Recognition Diploma, but officials are hoping to get hundreds more students to step up.
Jackson Sun: Local briefs: Accidental death, knife at school, prostitution charge 2010-03-20
The death of a 20-year-old Jackson man has been ruled accidental by the state medical examiner's office, according to a news release from the Jackson Police ...
Politico: La Raza reverses, supports legislation 2010-03-20
We are committed to work with Congressional leadership and the Obama administration to improve the health status of all Americans, including the nation's 50 ...
Michigan Citizen: 'TAKING OWNERSHIP' 2010-03-20
Its CEO, Carol Goss, appointed in 2004, is one of only two Detroit residents and two African Americans on its board. She previously worked as a program ...
Rocky Mount Telegram: Gift preserves rare history 2010-03-20
We actively seek documentation concerning African-Americans and other minorities, but it is often difficult to obtain. That is why we are so grateful ...
Stateline.org RSS - Education: By Tom Loftus: KY: Bill to ease college transfers advances 2010-03-20
A bill to make it easier for community college students to transfer to four-year public universities cleared the Senate Education Committee on Thursday in a weaker — but satisfactory — form, the bill's original sponsor said.
New Haven Register: Parents, teachers, board to face off 2010-03-20
WEST HAVEN — The Board of Education meeting scheduled for Monday evening is sure to be a memorable one.
New York Times: A Ruinous Meltdown 2010-03-20
For all the happy talk about
