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| UC faculty leaders blast legislation on online education expansion Los Angeles Times In a crossing of swords between academics and politicians, the University of California's top two faculty leaders on Friday strongly criticized legislation that would allow students bumped from overcrowded core courses at state schools to instead take ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 122nd could lose STARBASE education program WANE FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An education program aimed at getting elementary-aged students interested in science and mathematics is on the chopping block. STARBASE Indiana, funded through the Department of Defense, is part of possible upcoming ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chesterfield leaders meet to discuss education Richmond Times Dispatch He got me a scholarship, I went to college, I graduated with honors, I was able to teach school," Girton-Mitchell, director of the U.S. Department of Education's Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, said Friday at Chesterfield County ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A new education story Washington Post (blog) race Here's a piece and a short film about new education narratives from Vicki Abeles, a parent of three and the director of the documentary, "Race to Nowhere," a documentary that challenges current thinking about how to prepare students for success. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hard to fathom school would do away with musical education of youth Boston Globe The elimination of the preparatory and community programs at the Longy School of Music, as announced this month by e-mail to faculty and students, was so preposterous that I wondered whether Longy president Karen Zorn's e-mail account had been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Former Lions Education Foundation treasurer accused of embezzlement Sacramento Bee (blog) The El Dorado County District Attorney's Office announced the arrest of Kent Maloney (pictured), 69, of Diamond Springs. The funds allegedly were embezzled over a period of seven years from the Lions Education Fund, which is associated with Lions Club ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UCI graduate education program ranks 3rd best among UC campuses OCRegister IRVINE – U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Irvine's graduate-level program in education third best this year among the University of California's graduate education schools, behind UCLA and Berkeley. But Orange County's only UC campus ranked at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| On Education: Online education and the real world Glendale News Press There are TED talks, a wildly popular inspirational and educational lecture series with the tagline, "ideas worth spreading." There are MOOCs, or massive open online courses, offered by the finest universities in the United States. And don't forget ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A musical mix playing to help education Providence Eyewitness News PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - To say that Kimberly Madden believes in the power of music is an absolute understatement. With the help of Providence's Castle Entertainment Studio, Madden brought 28 musicians into the Olneyville business for her second 24 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Princeton Review Founder's Startup Noodle Acquires Lore To Build An ... TechCrunch Last summer, we told you about the launch of Noodle Education, a startup co-founded and led by John Katzman, perhaps better known as a co-founder of The Princeton Review and 2U (formerly 2tor). The startup is on a mission to bring a Netflix-style ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Hope Against Hope' explores education in New Orleans Milwaukee Journal Sentinel New Orleans did not volunteer to become a laboratory for experiments in revitalizing public school education. But the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 led to a series of actions that have almost completely altered the city's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bill sets up funding panel on special education Pittsburgh Post Gazette The matching bills would establish a commission to develop a formula for distributing special education funds. The formula would have to distribute a funding increase proportionally among the school districts, based on factors such as the number of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Popping the Higher Education Bubble Huffington Post (blog) Just as it has for music, unbundling would dramatically reduce per student revenue in higher education. In microeconomic terms, bundling captures surplus for producers. Unbundling moves some of that producer surplus to consumers and may create new ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Acting Ohio Department of Education Head Michael Sawyers to Move On StateImpact Ohio Michael Sawyers, the current acting head of the Ohio Department of Education, will leave the department next week, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The news of Sawyers' departure comes less than a week after the state Board of Education passed over him ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Making Public-Private Partnerships Work in Higher Education Huffington Post Last week's SXSWedu conference in Austin, Texas was a great place to see all of the tensions in education on display. Disruption versus reform. For-profit versus not-for-profit. Teachers versus CEO's. But it was also a great place to see that leaders ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Education reform bill vote delayed Beckley Register-Herald "We're still very hopeful we're going to reach a bill that will accomplish what the governor and Legislature want to happen and the people desire, and that is to make sure that our kids get a full 180 days of instructional days, get a quality education... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Women of Inspiration Event to Feature Global Education Activist Girls ... Santa Barbara Independent Sarah Elizabeth believes the time is now to address our nation's urgent demand for change in education, the environment and opportunities for women. "We are delighted to have Sarah Elizabeth join us in honoring women and girls from the community who ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Time for Augusta County to fund education, first responders Staunton News Leader Augusta County continues to discuss how to cut spending to vital services such as police, fire, rescue, animal control and education. These are the absolute last places that can afford such cuts. It's disturbing that we had a very similar situation ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iowa student group offers ideas for education Omaha World-Herald DES MOINES — A group of students in high school and college want education officials in Iowa to recruit qualified teachers and improve testing standards. The Iowa Learning Council presented those recommendations and others during a meeting Thursday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Education roundup: Foundation offering ag-related scholarships Bakersfield Californian High school and college students planning to major in agricultural fields in cotton-growing areas of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas have until March 31 to submit applications for Calcot-Seitz Foundation scholarship awards. Now in its 34th ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Acting state schools superintendent leaving education department Columbus Dispatch In an email to State Board of Education President Debe Terhar and copied to other board members and top department staff, Sawyers said he will "forever value" what he learned and the relationships he made while at the department. His last day in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Business Roundtable Stages Competition for Education Funding Education Week News (blog) All proposals are expected to support a series of broad education goals, such as improving the teaching of math- and science-related subjects, and the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. (Linn was a key player in the development of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The High Cost of Higher Education Explained in One Simple Graphic DailyFinance For years, politicians and pundits have held forth about the high cost of higher education. Whether the issue du jour is rising tuition prices, falling returns on our educational investment, or the ballooning student debt bubble, the message has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Help stuff our Education Nation bus WDIV Detroit As part of Local 4's coverage of NBC News' Education Nation, we are attempting to collect new and gently used books for the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. The United Way will repurpose the books in its Early Learning Communities, it's high ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| More funding for education expected, lawmakers says Tulsa World "I think we're finally going to get to a point where we're funding (education) appropriately," said House Majority Leader Fred Jordan, R-Jenks. "The House, the Senate and the governor, I believe, are all committed to at least $75 million to $100 ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Gay Education Group Left Out of St. Patrick's Day Parade | Politics ... By Jane Prendergast Members of GLSEN, which stands for Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, want to march in Saturday's St. Patrick's Day parade but are being excluded. Councilman Chris Seelbach, the city's first openly gay council member, said he spoke ... Politics Extra | ||
| Burson promotes Global Education& Skills Forum - PRWeek US Burson-Marsteller is promoting the Global Education& Skills Forum, an event touting the benefits of public-private partnerships in education. Latest articles from PRWeek US News | ||
| Eric Cantor Blames Education System For Crime, Unemployment By reality-based educator House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Friday delivered an impassioned call for education reform, citing in part schools that are "too dangerous" and saying that the answer is school choice. "One of our priorities this year will be to move heaven ... Perdido Street School | ||
| Say Anything Resolution To Replace Board Of Higher Education... By Rob Port Resolution To Replace Board Of Higher Education Advances In State House. wpid-NDUS-300.png. Tweet. Written By: Rob Port. Mar 15, 2013 4:17pm. The North Dakota Senate took up three of the resolutions to reform the university system ... Say Anything | ||
| Hawaii State Senate Celebrates Education - Hawai'i Senate Majority ... By Hawaii Senate Majority Caucus HONOLULU — Education will once again be the focus of an interactive week-long celebration at the State Capitol from March 18-22, 2013. Various educational stakeholders and organizations that make a difference in the lives of Hawaii's ... Hawai'i Senate Majority Caucus | ||
| Task force coming to a town near you | Idaho Education News By Jennifer Swindell The Governor's Task Force for Improving Education has a busy April ahead. The 31 education and business leaders plan to shop their ideas around the state during seven different stops. The State Board of Education will facilitate the ... Idaho Education News | ||
| Math, Reading Gaps By Gender Persist, Global Study Finds - Blogs ... By Erik Robelen "Educational systems could be improved by acknowledging that, in general, boys and girls are different," David Geary, the study's coauthor and a professor at the University of Missouri, said in a press release. "The consistent pattern within ... Curriculum Matters - Education Week | ||
| Chicago Public Schools denies it banned the book "Persepolis" Chicago Public Schools spent Friday tamping down reports that it had banned the graphic novel Persepolis. Earlier this week, word flew through Chicago schools that principals had been told to remove the book from classrooms and libraries. WBEZ - Education | ||
| Weekend Reading: EdTech-a-Palooza Edition - ProfHacker - The ... By George Williams It's an acronym for "massive open online course," something you probably already know if you've been paying attention to the latest news about higher education. MOOCs have been all over the news in the last few weeks, in part because the ... ProfHacker | ||
| Join the Taxpayers for Quality Education - Cabinet.com Taxpayers for Quality Education is a group of citizens with a demonstrated history of supporting public education in Bedford. The "old guard" were among those responsible for finally bringing to Bedford the high school, which, although new, ... CabinetPress.com | Web Feeds | ||
| This Week In Education: Pictures: Colorado Reformer Pushing Gun ... By Alexander Russo At the risk of fanning the flames of hype and/or fear already surrounding him, I wanted to point out Colorado state lawmaker Mike Johnston is a pretty good example of someone closely associated with school reform (ie SB 191) who doesn't ... This Week In Education | ||
| Slippery slope | The Salt Lake Tribune Gov. Gary Herbert and legislative leaders were effusive over funding granted by the Legislature for public education in the legislative session just ended. It's the biggest infusion of new money for schools in years, they ... All - The Salt Lake Tribune |
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| Highest Education - Slate Magazine More than 40 of the world's 100 most reputable universities and colleges are American, according to the Times Higher Education's 2013 world reputation ... www.slate.com/.../times_higher_education_releases_reputation... | ||
| Scholarships to Give Your Medical Education a Shot in the Arm ... From pre-med undergrads to third-year medical students, scholarships exist for those pursuing medicine. www.usnews.com/.../scholarships-to-give-your-medical-educat... | ||
| Education writers honor Center series | The Center for Public Integrity Juvenile Justice series wins first-place prize for investigative reporting. www.publicintegrity.org/.../education-writers-honor-center-ser... | ||
| Providing quality education to Latin America's rural areas | Forum ... I am fascinated by the prospect of new technologies and innovative private-public partnerships that disrupt the status quo in education in Latin America. forumblog.org/.../providing-quality-education-to-latin-americ... | ||
| State senator Steinberg introduces online education legislation ... "The California Master Plan for Higher Education promised open access to all, yet thousands of students are struggling to complete their degrees and going ... www.dailycal.org/.../senator-introduces-online-education-bill/ |
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