Quantcast
Channel: Financial Rss
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 5119

Google Alert - Education

$
0
0
News26 new results for Education
 
Democrats' education fight reveals rifts amid one-party rule
Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO -- One day after a combative Gov. Jerry Brown promised Senate Democrats "the battle of their lives" if they opposed his education plan, lawmakers from Brown's own party held their ground on Thursday and took jabs of their own at the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Search for Cuts Puts Portugal's Schools on Chopping Block
New York Times
LISBON — Miguel Reis was one of the vulnerable ones. Like most of the 15,000 or so public school teachers laid off in Portugal over the last two years, he worked on a short-term contract. That made him an easy target when it came to government cost ...
See all stories on this topic »

New York Times
House passes higher education bill that funds tuition freezes
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Author of the higher education bill Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, smiled as Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen praised his role as chair of the higher education finance committee. "You understand what needs to be done to bring accountability to the higher ed ...
See all stories on this topic »

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Lapid plans to slash education budget as srael's deficit looms large
Haaretz
A cut of NIS 1 billion to education was discussed two weeks ago, but treasury officials said it could be avoided by raising funds from other sources. However, in more recent discussions headed by Lapid it was concluded the steep reduction was unavoidable.
See all stories on this topic »

Haaretz
Sex education must be more than plastic penises and condoms
Telegraph.co.uk
When people my age, in their early twenties, look back on our sex education in school, it is only as a source of jokes. Not because it involved pictures of naked bodies with genitals, but because of just how useless it was. By the end of it we could ...
See all stories on this topic »

Telegraph.co.uk
Dynamic higher education need of the hour: Pranab
Times of India
Pressing the quality issue further, the President said the National Knowledge Commission too had identified quality deterioration in higher education in a report in 2006. "We must direct our energies to developing Indian universities to meet global ...
See all stories on this topic »
Education only way to progress: Sethi
The News International
He said history is witness to the fact that only those nations have progressed which paid due attention to education and spent maximum resources for equipping the youth with the latest knowledge. He said that Punjab government has ensured provision of ...
See all stories on this topic »
Backlash grows against state education standards
Washington Times
The RNC took that step even though many Republican governors, including Tennessee's Bill Haslam and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, strongly support the system, as do former governors and education-reform champions such as Jeb Bush and Mitch Daniels.
See all stories on this topic »

Washington Times
Education panel adopts bill to postpone rating system
Alexandria Town Talk
"There was a desire by a lot of us to allow this progress in reforming education in Louisiana to continue," he said, but it has problems. The data can be collected and other benefits would be realized, "including allowing teachers to learn what is ...
See all stories on this topic »
Education trumps moralising on abortion
Herald Sun
WOULDN'T it be lovely if the people who expend so much time and energy railing against the number of abortions in Australia channeled their passion into sex education? The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee will hand down its recommendations ...
See all stories on this topic »
Education minister slams Tories over Bill 18 opposition
CBC.ca
Manitoba's education minister says homophobia is present among members of the opposition Tories who are critical of Bill 18, the NDP government's anti-bullying bill. Nancy Allan had strong words on Thursday for Progressive Conservative MLAs who have ...
See all stories on this topic »
Education Pioneers Launches in New Orleans to Recruit, Train 80 New ...
Sacramento Bee
Education Pioneers will connect key education organizations, including school districts such as the Louisiana Recovery School District, charter schools, and education nonprofits, with talented Education Pioneers Fellows who have the skills needed to ...
See all stories on this topic »
Thompson Chooses Education Heavyweight to Help Him Run for Mayor
New York Times (blog)
Mr. Thompson served as president of the city's Board of Education from 1996 until 2001. As comptroller from 2002 to 2009, he was a frequent critic of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's data-focused approach to overhauling the nation's largest school district.
See all stories on this topic »
Quality Of Education A Priority For BN
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Bernama) -- Education continues to become a focus of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government in efforts to produce competitive human capital, said said National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) president Hashim Adnan.
See all stories on this topic »
Alabama Senate to address education budgest
San Francisco Chronicle
Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee, Republican Trip Pittman of Daphne, says Republican leaders decided to postpone both measures until next week. He says some senators wanted more time to study the budget and some ...
See all stories on this topic »
Two education bills deferred in Senate committee
NOLA.com
Two bills, one dealing with higher education scholarships and the other dealing with East Baton Rouge Parish schools were deferred in the Senate Education Committee on Thursday. Baton Rouge Republican Mack "Bodi" White filed Senate Bill 176 in ...
See all stories on this topic »
China, EU hold first-ever dialogue on higher education
Xinhua
BRUSSELS, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of university presidents from China and Europe were brought together on Thursday to share their success stories and concerns in establishing cooperation projects, so as to provide policy suggestions and enhance ...
See all stories on this topic »

Xinhua
Education, clean water top issues in NA-120
The News International
He said that he was contesting on a general seat to show the world that the minorities in Pakistan were free to practice equal political rights. He said that he had the support of some 12,000 Christians living in the area, terming education and ...
See all stories on this topic »
Kyle Westaway: Startup Education and the Digital Economy
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The two-step education can be completed in the same amount of time as a typical liberal arts degree, but graduates of this program will be far ahead of those graduating from the current system because of their relevant skills and real-world experience.
See all stories on this topic »

Wall Street Journal (blog)
Support for more education funding but divided over higher taxes for it: poll
Vancouver Sun
In the poll, commissioned by the B.C. Teachers' Federation, 43.6 per cent of respondents said they would accept a small tax hike to improve education and hire more teachers, but 41.8 per cent said they do not want to pay more. The remainder were uncertain.
See all stories on this topic »

Vancouver Sun
'Core' Curriculum Puts Education Experts At Odds
North Country Public Radio
Apr 14, 2013 (Weekend Edition Sunday) — Forty-five states have adopted the Common Core State Standards. Proponents say these new guidelines will significantly improve what is taught and how students are prepared for college and work. Skeptics say it's ...
See all stories on this topic »
Technical Vocational Education - German Firm Take Over in Rivers
AllAfrica.com
In ensuring that no stone is left unturned to give the people of Rivers State qualitative education, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, being satisfied with the standard of education bequeathed to the pupils in primary school and students in secondary ...
See all stories on this topic »
Education funding a prioity
Youngstown Vindicator
Ironton Tribune: When it comes to fixing Ohio's public education funding system, it appears the biggest challenge may be getting a straight answer about the actual impact of proposed changes. When Gov. John Kasich announced his two-year budget ...
See all stories on this topic »
Why Education Stocks Jumped - The Motley Fool
Motley Fool
So what: ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI ) reported earnings earlier this morning, shooting up 30%, and earlier this week, Capella Education (NASDAQ: CPLA ) jumped 15% after reporting, and is now approaching a new 52-week high. The education...
See all stories on this topic »
Ministry of Education bans writing of scripts by non-students
The Star
The Ministry of Education has banned the writing of scripts by people other than students and teachers. Education Permanent Secretary Prof. George Godia said the annual National Drama Festival was an extension of the classroom work done by students ...
See all stories on this topic »
Mexican Teachers Riot Over Education Reforms - Sky News
Sky News
Some spray painted anti-government graffiti on the building, while others tore up pictures of President Enrique Pena Nieto in protest at government reforms of the education sector passed in December. The teachers were joined by farmers and student ...
See all stories on this topic »

Blogs11 new results for Education
 
The Rise of Online Education | Visual.ly
By zackua
This infographic displays data that shows online schooling has seen a significant increase over the past few years, and that we are just beginning to.
Visual.ly
Michigan School Chief To Lead Education Work Group « CBS Detroit
By sstoddart
Michigan's public education chief says he will oversee a public work group aimed at developing ways to better integrate technology into the education system after the state came under fire for participating in backroom discussions on ...
CBS Detroit
Fairhope High teacher on tonight's PBS 'Spotlight on Education' | al ...
By Sally Pearsall Ericson | sericson@al.com
Baldwin County Public Schools teacher Stephanie Wainwright will appear on Alabama Public Television's "Spotlight on Education" program tonight at 7 p.m..
Real-Time News from Mobile
iPads – A Tool, Not Alchemy, for Education - Joan Ganz Cooney ...
By Administrator
The topic of kids and technology is a hot topic again. This would normally be a good thing, if the questions that are being discussed weren't fundamentally the wrong ones. It is, however, a familiar situation. We are going through a ...
Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Experts Take a Closer Look at How to Bolster Arts Education - Diverse
By cmaadmin
For the "Museum Education and the University Student Experience" panel, Leonie Hannah, a teaching fellow in the Museum Department at the University College London, delineated how experiential learning with museum objects can make a ...
Diverse
Environmental Education Through Environmental Action | Edutopia
By Philippe Cousteau - 378566
Explorer, social entrepreneur and environmental advocate Philippe Cousteau suggests that, with young people already aware of the environmental crisis, the next step is youth-driven environmental action.
Edutopia RSS
Higher education funding formula bill advances (AUDIO) - Missourinet
By Bob Priddy
A new way for the state to support its 13 institutions of higher education is making its way through the state senate. Senators want to tie funding to performance by its four-year institutions, its community colleges, and its state technical college.
Missourinet
Eric Baerren: Education for education's sake - The Morning Sun
Occasionally, when it's unseasonably cool, someone demands that I explain why we can have cold weather and global warming at the same time. I used to take the time and explain, but the next time we had unseasonably cool weather the ...
from http://www.themorningsun.com
Profs. say say education, media could combat Islamic stereotypes ...
By editors
In light of news that the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were from predominantly Islamic Chechnya, students and professors at Boston University said U.S. citizens should not create harmful generalizations about the Muslim ...
The Daily Free Press
Kaimenyi: From academia to Education Secretary | Capital News
By LORDRICK MAYABI
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 25 – Jacob Kaimenyi, the University of Nairobi (UoN) Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs, is the designate Education Secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Cabinet. Kaimenyi who holds a PhD in ...
Capital News
Making high school students pass courses needed for admission to ...
By Theresa Harrington Contra Costa Times
The district's strategic plan includes four components: rigorous graduation requirements, strong technical education to prepare students to work in the 21st century economy, workplace learning that gets students out of the classroom and into ...
Education

Web8 new results for Education
 
Education matters : pics - Reddit
For an image subreddit with fewer restrictions, check out /r/images! A place to share interesting photographs and pictures. Feel free to post your own, but please ...
www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1d19bt/education_matters/
U.S. Departments of Education and Labor Announce Availability of ...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, today announced the availability of $474.5 million to ...
www.ed.gov/.../us-departments-education-and-labor-announce...
Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit gets an education, school-friendly platform ...
Lego's new Mindstorms EV3 kit isn't all just gun-firing robots and killer scorpions. Unfortunately, there's also some learning to be done, with the new.
www.engadget.com/.../lego-mindstorms-ev3-kit-gets-an-educa...
A New Drive Toward Universal Primary Education - NYTimes.com
World leaders promised to give all children access to primary school by 2015, but the goal is proving elusive, with the economic downturn hitting education aid.
www.nytimes.com/.../a-new-drive-toward-universal-primary-e...
Education Resources / Build Your Career / IOL Home - INFORMS.org
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
https://www.informs.org/Build-Your.../Education-Resources
Kidaptive Aims to Disrupt Early Education - CNBC.com
Would you invest in this company that uses an animated iPad app to teach your toddlers?
www.cnbc.com/id/100661778
Manhattan's Calvary Baptist Church to Host Conference on Church ...
In a bid to capitalize on the resources of churches to help close the stark achievement gap in education among urban learners, Calvary Baptist Church in New ...
www.christianpost.com/.../manhattans-calvary-baptist-church-t...
How Online Education Saves Everyone Money - NationalJournal.com
Online learning isn't just another path into the middle class. It's also a way for the government to spend more wisely.
www.nationaljournal.com/.../how-online-education-saves-ever...


Tip: Use a minus sign (-) in front of terms in your query that you want to exclude. Learn more.

Delete this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 5119

Trending Articles