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Qld education MP defends closing schools
Sydney Morning Herald
AAP. Queensland's education minister says the sale of some schools is not a cash grab. John-Paul Langbroek says money raised will be invested into education and won't be used to pay off the state's debt. A departmental briefing from August 2012 ...
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State funding for preschool drops as Obama calls for expansion
Washington Post
State funding for preschool across the country dropped last school year after a decade of growth, tapping the brakes on the quality and reach of programs as President Obama has called for a massive expansion of early childhood education, according to a ...
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Parents abusing education cash
Illawarra Mercury
Parents in the NSW-Victoria border region are spending education payments to fuel drug and alcohol addictions, a welfare worker has said. Wangaratta Salvation Army officer lieutenant Darren Lamotte said he had no doubt the government's education...
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Obama's big second-term education problem - Washington Post
Washington Post (blog)
Obama and his education secretary, Arne Duncan, pushed hard in their first term to have a major impact on changing public schools with a larger-than-ever federal role in school policy issues that affected every single classroom in the country. And they ...
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Lawmakers still have 'a lot of work to do' on education
The Seattle Times
The regular session ended Sunday with only a handful of major education-policy bills sent to Gov. Jay Inslee, one on additional supports for struggling schools, another on a new way to push more students into advanced classes and one on required ...
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The Seattle Times
Education must be a prime focus for Hong Kong
South China Morning Post
Given that higher education is important to Hong Kong's future competitiveness, the expectations of the city's 15-year-olds give cause for concern. According to figures compiled by Chinese University academics from the Programme for International ...
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Education Secretary Michael Gove's plans for shorter school holidays slammed ...
Your Local Guardian
Pupils and politicians have condemned the education secretary's proposals for a longer school day and a shorter summer holiday. Michael Gove has suggested that by September next year state schools should finish an hour later at 4.30pm and have their ...
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Your Local Guardian
Technology makes higher education accessible to disabled students
The Guardian
There are over 11 million people with a limiting long-term illness, impairment or disability in the UK. Many of them are using educational resources and completing university courses. Universities have a responsibility to provide these students, and ...
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The Guardian
Education consultant Karan Gupta demystifies the student visa process
Times of India
Most study-abroad aspirants have completed their applications to universities and are about to begin their visa process. Although the basic premise that students need to have enough funds to sponsor their education never changes, the procedure to apply ...
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PPF Education Fund helps 2700 orphans
IPPmedia
This observation was made yesterday by the PPF Board Chairman Professor Adolf Mkenda during an event to mark ten years of the PPF Education Fund held in Dar es Salaam at the Julius Nyerere International Conference Hall. Prof. Mkenda elaborated that ...
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IPPmedia
Calls mount for education and culture minister to resign
Jakarta Post
Antara/Reno Esnir A coalition of educators and antigraft activists have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to sack his Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh for the latter's incompetence in organizing this year's national examination, ...
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Jakarta Post
Education dept struggles to adjust surplus teachers
Indian Express
On the other hand, in response to the demand and vacancies across the state, the state education department conducted the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) and subsequent released an advertisement in October, last year for the appointment of 10,000 ...
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School education dept. gets 563 junior assistants
The Hindu
563 posts of junior assistants in the school education department were filled on Thursday through online counselling across the State, according to officials. K. Devarajan, director of school education, said the entire process was conducted ...
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Education initiative gets off to good start - Gulf Times
Gulf Times
On a fact-finding mission prior to the launch of Educate A Child, HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser visited the Horseed School at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. The school is now supported by EAC in partnership with UNHCR. She saw first-hand the challenges ...
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Gulf Times
Will Outdoor Education continue or end?
Enterprise-Record
An example of an activity in the Outdoor Education program at Chico State University is shown in this undated submitted photo. The program faces an uncertain future in light of a proposal to permanently end the field of study.(Contributed photo)<p ...
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changes behind resignation
Stuff.co.nz
One of Taranaki's most outspoken and passionate principals is stepping down, saying changes to the education system have left him disillusioned. Kelvin Squire, who has been the face of Stratford Primary School for about 20 years, will resign on May 5.
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Archaic education system responsible for dearth of innovation and enterprise
Daily Nation
So, Onesmas Mwangi, a 20-year-old farm-hand and Class Six drop-out from Kiambu County has assembled a helicopter? And that is in Kenya where professors in engineering and other technical disciplines spend a lot of time agitating for higher pay!
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Eli and Edythe Broad: Education Achievement Authority a path to success for ...
Detroit Free Press
We both attended Detroit Public Schools, and we credit our education as the foundation of our success. At Eli's alma mater, we endowed Michigan State University's business and graduate school, and we have invested millions in Detroit Public Schools, ...
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The state ownership of children will improve education, society
Hernando Today
Today the reality is modern children are basically being raised by our federally controlled education system. Seventeen and a half million students receive free or reduced-price lunch each day at school. There are numerous before, after and evening ...
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B-Schools welcome SC judgment relieving them from AICTE purview
Times of India
The judgment says that MBAs will not come under the purview of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and therefore the B-Schools will come only under the universities to which they are affiliated. Academics say that from now on, the Arts ...
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Harvard reward for tough principals - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
In recognition of his leadership and commitment to public education, Burnard is one of two NSW principals to receive an inaugural scholarship to travel to Harvard University and undertake a period of study at the leading institution. The not-for-profit ...
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Josh Moon's Just Saying: Education opposition commonly off-target
Montgomery Advertiser
Despite seeing that lower student-teacher ratios, better qualified teachers and intensive learning programs helped lift this state's education system off the mat and up the charts throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, our state leaders ...
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Education overhaul under review
The Advocate
House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Bel Edwards, of Amite, said the governor's slippage in the polls, and complaints that lawmakers heard from some constituents after the quick approval of last year's education overhaul, have helped fuel new ...
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Extra money and quick fixes won't improve education - Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times
What is being asked of teachers at all levels of education in the 21st century is no mean feat. In what is an increasingly complex social and technological environment, be it the physical or virtual classroom, teachers are charged with making lasting ...
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Brisbane Times
Report exposes sorry state of school education
Times of India
PATNA: Recent random inspections of 10 schools by three joint teams of education and administrative officials in Munger district has served to expose the sorry state of school education in the state. The inspection reports belie the claims of education...
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Cambridge beats Oxford in major university league table
Telegraph.co.uk
"What is beyond dispute is that the top 10 includes some of the world's finest higher education institutions." But Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of vice-chancellors' group Universities UK, said: "It is good that there is a growing amount of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Brunswick Education Foundation salutes Alumni Hall of Fame inductees
Plain Dealer (blog)
Albert Sparrow expressed deep appreciation for his election into the Brunswick High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame, joining several of his classmates in the prestigious group. He was inducted Saturday at the annual Brunswick Education...
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Plain Dealer (blog)
St. Ambrose College of Education holds first congregation
Ghana Business News
Professor Domwin Dabire Kuupole, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, on Saturday noted that teacher education should seek to create a human talent pool that can adapt to new ideas, cultures and the environment. He said that calls for ...
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Blogs12 new results for Education
 
Education reform is at a standstill in the Statehouse | TheGazette
By Mike Wiser
Teacher accountability one of the main stumbling blocks.
TheGazette
Education and Wealth | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
By Jared Bernstein
Education and Wealth. Apr 28, 2013. You want my advice, you should pour a tall cup-a-Joe and settle in to read this essay by Sean Reardon in this AMs NYT on education and wealth. He covers a lot of ground, but the theme that resonated ...
Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
WV MetroNews – Tomblin favors oversight in higher education
By Jeff Jenkins
Completed legislation impacting BOGs at WVU and Marshall still on Tomblin's desk.
WV MetroNews » News
Hong Kong: A multilingual education jewel - The Nation
Hong Kong: A multilingual education jewel. For 155 years, Hong Kong, until the handover in 1997, was a colony of Great Britain. With over 7 million people now living in a small area, it is one...
NationMultimedia.com - Opinion
Social housing tenants need education on repairs | Ottawa & Region ...
According to Carole Ladouceur, tenants of Ottawa Community Housing simply need to be better educated on where to file maintenance requests.
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Graduate workforce over-educated: report | Campus Review ...
By Aileen Macalintal
Their study revealed that about 50 per cent of recent graduates are employed in jobs that require a level of education lower than a university degree, and that over-education can result in a 12 per cent reduction in earnings. A surprising aspect ...
Campus Review | Higher Education...
Blue Jersey:: Education News Round-Up, 4/28/13
By Jersey Jazzman
The residents of Camden are expressing concern about the state takeover of schools there, wondering why the Commissioner of Education, Chris Cerf, is speaking to the community after the takeover was announced, and not before.
Blue Jersey - Front Page
"It's our democracy, stupid." | Deborah Meier on Education
By debmeier
FAIRTEST HONORING JONATHAN KOZOL. PRESENTATION OF THE DEBORAH W. MEIER AWARD FOR HEROES IN EDUCATION THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013, 6 – 8:30 PM Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Street, Cambridge, ...
Deborah Meier on Education
Alcorn Convenes Diversity and Inclusion Summit for HBCUs - Diverse
By cmaadmin
Billed by its president Dr. M. Christopher Brown as "an opportunity for people who care about diversity" to build networks, share ideas and advance the quality of education on their campuses, Alcorn State University is hosting a Diversity and ...
Diverse
Harlandale ISD elections a street fight under the radar - San Antonio ...
The burning issue for several candidates is voter unhappiness over the departure of a well-regarded former superintendent, Robert Jaklich, who had led the district to several awards and financial stability. The campaigning hasn't reached the ...
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Debate: Education Under Gove | Leeds Student Newspaper
By debate
Media attention has recently been overwhelmingly fixed on Education Secretary Michael Gove and his U-turn on replacing GCSEs with the EBC. Granted, a U-turn like this is never ideal (except to the shadow ministers), but Gove's other ideas ...
Leeds Student Newspaper
Portage Board of Education will go back to consultants for do-over ...
PORTAGE (WKZO) --The Portage Board of Education will meet Monday night to reboot their Superintendent search, now that their one and only candidate has bailed on them. Brighton Supt. Greg ...
wkzo.com

Web5 new results for Education
 
In Ala., GOP dictates new landscape for education - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Self-declared education reformers have had considerable success across the country over the past few ...
news.yahoo.com/ala-gop-dictates-landscape-education-15344...
"Girl rising": Looking for an education - CBS News Video
CBS News video: "Girl rising": Looking for an education - In many countries, it is believed that ...
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50145739n
Drivers education for older drivers remains for 2 years, researcher ...
In seeming contrast to the notion that the elderly often have memory problems, a new study finds driver retraining to be an effective strategy for improving the ...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130426115626.htm
Palestinian Children Denied Education in Israeli Prisons - Al-Monitor ...
Israeli prisons are not providing adequately for the educational needs of detained Palestinian children, reports Jillian Kestler-D'Amours.
www.al-monitor.com/.../palestinian-detained-children-educatio...
Guest commentary: Law Day showcases need for civics education...
By JOHN E. THEISIn David Lemons, generations of students had a passionate teacher whose methods for demystifying government were, as I look back on ...
www.news-gazette.com/.../guest-commentary-law-day-showca...


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