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| Ten state universities join with online education provider Los Angeles Times But the emphasis of the new partnerships is for the universities to bring their own in-state students back to degree programs, hasten graduation rates and start high school students on college education early, according to Daphne Koller, one of the two ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jeb Bush talks education reform, chides unions, mum on running for president Detroit Free Press Common core is a set of educational standards developed by the National Governors Association and adopted by the Michigan Board of Education in 2010. It is an effort to standardize educational achievement goals nationwide, but is completely voluntary. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Education benefits for veterans delayed, adding to problems at VA Fox News Veterans face delays when applying for education benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), making it more difficult for them to receive an education after leaving the military, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Embrace education for progress, Vice President tells Muslims Zee News Embrace education for progress, Vice President tells Muslims Mumbai: Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari on Wednesday urged the Muslim community to embrace modern education to stay in tune with the changing times and overcome its social and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Schools left to drown in an ocean of red tape The Australian READING Schools Education Minister Peter Garrett's defence of the Gonski-inspired school funding model and National Plan for School Improvement in yesterday's paper, I was reminded of US president Ronald Reagan's comment: "The nine most terrifying ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lobato Case Decision: Colorado Supreme Court Finds Education Funding ... Huffington Post The majority opinion said that a "thorough and uniform" system of education is "of a quality marked by completeness, is comprehensive, and is consistent across the state." At the same time, it "simply establishes the constitutional floor upon which the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ACT signs up to Gonski ABC Online The ACT has reached a deal with the Federal Government on the Gonski school education funding changes. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher announced the deal while visiting Lyneham High School in Canberra's north. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| State superintendent calls on senators to reject defunding Common Core ... MLive.com "It is unfortunate that the Michigan Department of Education has used 'the sky is falling' false rhetoric applied to a pause in the budget on implementing Common Core. This pause will allow Michigan citizens to weigh in, for the first time, on whether ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Education is for parents too Washington Post Widespread beliefs about school and teacher authority in Latin American countries posit that it's rude for a parent to intrude into school life because it is the school's job to educate and the parent's job to nurture — and the two do not mix. Yet if ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sallie Mae Plans to Split into 2, Names New CEO TIME The education loan management business would include the company's portfolios of federally guaranteed and private education loans, as well as most related servicing and collection activities. Remondi will continue as its CEO. The principal assets of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Michigan Legislature approves $15.1B education budget The Detroit News The new school aid budget of $13.4 billion is up 2.5 percent from the current-year allotment, a proportional increase Senate Democrats blasted as inadequate and won't make up for some $2 billion transferred from K-12 schools to higher education in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| State education official to present planned changes to standardized testing at ... Attleboro Sun Chronicle ATTLEBORO — State education Commissioner Mitchel Chester will speak about the state's pending change from MCAS standardized tests to the PARCC system at 7 p.m. Thursday, in the Attleboro High School auditorium. Chester will have a PowerPoint ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Texting Tool Helps Kids Fight Bullying InformationWeek Also in the new, all-digital Hacking Higher Ed issue of InformationWeek Education: Students can use technology to undermine the integrity of education. (Free registration required.) About The Author. David F. Carr is Editor of InformationWeek Education... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Free kindergarten education will boost the whole of society South China Morning Post Hong Kong is getting ready for 15 years of free education, which will be groundbreaking if achieved. As it will take the Committee on Free Kindergarten Education two years to come up with a set of recommendations, what issues should be considered? See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Education panel approves more language immersion programs, kills move to ... NOLA.com Foreign language immersion programs in Louisiana could expand under a bill approved Wednesday during the House Education Committee's last meeting of the 2013 session. The panel also killed a bill that would have given certain principals more control ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why Higher Education Can Be the Worst Investment Ever The Market Oracle What's more, even those who have gotten a job often settle for work that's hardly commensurate with their newly-minted education. That has helped to create a trillion dollar student loan bubble, with the average debt per student up 70% since 2004. It ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jeb Bush calls for education, immigration reform San Francisco Chronicle MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Boosting education standards and crafting an immigration policy that recognizes the valuable role newcomers play in creating jobs is essential to long-term economic growth, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arne Duncan: Education is the best investment we can make MSNBC During an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell at Tuesday's Education Nation Summit, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reaffirmed his belief that "education is the best investment we can make." "I think if you think education is expensive, try ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Education Insider: Columbus board mum on hiring provost Columbus Dispatch As we've noted in previous stories, Reynoldsburg schools have a jump-start on adopting the new Common Core education standards. At least three schools are all-in with the more-rigorous standards, and all but a few grade levels have aligned their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Chicago school closings and the way forward to defend public education World Socialist Web Site The announcement by the Chicago Board of Education last week that 49 of the city's schools will be shut down in the largest school closing in US history marks a new stage in the American ruling class's offensive against public education. Since taking ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Baker addresses community about Prince George's schools plan Washington Post "At the end of the day, you are the judge of whether I made the right decision," Baker (D) told more than 150 people who packed a conference room at the South Bowie Branch library. "We're going to improve education in Prince George's, and we're going ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| USAID adds value to education by training teachers The Express Tribune The importance of education is not only limited to students but also for those who impart knowledge and that is why the United States aims to strengthen the education roots in Pakistan by investing in higher education and teacher's training programmes. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As Adobe customers howl, Corel offers education discount CNET (blog) The company said the revised education discount plan was already in planning before Adobe changed its sales approach. But the company clearly is trying to capitalize on its rival's woes: last week, it announced Corel software discounts of up to 60 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lack of education biggest hurdle for Muslims' progress, says vice president Times of India MUMBAI: Vice president Mohammed Hamid Ansari has said that Muslims should adopt modern education to overcome their "social and economic backwardness". "(Lack of) Education is the biggest impediment to the community's progress, prosperity and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senate approves education budget The State Journal-Register Voting along party lines, Illinois senators on Wednesday approved the education component of the new state budget. All 19 Republicans in the chambers voted against the education spending plans that supporters called the best budget for education that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tenafly Board of Education opposes criteria in new state report cards NorthJersey.com The Department of Education determined that an appropriate average daily attendance rate of 96 percent shall be the level of attendance for all state districts and those that cannot demonstrate rate more than the aforementioned percentage, will suffer ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Coursera partners with state universities to bring online education to ... By Christina Farr Coursera just announced a partnership with some of the largest state universities in a bid to bring online education to millions of students. VentureBeat | ||
| Does the Cost of Architectural Education Create a Barrier to the ... By Rory Stott Rory MacLeod A recent report by the UK Architectural Education Review Group has highlighted the high cost of education as a barrier which prevents. ArchDaily | ||
| Ncore conference addresses race and ethnicity in higher ... - Diverse By cmaadmin Belinda Biscoe Boni, associate vice president of community outreach in the College of Continuing Education at the University of Oklahoma, says NCORE is a life-changing experience. NEW ORLEANS — On Wednesday, the annual National ... Diverse | ||
| Accountability, not more money, needed to fix education... - Vanguard By ojiego FORMER Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said the problem with Nigeria's education system is not more funding but accountability and transparency. Speaking at the just-concluded 3rd Lagos State Education Summit, ... Vanguard News | ||
| The Daily Tar Heel :: NC Senate budget proposes K-12 education cuts The N.C. General Assembly has one month from today to pass a two-year state budget — and legislators and educators remain up in arms about funding for public education. The Daily Tar Heel | ||
| Education items in the budget | Politics Extra By Jessica Brown The Ohio Senate revealed its substitute budget bill Tuesday. We checked out the education items on the list. Here's what we see as the biggest-deal changes. What do you think? See anything else? E-mail us: damos@enquirer.com and ... Politics Extra | ||
| Concern for safety of Lewis school remains on Birmingham Board of ... By Madison Underwood | MUnderwood@AL.com A financial plan mandated by the Alabama State Board of Education for the Birmingham City Schools called for the closing of seven schools, including the consolidation of Norwood into Lewis elementary, or of Lewis and Norwood into the ... Real-Time News from Birmingham | ||
| Signs of Judicial Sanity in Colorado : Education Next By Joshua Dunn That paved the way for a bizarre 2011 trial court decision holding that the state was underfunding education by billions of dollars each year. The opinion decided to ignore inconvenient parts of the Colorado Constitution that limit the ability of ... ExcitingAds! Next | ||
| Mayoral candidate Sal Albanese is his own education advisor ... By Anika Anand GothamSchools is profiling the education policy advisors to each mayoral candidate. When asked who advises Sal Albanese's mayoral campaign on education. GothamSchools » Newsroom | ||
| The readiness to do social experiments on the education of children ... By Activism in paradise - Voices from down under Even if Education Minister Hekia Parata was correct – and this is contested – about the school mergers she is imposing on Christchurch due to what the earthquake has done to population shifts, school rolls and the costs for classroom repairs ... @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER | ||
| Former State Superintendent blasts "senseless" proposals to cut ... By Clayton Henkel We support the choice of private education, but taxpayers will foot the bill for some parents to send their children to private schools. Legislators backing these vouchers will tell you that the vouchers are for disadvantaged students, but the bulk ... The Progressive Pulse |
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| Remembering the Promise of - U.S. Department of Education May 17 marked the 59th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education , which unanimously held that the segregation of ... www.ed.gov/.../remembering-the-promise-of-brown-vs-board... | ||
| State Board of Education | Ohio Department of Education SAFE | State Agencies | Online Services | ODE Website Archive · Ohio.gov · Ohio Department of Education· Facebook · Twitter · LinkedIn · YouTube · ePub ... education.ohio.gov/State-Board | ||
| Funding for Common Core education standards struck from ... State Superintendent Mike Flanagan accused legislators of "playing politics" with the curriculum decision. www.mlive.com/.../funding_for_common_core_educat.html | ||
| Jeb Bush urges Michigan lawmakers to approve education reform ... Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush met privately today with Michigan Republican lawmakers to urge them to approve higher K-12 education standards. www.detroitnews.com/.../Jeb-Bush-urges-Michigan-lawmakers... | ||
| News Education | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com Get the latest education news for the Indianapolis-area and state. www.indystar.com/section/NEWS04/News-Education | ||
| Final Budget Likely To Be Strong On Education Reform - Courant.com Last month, it appeared that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's sweeping education reforms — approved last year by the legislature — were imperiled, but Wednesday, ... www.courant.com/.../hc-education-legislature-0530-20130529... | ||
| Is Education Reform Killing Gym? | The Philly Post But with fewer schools investing in physical education programs, the gym classes most of us dreaded in the 1970s and 80s are fast becoming a relic. blogs.phillymag.com/the.../public-schools-no-more-gym/ | ||
| New evidence to spark the national education conversation ... Microsoft On the Issues is the Microsoft blog on technology policy and corporate affairs. On this blog, Microsoft shares thoughts on how the computing revolution ... blogs.technet.com/.../new-evidence-to-spark-the-national-educ... |
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