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Source: dallasnews.com Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 3 minutes ago
English textbooks and new science labs for Texas students would be on the chopping block under a proposal to trim some education spending by 10 percent in the next....
Source: northjersey.com Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 4 minutes ago
Federal officials announced the recipients last week and New Jersey did not make the final cut. Race to the Top is a $4.35 billion incentive program by the U.S.....
Source: mercurynews.com Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 6 minutes ago
Over the next several years, kindergartners in California will be getting older. This school year, a child can start kindergarten as long as he or she turns 5....
Source: dailymail.co.uk Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 6 minutes ago
Only 32 schools will reopen as independent academies this week as militant trade unions fight to derail flagship Tory education reforms. A further 110 schools....
Source: nj.com Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 9 minutes ago
The state Board of Education president and the acting education commissioner Wednesday vowed to continue moving forward with New Jersey’s education reform goals,....
Source: newjerseynewsro Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 10 minutes ago
Bitter and hurt about his ouster by Gov. Chris Christie as state education commissioner and worried about his family's financial situation, Bret Schundler Wednesday....
Source: masslive.com Posted By: Gigi D...2 days ago
College sticker shock doesn’t stop with huge tuition bills. Textbook prices have climbed over the years, and today it’s not unusual to see students pay as much as....
Source: bloomberg.com Posted By: Gigi D...2 days ago
A teachers strike has shut schools across South Africa just weeks before year-end exams, compounding the failures of a state education system that has left more....
Source: oudaily.com Posted By: Gigi D...2 days ago
Why is our public education system failing? Everyone has a theory, and there obviously seems to be more than one reason. Some people say that money is the problem.....
Source: miamiherald.com Posted By: Gigi D...2 days ago
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink is scheduled to reveal an education reform plan that calls for more accountability. The CFO says a stronger education....
Opinions and Commentaries
Source: beyondchron.org Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 8 minutes ago
Since he took office, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has had a lot of cash to give out. Starting with the first American Recovery and Reconstruction Act (ARRA)....
Source: yankton.net Posted By: Gigi D...2 days ago
If you have any interest in education in either South Dakota or Nebraska, these are fascinating times, to say the least. In both states, overall funding issues....
Source: thenewsstar.com Posted By: Gigi D...2 days ago
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan lifted spirits during his visit to J.S. Clark Magnet School and Madison Parish High School as he opened an eight-state, 800-mile....
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Melody D...3 days ago
In my book Debt-Free U: How I Paid For An Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, Or Mooching Off My Parents, I show families how anyone can get....
Source: enterprisenews. Posted By: Melody D...3 days ago
More money does not always equate to better schools, but once schools dip below a reasonable level of funding, it is inevitable that education will suffer. So....
Source: blogs.forbes.co Posted By: Melody D...3 days ago
There’s a lot to learn out there, both in schools and in company funding. That may always have been true, but more and more it seems like both higher education and....
Source: NPR Posted By: Melody D...3 days ago
That was another $4.35 billion poorly spent. Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the winners of the second and final round of the administration's....
Source: online.wsj.com Posted By: Barba R...4 days ago
Five years ago yesterday, the levees broke. Hurricane Katrina flooded roughly 80% of this city, causing nearly $100 billion in damage. The storm forced us to rebuild....
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: Barba R...4 days ago
Wanted: Strong, well-educated and experienced leader who can guide at least $290 million in budget cuts, take repeated and angry criticism from state lawmakers and....
Source: signonsandiego. Posted By: Anna C...7 days ago
The U.S. Education Department’s decision to reject California’s application for bonus federal funding in the second round of President Barack Obama’s Race to the....
Campus News
Source: Boston Globe Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 5 minutes ago
BOND Construction said it has just participated in a a topping off ceremony held at Wheaton College’s campus in Norton. The ceremony marked a construction milestone....
Source: nymag.com Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 3 minutes ago
The Times has taken a look at a controversy brewing over Brooklyn College's choice to assign all incoming students to read How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being....
Source: accsports.com Posted By: Betty D...22 hours 1 minutes ago
Critics of Boston College’s move to the ACC from the Big East warned it would be a bad fit. The Eagles, who played a thick-necked brand of football in the Northeast,....
Source: voanews.com Posted By: Gigi D...2 days ago
As New Orleans looks back to the tragedy the city experienced after Hurricane Katrina five years ago, local officials and community leaders are giving special praise....
Source: New York Times Posted By: Melody D...3 days ago
The state attorney general has failed to back up accusations that a former University of Virginia climate change researcher defrauded state taxpayers in obtaining....
Source: telegraph.co.uk Posted By: Melody D...3 days ago
The author of the Harry Potter series, whose mother Anne died from complications related to MS at the age of 45, said she had been looking for a long time for a....
Source: miamiherald.com Posted By: Barba R...4 days ago
Two highly anticipated newcomers arrived at the University of Miami practice Sunday: five-star defensive back Latwan Anderson from Glenville High in Cleveland and....
Source: thepilot.com Posted By: Barba R...4 days ago
A committee searched far and wide for a new president of the University of North Carolina system and found him not in the backyard but right out in front. On....
Source: mlive.com Posted By: Barba R...4 days ago
WMU has named a new administrator to lead its office of development and alumni affairs. James S. Thomas, associate vice president of medical development and alumni....
Source: google.com Posted By: jim R...10 days ago
An Oregon State University offensive lineman has been dismissed from the team after police say they found him naked and intoxicated in a stranger's home and had....
Other News
Source: americanchronic Posted By: Melody D...3 days ago
-September is for back-to-school sales, Mets fans waiting till next year and a new season of college football. This report will cover everything from the juiciest....
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: Barba R...4 days ago
Core Projects & Technologies Ltd., an Indian education software services provider to overseas universities, plans to acquire a U.S. company and use its technology....
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: lalita S...8 days ago
As the lazy days of summer wind down, we know that for some students and parents an entirely new experience is about to occur: College! This is an exciting, scary....
Source: okmagazine.com Posted By: Johnnie R...11 days ago
While Brad Pitt is concentrating his efforts on helping New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and now the BP oil spill, his partner Angelina Jolie is focusing her....
Source: .voanews.com Posted By: Mary P...14 days ago
A new public opinion poll shows 18 percent of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim. The number of Americans with that mistaken idea has....
Source: genevalunch.com Posted By: Mary P...14 days ago
A professor at the University of Geneva, Unige, is among four scientist awarded the top mathematics prize in the world: the Fields Medal. Stanislav Smirnov,....
Source: fastcompany.com Posted By: Cat B...15 days ago
Researchers in Edinburgh have created a biofuel out of the by-products of whisky that is so powerful it can be used in an unmodified car. The biobutanol, a next-gen....
Source: Forbes Posted By: Zarah Owens..17 days ago
Shares of education companies are down today following a report from the Department of Education on loan repayment rates. Schools with repayment rates under 45%....
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: Zarah Owens..17 days ago
Shares of for-profit education companies dropped Monday after the government released data showing that many of their students aren't repaying their school loans. The....
Source: theolympian.com Posted By: Bailey C...18 days ago
The Higher Education Coordinating Board has promoted its interim leader, Don Bennett, to executive director. Bennett took over the top spot in April for Ann Daley.....