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When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.
Community colleges have joined Missouri's four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials promise to nick and not slash their budgets.
Tuition and academic fees will be frozen for the second straight year at Missouri's public four-year colleges and universities, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday.
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Cuts in state funding for education mean teachers at one northeastern Oklahoma school now must clean their own classrooms while their superintendent scrubs the toilets. A superintendent in a neighboring county is considering laying off five teachers. Yet another is asking veteran teachers to consider early retirement.
NEW YORK - While the country continued to find ways to cut back in tough times, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided it was time to supersize. In October, it announced a doubling of the number of nominees in the best picture category, bringing the grand total to 10.
Teachers and other education employees could have to pay more for their retirement and health insurance benefits under a financial plan proposed Thursday by the Alabama Board of Education.
Forty-three "career coaches" will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced Monday.
The Michigan House voted to tap federal stimulus money set aside for next year to soften a cut in school funding now, but it's unlikely the move is going to win the support of the state Senate.
Trade schools operator Career Education Corp. said Wednesday it climbed to a profit in the third quarter on rising revenue from record-high enrollment and number of new students.
Online education provider Bridgepoint Education Inc. said Wednesday that net income in the third quarter more than doubled as the school enrolled more students in its Web classes.
The state of Missouri and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up on a program that Gov. Jay Nixon says will provide thousands of the state's residents with free access to e-learning and certification programs from the company.
Education officials say federal stimulus funds have helped create or save more than 4,500 jobs at public schools and colleges in Virginia.
China's legislature has removed the country's unpopular education minister amid a corruption scandal in a city he used to oversee and widespread public dissatisfaction with the education system.
The state is asking eight Ohio universities to share their knowledge about advanced energy in an effort to help the state emerge as a world leader in the field and create a "green-collar" work force, officials announced Wednesday.
For-profit education provider Capella Education Co. said on Tuesday that accelerating enrollment in its online degree programs drove profit up more than 69 percent in the third quarter.
Michigan's bipartisan State Board of Education urged Gov. Jennifer Granholm and lawmakers to find money to reduce cuts in public education and buy time for a long-term funding solution.
Not content with shaping education directly through schools, the biggest player in the school reform movement has an eye on moving education policy.
Alabama schools Superintendent Joe Morton unveiled a plan to deal with budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 partly by making teachers pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits.
With an ominous budget challenge looming again, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley called on school superintendents Tuesday to work together in hunting for ways to save money.
President Barack Obama visited a Maryland school Monday to congratulate the students and teachers on their hard work.
One of the biggest hurdles for working couples trying to balance work and family is finding good and affordable day care. But for some reason, many mothers think arranging and paying for child care is mainly their concern.
President Barack Obama says his administration is taking steps to be a good partner with states and local school districts to help students. But he says that, in the end, successful schools need involved parents.
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Well, it’s happened. They’ve finally arrested someone for egregious poking on Facebook.
Big disparities in gifted schooling, group saysDisparities in gifted schooling exist in every state, according to the National Association for Gifted Children, which blames low federal funding and a focus on low-performing students.
Marks go up after school bans homeworkNo more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks. At least not because kids didn't do their homework -- because there isn't any at one Ontario school.
President of India inaugurated 2 days international terrorism conference today in Delhi and tomorrow Vice-President, Hamid Ansari would be the Chief Guest at the Valedictory Session Chief Justice of India K. G.
Declaration on the Right to Development (R2D) has found a new lease of life within the context of intellectual property rights especially within the framework of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Why Canada can't stop bullies - Parentcentral.caDaniel Sebben was just 13 when the taunts began. Day after day, for the next three years, the Newmarket high school student faced homophobic slurs, insults and verbal abuse from a group of six boys.
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Our scool district is once again being changed, last year one of our school was close and after this year another elementary schook is being closed. our community has now only 4 or 5 elementary's, 2 middle schools and 1 high school and 1 career center.
Berkeley students take building in fee protestUniversity of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees barricaded themselves Friday inside part of a campus building.
Teaching of evolution to become mandatory in EnglandPrimary school children in England will have to learn about evolution and British history under a shake-up of the national curriculum Evolution is arguably the most important concept underlying the life sciences
Study: Teacher Exchanges Are Pipeline for Bilingual Teachers - Learning the Language - Education WeekSome school districts are helping to fill a shortage of bilingual teachers through international teacher exchanges, but that strategy for alleviating shortages is still "relatively unexplored," according to a report released yesterday by the Migration Policy Institute.
State rates teacher prep programs - St. Petersburg TimesThe Florida state Department of Education has examined the effectiveness of rookie teachers from a wide variety of teacher preparation programs, using their students' scores on the math and reading portions of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in 2008.
Canadian parents win legal battle against homeworkLawyer-Parents fight for their Children. The basic story is that these parents saw no correlation between grades and homework, so they pressed charges against the school to stop the school from assigning and grading "useless" homework.
Report Highlights Characteristics of Colleges With High Transfer-Success Rates - Government - The Chronicle of Higher EducationA new report found that the colleges with higher-than-expected student transfer rates to four-year schools shared three main characteristics: structured academic pathways that prepare students to enroll at four-year colleges; a student-centered culture that emphasizes personal at …
Enrollment jumps 5.2% at state's colleges, universitiesEnrollment at Maryland colleges and universities increased by a record 5.2 percent this fall, wiping away concerns that the recession might keep students from pursuing higher education, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
Education chief: Adults not helping enough | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis StarAre we finally going to start talking about the elephant in the room??
UC Approves 32% Student Fee IncreaseLOS ANGELES -- University of California students will get a much larger tuition bill next year. The Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 32 percent increase in undergraduate student fees, despite protests by hundreds of demonstrators outside the regents' meeting at UCLA.
Teacher accused of punching, choking childA preschool teacher in Dayton Ohio was charged with a misdemeanor assault after she is accused of punching and choking a 4-year-old boy at YMCA Grace Childcare, 1001 Harvard Blvd. The charge against Sherra Howard, 25, of Trotwood, was Nov. 19, in Dayton Municipal Court.
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Urbanite Duncan Continues Rural Outreach - Politics K-12 - Education WeekEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, whose education experience is firmly planted in urban ground, is continuing to reach out to rural folks to figure out how the reforms he's pushing will play out in the farther reaches of the country.
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Number of Foreign Students in U.S. Hit a New High Last Year - International - The Chronicle of Higher EducationThe number of foreign students attending American colleges hit an all-time high in 2008, capping three consecutive years of vigorous growth, according to new data from the Institute of International Education.
Study abroad? College students rethink ideaEconomic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.
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Researchers' Financial Interests Often Not Reported to U.S. - NYTimes.comFew universities make required reports to the government about the financial conflicts of their researchers, and even when such conflicts are reported, university administrators rarely require those researchers to eliminate or reduce these conflicts, government investigators foun …
There is good news for patent owners, in particular those holding patents on green technologies. There will not be a binding agreement as a result of the UN conference in Copenhagen can allow patent and intellectual property advocates breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now.
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