11/22/2008
Texas Board of Education delays vote on plan to give high school athletes more credits (Dallas Morning News)
AUSTIN – State Board of Education members on Friday postponed until January a final vote on a plan giving high school athletes twice as much credit toward graduation.
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11/22/2008
Mayor's Education Cuts Under Scrutiny (WNYC New York Public Radio)
Mayor Bloomberg’s $180 million mid-year cuts to city schools are getting serious scrutiny from the City Council's Education Committee. REPORTER: Education officials faced stiff questioning Friday ....
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11/22/2008
Education Ministry should be ashamed (Malta Star)
The education ministry Saturday said that the police found no illegality or irregularity was committed by the board that had to decide on the granting of an IT training contract for the MCAST.
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11/22/2008
New strategy for university education (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
The Ministry of Higher Education has developed a national strategy on university education, upgraded two national polytechnics to degree awarding institutions and made seven middle level institutions into constituent university colleges.
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11/22/2008
5-10#x25 cuts are looming for education (Deseret Morning News)
Legislators say they don't want to scare education leaders too much when it comes to looming budget cuts.
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11/22/2008
EKU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES THIRD YEAR OF TEACHER SABBATICAL PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS (Richmond Register)
Eastern Kentucky University’s College of Education is looking for 16 PK-12 educators to join with university faculty next spring to address educational reform issues.
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11/22/2008
Poor students get education subsidy (Sun Star)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- More indigent students were among the third batch of scholars who received grants amounting from P2,000 to P5,000 under the City Government's Scholarship in Education for Empowerment and Development (Seed) program.
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11/22/2008
Education board tables Indian ed resolution (Casper Star-Tribune)
Members of the Wyoming School Boards Association voted Wednesday to table a resolution that would have recommended the state mandate all school districts teach American Indian education, including the history and culture of Wyoming's tribes.
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11/21/2008
Moody's: Higher education facing credit challenge (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Moody's Investors Service said in a report Friday that recent steep investment losses suffered by most higher education and other not-for-profit entities may generate near-term rating pressure.
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11/22/2008
Migrant education program given grant (Ventura County Star)
The Ventura County Office of Education was among 22 school agencies that together received nearly $5.5 million in federal grants for the Migrant Education Even Start program, state schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell said Thursday.
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