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
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
Bergeson gives last state of education speech (Seattle Times)
Terry Bergeson is asking Washington state education leaders to continue her efforts as she leaves her job as superintendent of public instruction.
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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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11/21/2008
Delay for new NI education body (BBC News)
The new body due to replace nine different education organisations in Northern Ireland is delayed until January 2010.
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11/22/2008
School to put a charge in tech education (The Argus Leader)
Technical education classes that are squeezed for time and space will get more of both starting in 2010 when a career technical academy opens in Sioux Falls. Advanced classes in other subjects will be offered, too, but the emphasis will be on job training and careers.
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11/22/2008
Bergeson gives last state of education speech (The Columbian)
Terry Bergeson is asking Washington state education leaders to continue her efforts as she leaves her job as superintendent of public instruction. Her final "state of education" speech,...
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11/22/2008
Higher education: High school grad pool thinning out (The Charleston Gazette)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - State colleges and universities will likely aggressively court nontraditional students as West Virginias population of young people declines, a state higher education official said Friday.At a meeting of the Higher Education Policy Comm...
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11/22/2008
Special Ed., Fuel Top Issues on Education Budget (Darien News-Review)
The state of the economy and the rising costs of special education will be two of the major issues facing the Board of Education as budget season looms.
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