01/08/2009
Bush wants education law kept after he leaves (AP via Yahoo! News)
Delivering one final policy speech, President George W. Bush defended his signature education law on Thursday and warned that it should not be weakened when he leaves office because it has "forever changed America's school systems."
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01/08/2009
Bush touts education law (AP via Yahoo! News)
President George W. Bush says his signature education law should not be weakened when he leaves office because it has "forever changed America's school systems."
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01/08/2009
Economy Threatens Education Funding (Washington Post)
It was a good ride while it lasted. But for the Prince George's County school system and the Maryland General Assembly, the days of easy money for public education are over.
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01/08/2009
China official urges education to stem terrorism (AP via Yahoo! News)
Rocked by a fresh outbreak of anti-government violence, officials in China's far western Xinjiang region are urging expanded free education to staunch support for Islamic separatists.
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01/08/2009
Bush touts education law in Philly (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
President George W. Bush says his signature education law should not be weakened when he leaves office.
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01/08/2009
D. Kent King, state education chief, dies at age 65 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
JEFFERSON CITY — D. Kent King, the state education commissioner who raised the bar for thousands of Missouri students, died Wednesday at his home in Rolla after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 65.
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01/08/2009
Midday Glance: Education companies (INO News)
Apollo Group rose $.28 or .4 percent, to $76.69. Career Education rose $.49 or 2.8 percent, to $18.07.
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01/08/2009
Kiplinger’s calls UVa, Va. Tech bargains in education (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s list of the 100 best values in public education for 2008-09 features six Virginia schools, including two of the top five.
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01/08/2009
Brenau names new education dean (AccessNorthGA)
GAINESVILLE - Dr. Lora B. Bailey has assumed the post of professor and dean of the Brenau University School of Education.
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01/08/2009
Education panel to renew debate on science, evolution (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)
NEW ORLEANS -- Legislation passed last year to promote what its backers call "critical thinking" about evolution and other science topics is about to come up for debate again in Baton Rouge -- this time before state education officials.
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