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
GLOBAL: Does emergency education save lives? (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Education, a long-neglected sector in emergency response according to some aid groups, is gradually being seen as vital in crises, but donor reluctance to fund it persists partly because they do not see it as life-saving, aid experts say.
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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
Education officials consider staff, benefit cuts (Deseret Morning News)
In further preparation for looming budget cuts, the State Office of Education could be offering early retirement incentives and eliminating a college tuition reimbursement program for employees.
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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
Fitch Rates 2 Panhandle-Plains Higher Education Authority 2007 Trust Revs 'AAA' (Centre Daily Times)
Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to two Panhandle-Plains Higher Education Authority, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Trust Indenture (1991) (TX) Series 2005 student loan revenue bonds:
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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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