12/04/2008
Potential Obama pick visits Education Department (AP via Yahoo! News)
A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he said was a purely social call.
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12/04/2008
Education Board Retains Leadership (Washington Post)
The Prince George's County Board of Education voted to keep Verjeana M. Jacobs and Ron Watson in the panel's top two posts for the coming year, but only after a process that highlighted divisions among the school system's leadership without clarifying what they are.
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12/04/2008
CPS Chief Visits Education Department (CBS 2 Chicago)
Chicago Schools Chief Arne Duncan visited the Education Department Thursday morning in Washington on what he said was a purely social call.
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12/04/2008
One student waits for education maintenance allowance (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite having sent not one but two applications, Hannah Smith, 17, still has no idea whether she is going to get an education maintenance allowance this year. "It's a real pain because last year it went through so well and so efficiently," she says. Smith qualified for the full £30 a week in her first year studying for German, English and philosophy A-levels at Cornwall College, St ...
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12/04/2008
Education and income were strong factors in vote against gay marriage (San Jose Mercury News)
A new statewide survey of voters finds that education and income '” more than race and ethnicity '” were the decisive factors in the political battle over same-sex marriage. On the Web: PPIC post-election survey
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12/04/2008
Potential Obama pick visits Education Department (Las Vegas Sun)
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 (7:57 a.m.) A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he said was a purely social call.
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12/04/2008
Indiana report card on higher education (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
An independent report card issued by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gives states grades, from A to F, on higher education. A look at Indiana's grades:
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12/04/2008
Potential Obama pick visits Education Department (Lexington Herald-Leader)
A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he said was a purely social call. Duncan chatted over coffee with outgoing Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. He said the visit had nothing to do with the possibility of being chosen to serve in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet. Duncan is among a handful of ...
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12/04/2008
CPS chief Duncan visits Education Department (ABC 7 Chicago)
Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan visited the Education Department this morning in Washington on what he said was a purely social call.
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12/04/2008
Auditor rips Education Dept. (Philadelphia Daily News)
In a report released yesterday, state Auditor General Jack Wagner charged that the state Department of Education is doing a lousy job of enforcing laws that are designed to make schools safe learning environments.
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