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After facing a budget shortfall in a difficult economy, the Anchorage School Board looked at a suggested upper limit Monday night -- the most money the school district can expect for next school year.
MADISON, Wis. -- Ahead of what would have been her 23rd birthday, the family of slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann is awarding a scholarship in her name.
The Education Committee began testing legislation Tuesday morning that includes much of Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to broaden charter schools and empower state officials to intervene in low-performing schools, granting additional authority to local districts to enforce new policies at flagging schools and establish individual new models.
MADISON, Wis. -- A bill in the state Legislature to cede control of Milwaukee public schools to the mayor is set to be introduced on Wednesday. Lawmakers working on the measure have made a draft available and are seeking co-sponsors.
Paris, November 10, 2009 – Internews, the international NGO that empowers local media worldwide, announced the fifteen winners of the Earth Journalism Awards today, and opened the online public voting to find the winner of a sixteenth prize.
Iran lashed out at Oxford University on Tuesday for having set up a scholarship in memory of Neda Salehi Agha-Soltan , the young Iranian woman whose death during the June post-election unrest provoked international outrage and became a symbol of regime brutality.
What's up with Fergie and her hubby? Did he seriously cheat on her with a stripper? —Lauren J., via Facebook Well, let's see, we have the stripper, named Nicole...
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE by Ellen Tordesillas FOR one who admits of not being computer and internet savvy, Sen. Benigno Aquino III is not doing badly at all in cyberspace. He leads other 2010 presidential aspirants in terms of combined number of Facebook and Friendster “friends” with 155,950 followed by Sen. Francis Escudero with 81,114 and Manny Villar with 56,945. He is ...
The MTSU President's Commission on the Status of Women is offering three grants of $1,800 each to faculty members who want to integrate the experiences and perspectives of women into the curriculum. The grants are intended for use in the summer of 2010.
ALLENTOWN It took 10 years, but Jay Graber finally made it to Allentown High School.
A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said.
College students are facing a sea of change in borrowing money to pay for their degree. The change, perhaps as soon as July, would end the Federal Family Education Loan program that has dominated the federal student loan pool for more than 40 years. Banks and other private sources would be cut out of the process by the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, passed in September by the U.
The U.S. Department of Education will award Fisk University a $3 million grant to assist graduate students in getting degrees in fields where African Americans are underrepresented.
The man who has led the City Public Schools for more than a decade is stepping down.
Athens Director of Schools Craig Rigell informed the city\'s School Board Monday evening that he\'ll be retiring next July.
The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia are proposing a tuition increase at the David A. Clarke School of Law for the 2010-2011 school year. The proposed increase would see residents paying $4,425 per semester, and $8,850 per semester for non-residents. Currently, UDC law students pay $3,675 per semester, and non-residents $7,350. UDC undergraduates already had their ...
Fran Blanchard, father of Cherokee County star quarterback Coty Blanchard, told The Star this morning this his son has de-committed from his verbal agreement to accept a scholarship offer to play baseball at Mississippi State next year.
The grant was one of three items related to district financing that came before the School Board meeting Monday.
Paul Anderson, Dist. 13A representative, visited with the Melrose Area Public School Board Monday, Oct. 26 during the board's regular monthly meeting Monday, Oct. 26.
For any child aged 3 and older in the City of Buffalo who cannot get a season flu shot from their doctor, parents now have a place to turn. The Buffalo Public schools are partnering with Kaleida Health and the Erie County Health Department to provide vaccinations at two sites in the city.
True, not everyone is on the social-networking site Twitter. But many use Facebook and sites other than this blog to keep up with women's hoops. Well, the WNBA is asking for feedback and I believe it's important for everyone to provide it because the league rarely asks.
Kevin Huffman’s first piece is up, voting starts tomorrow ...
In the wake of Tuesday’s election there is some speculation ...
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Hope Street Group is hiring for an ed policy director . Fun, ...
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