City school board advised against charter schools' approval
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 56 minutes agoPittsburgh Public Schools administrators tonight recommended that the school board vote down two proposed charter schools for the second time.
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City school board advised against charter schools' approval
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1 hour 46 minutes agoPittsburgh Public Schools administrators tonight recommended that the school board vote down two proposed charter schools for the second time.
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Charities Are Networking
WCBI Columbus - 1 hour 48 minutes agoColumbus Arts Council Executive Director Rachel Smith Hurt is a regular on the social networking website Facebook. She posts events and recruits volunteers in a highly connected society.
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Wastage in tuition scheme
The New Straits Times - 1 hour 49 minutes agoNOT all pupils are making use of free tuition vouchers for those from poor financial backgrounds.
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Va. Police: Student's Rifle Jammed Trying to Shoot Teacher
Fox News - 1 hour 49 minutes agoPolice say a Virginia community college student's rifle jammed after firing two shots at a professor in a classroom full of students.
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Iowa 4-H web site gets new look
Clarinda Herald-Journal - 1 hour 49 minutes agoIowa 4-H has a new look online, and tech-savvy teens say it’s “better than Facebook.”
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Kedah warns loan defaulters
The New Straits Times - 1 hour 49 minutes agoALOR STAR: The state government has warned that those who have not repaid their Kedah Scholarship Board study loans would face action.
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Facebook fine tunes privacy controls
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour 49 minutes agoFacebook rolled out new privacy settings Wednesday to give its members better control over what they reveal of themselves to the world, although the social network believes the overhaul will persuade people to share even more than before. The Palo Alto... Facebook - Privacy - Social network - privacy settings - Security
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Crisp stays in 1-AAA;Dooly, Wilcoxmay be getting new region homes
Cordele Dispatch - 1 hour 50 minutes agoRegion alignment changes are in store for all three area public schools for the next two and possibly the next four seasons.
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Regents to vote on $100 tuition hike
The Ames Tribune - 1 hour 50 minutes agoThe Iowa Board of Regents will vote on a proposed $100 tuition surcharge for the spring semester at a telephonic meeting Thursday, Dec. 10.
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Ames school board looks at staff in budget planning
The Ames Tribune - 1 hour 51 minutes agoSchool districts are people-intensive enterprises. In fiscal year 2008-09, the Ames Community School District spent more than 85 percent of its general fund revenue on salary and benefits. As state funding declines, school districts across the state are facing tough budget decisions.
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Police: Va. student's rifle jammed after 2 shots
Boston Herald - 1 hour 52 minutes agoWOODBRIDGE, Va. - Police say a Virginia community college student's rifle jammed after firing two shots at a professor in a classroom full of students. Police say...
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Cakerice announces resignation
The Ames Tribune - 1 hour 52 minutes agoAmes Community School Board member Roy Cakerice announced his resignation from the board at Monday night’s meeting.
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VALERIE SCHULTZ: Facebook no friend of mine
The Bakersfield Californian - 1 hour 52 minutes agoI admit to being the dinosaur of the family. I manage to get to a certain point with technology, and then I stop. For example: I have a cell phone. I do not take pictures with it. I do not send text messages with it. I use it as a phone. Another: I have a laptop computer, which I think is a fantastic invention. I use it mainly for writing and research. I communicate by e-mail, which, according ...
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Iran offers scholarship to European victims of Hijab
Press TV - 1 hour 53 minutes agoAn Iranian university has introduced a scholarship to support Muslim women who have been banned from studying in European universities for observing the Islamic Hijab.
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Students Meet With School Board After Attacks
CBS 3 Philadelphia - 1 hour 54 minutes agoStudents and community groups are telling school officials they need to pay more attention to violence against Asian students at a Philadelphia high school. Dozens of Asian students packed Wednesday's meeting of the School Reform Commission in Philadelphia.
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PACT Teachers to Walk Out 6 am Thursday
KARK Little Rock - 1 hour 57 minutes agoPulaski Association of Classroom Teachers (PACT) has aggreed on a fair treatment walk out effective at 6 am Thursday morning. The last time the teachers went on strike was August 27, 1996.
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Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook
PhysOrg - 1 hour 59 minutes agoA 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.
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Facebook Connect: 365 Days, 60 Million Users, 80,000+ Web sites
Mashable - 1 hour 59 minutes agoOn December 4, 2008, Facebook Connect opened for business . It was the first major extension of the Facebook platform, allowing users to log into their favorite Web sites with their Facebook credentials and move their social graph anywhere on the Web. Now a year and five days later, Facebook is (belatedly) celebrating the birth of one of its most successful products. Sixty million users ...
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New Privacy Settings for Facebook
KCBS Radio San Francisco - 2 hours 0 minutes agoFacebook users are about to get more control over who sees their personal pages. The company is requiring users update their privacy settings. allowing you to control who gets to see each of your posts. KCBS’ Susan Leigh Taylor Reports
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Dylan Zwiers is the Meijer Scholar Athlete of the Week
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids - 2 minutes agoZEELAND, Mich.(WZZM)- Wednesday nights throughout the school year we honor top student athletes as Meijer Scholar Athletes of the Week. We hit the pool in Zeeland this week to introduce you to Dylan Zwiers. He is a Junior swimmer from Zeeland East. Most recently he earned at 4.0 grade point average.
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Students Meet With School Board After Attacks
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Edujob – KIPP Delta
Wed Dec 9, 5:55 pm ESTMost, but not all, high performing charter schools are urban ventures. ...
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Charters And Nice Mixers And Ovens!
Mon Dec 7, 12:12 pm ESTWow, just in case you actually thought there was a big consensus ...
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Eliza Krigman: Ringmaster
Mon Dec 7, 11:08 am ESTOver at the National Journal education blog they’re debating ...
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Fishing For Teachers
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