Education News
- City in hot water over £10k US trips to greet yacht race Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:49AMCOUNCIL officials have come under fire over plans to spend £10,000 sending a delegation to the United States to greet Edinburgh's entry in the round-the-world yacht race.
- Where do taxes go? What you're paying and what it covers Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:49AMThere's a tax for just about everything. Of course, there are the two big ones many of us pay: property and sales taxes. We also pay a special tax to buy a wood stove. Stay in a hotel. Rent a car.
- Parents' anger at plans for schools to swap buildings Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:49AMPARENTS are protesting at plans for their children's school to swap buildings with the over-subscribed Catholic primary next door.
- School in trouble, board learns Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:49AMThe School of Excellence, an open-enrollment charter school in Humphrey, is going broke, its director abruptly resigned and a criminal investigation is under way, the state Board of Education learned at its meeting Monday.
- Executive faces budget shortfall of up to £700m Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:48AMThe Northern Ireland Executive could face a budget shortfall of between £500m and £700m over the next three years, a new analysis warns today. Related Stories Housing market on the up but recovery will be slow Traders voice economic concerns Price-hike inquiry to be published Non-food sector bouncing back New discount store promises prices that ‘can’t be beaten’
- YOUNG MADISON WRITERS TO SEE THEIR WORKS ON STAGE Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:48AMMADISON – The voices of Madison elementary students will be heard from a professional stage when Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey hosts its 24th annual Madison Young Playwrights Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. this Saturday, March 6, at the theatre at 33 Green Village Road.
- $890 million in Washington state tax hikes get Senate OK Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:48AMOLYMPIA — The Senate approved $890 million in tax increases Sunday, including the first hike in the state's share of the sales tax since 1983.
- Online high school Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:47AMThe stereotypical lazy American high school student may soon be a common sight in Denmark – or at least at Ørestad Secondary School. Located in the city district of Amager, Ørestad hopes to begin a distance learning programme this summer that means students will not have to show up in the classroom.
- Sandals execs awarded doctorates Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:47AMTWO senior executives of the Sandals chain of hotels -- Louis Grant and Howard Spittle -- received high recognition from the Global University of Lifelong Learning (GULL) at a special ceremony and graduation service held at Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios, St Ann recently.
- Saldana 'can't live without' sex Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:47AMAVATAR star loves sex, skin and believes the human body wasn't designed to be hidden
- 'Precious' dominates Spirit Awards with 5 prizes Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:09AMLOS ANGELES The Harlem drama Precious took the best picture prize as it dominated the Spirit Awards, winning four other honors that included trophies for stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique.
- Saturday March 06 2010 Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:08AMMARCH 6 — Oddly enough, the goods and services tax (GST) talk hosted by Pakatan Rakyat was the second time in my life I set foot in the MBSA auditorium; the first being a kindergarten performance of dancing to “New York, New York”, while wearing a suit, white gloves and a hat with my face daubed in makeup.
- JB Parts & Supply earns top honor Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:08AMOf the more than 3500 independent NAPA AUTO PARTS store owners in the U.S., JB Parts & Supply, Clarinda and Shenandoah, has earned NAPA’s highest honor: The Five Star Excellence award for 2009.
- City police force develops strategy on domestic violence Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:07AMAn initiative by the Fredericton Police Force to develop a comprehensive strategy to battle intimate partner violence (IPV) is being welcomed by the director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research.
- Ashfield says federal budget will benefit New Brunswickers Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:07AMThere are plenty of potential goodies for New Brunswick in Thursday's federal budget, says Conservative Fredericton MP and National Revenue Minister Keith Ashfield.
- BC-MCT-INTERNATIONAL-BJT _ wire editors (3750 words) Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:06AMUpdated at 0100 UTC (8 p.m. U.S. EST Wednesday). Additional news stories, including full U.S. coverage, appear on the MCT-NEWS-BJT and MCT-NEWSFEATURES-BJT.
- McGill’s support was outspoken and passionate Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:06AMWhile the Pulaski County Special School District school board decided not to make a decision Monday night about who should be at the helm of the school district, comments were made by supporters of Acting Superintendent Robert McGill both before and after the board’s vote.
- Government Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:05AMGovernment Blue Ridge Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. Monday the College's Transylvania Center in Brevard.
- 3/6-7: Multiple Choice Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:05AMWith plenty of events to choose from, your pick for What You're Doing This Weekend could be harder than the SAT.
- Varicose vein treatment options offered Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:05AMVaricose vein treatment options offered
- City council cutting costs Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:30PMCity council unanimously passed its expenditure budget Tuesday night, currently showing a 3% decrease in taxes. While the final budget won't be known until April, Mayor Tom Laughren said it's important council pass its expenditure budget as early as possible.[...]
- Measures miss drink-driving problem, critics say Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:30PMThe Government has lost the bottle to take on the problem of drink driving and is making young people the scapegoat in its latest measures to tackle the country's road toll, say political and road safety groups.
- Infected PCs should be quarantined Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:30PMkeynote at the RSA security conference on Tuesday, Scott Charney, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Trustworthy Computing, suggested that the security industry should follow the health care mode...
- Racist incidents, protests spread at UC campuses Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:29PMA firestorm over racially and ethnically charged incidents at several University of California campuses spread Tuesday as UC San Diego announced a KKK-style hood was found on campus and students in Los Angeles and Irvine...
- Sydney Burns Foundation to develop living replacement skin for burns survivors Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:29PMResearch being carried out by the Sydney Burns Foundation is advancing towards the holy grail of burns surgery - the development of a living, fully functioning, full-thickness, three-dimensional replacement skin.
- SISD trustees OK contract, raise for Garza Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:28PMSEGUIN — Seguin ISD Superintendent Irene Garza will stay on for an additional two years. During Tuesday’s regular meeting, SISD trustees voted unanimously to approve a contract extension through 2015, as well as a raise of about $9,000 to her annual salary.
- Racist incidents, protests spread at UC campuses Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:28PMEx-Rep. Ford says he hopes for another chance now that he's not weighing NY Senate race More>>
- NISD students are camera-ready Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:28PMSEGUIN — Move over Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. And make way for the star reporters of Navarro Elementary — Robert Wezeman, Calista Hardeman and Dalton Sarsfield.
- Six new UiTM campuses to be built using initiative Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:27PMPUTRAJAYA: Six new Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campuses will be built nationwide through the private finance initiative (PFI) to achieve the target of 200,0000 student intake.
- White House declassifies outline of cybersecurity program Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:27PMThe Obama administration on Tuesday declassified an outline of a major government effort to protect its computer networks.
- Raising the roof? Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:23AMAn important day arrives for Purcell School students March 2 when school district voters will decide an issue that will affect the students.
- Best, worst California counties for healthy living ranked in study Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:23AMFor the first time, researchers released health rankings Wednesday for more than 3,000 counties nationwide. The healthiest place to reside in California is upscale Marin County. San Mateo in top 10, Contra Costa, Alameda in the middle.
- CryoLife Grows Fourth Quarter Revenues by 12 Percent to a Record $28.6 Million Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:23AMATLANTA, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CryoLife, Inc.
- 76 rescued children brought back to Guwahati Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:22AMGuwahati, Feb 18 (PTI) Around 76 children, aged between 12 and 14 years, were rescued from Chennai and brought here today.
- Candidate filing opens for June election Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:22AMSome candidates have been campaigning for months already, but the official declaration-of-candidacy period for the June 8 election just opened Tuesday.
- Public school year ending early Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:22AMSavannah-Chatham public schools will end this school year early and furlough teachers three additional days in anticipation of an $8 million to $10 million funding shortage.
- County backs reporting centers for state parolees Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:22AMThough wary about depending on money from the state, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors is supporting Sheriff Bill Brown’s concept of opening two daytime-reporting centers in the county for state parolees.
- San Bernardino County Museum to offer free entry Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:21AMThe San Bernardino County Museum will be open free of charge from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 7, sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The education division will host an event titled "Birds Around Us." From 8 to 10 a.m. families can learn basics and techniques of bird watching and bird identification. Binoculars will be provided.
- Arts Agenda Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:21AMChalkboard, 2008, archival pigment print, 17x21 inches, courtesy Flashpoint Many events were delayed or canceled last week, so this week finds the arts community still playing catch up. Along with many regularly scheduled openings on top of the rescheduled events, this agenda is chock full of shows and performances for your viewing pleasure. If you can't get enough of that Olympic fever ...
- HEA presents "fair and realistic" contract proposal Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:21AMHARLAN -- Harlan Education Association representatives said they have taken into consideration the tough economy in presenting what it calls a “fair and realistic” initial proposal to the Harlan Community School Board for consideration.
- Student injured in accident with state assemblyman Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:39AMKLANG: A student from University Teknologi Mara (UiTM) was seriously injured in an accident with Sekinchan assemblyman, Ng Sue Lin at midnight last Sunday.
- Cape Fear region county-by-county roundup Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:38AMOn Feb. 4, soldiers with the Army National Guard's Delta Company, 120th Combined Arms Battalion, of Elizabethtown started to return home after a nine-month deployment to Iraq.
- Finance sector leads jobs recovery Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:36AMInvestment houses were the first firms to fire employees, even before the crisis spread to the real economy. These firms are now among the first to hire in order to strengthen their ranks.
- Will principals be 'shuffled' around? Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:35AMThe North Platte Telegraph Rumors that North Platte Public Schools is looking at shuffling some of its principals to different buildings next year caused one local resident and former educator to address the North Platte Board of Education on Tuesday.
- Voters face big decision Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:35AMEDGAR -- Every week, about 100 Edgar High School band members cram into a room designed to accommodate 50 people.
- Fund to assist students in need Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:35AMThe North Platte Telegraph For years, the North Platte Public School Foundation has been helping enhance student learning by supplying funds to teachers for special projects that the normal school budget will not cover.
- Recalling the strike Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:35AMMICHIGAN CITY — She was a young teacher when the 1985 strike was called, and it left a lasting impression.
- Editorial: Western Massachusetts economy shows signs of life Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:34AMLike a patient who is leaving the intensive care unit, the Western Massachusetts economy is moving off life-support. That doesn’t mean recovery will be easy – or that it will be a full one.
- School board has light agenda Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:34AMThe North Platte Telegraph The North Platte Board of Education will take a break from the 2010-11 school calendar. The proposed calendar, which includes an early dismissal for students every Wednesday, is not on the agenda for tonight's school board meeting.
- The hidden costs of new drugs Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 2:33PMBy: Aysha Jamali Potential cancer cures put through ringer Global researchers dedicated to the search for new drugs find issues like proper dosages, time, facilities and most of all — money — that keep them from becoming a reality....
