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28/01/2012 01:39 AM
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Public education funding review stalled by financial roadblock
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CARSON CITY - A panel of lawmakers today began a review of the state's 45-year-old formula for funding public education with an eye towards addressing the needs of the state's urban districts as they work to educate special education students, ...
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28/01/2012 01:39 AM
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Adult education on LA Unified's chopping block
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Planaria Price, left, who has been with Evans Community Adult School for 39 years, says the adult education program has "already been cut in half. Now we find out that we are being 'zeroed out' of the budget. - (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times / January ...
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28/01/2012 01:39 AM
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HIGHER EDUCATION: Obama unveils plan to control tuition
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Institutions would have increased access to grants, loans and money for work-study jobs if they are able to show they are keeping costs down, serving low-income students and maintaining a level of education that prepares graduates to get jobs and pay ...
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27/01/2012 10:12 PM
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LAE picks apart Jindal's education reform plan
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Governor Jindal has made it clear; education reform is at the top of his agenda. "It's unfair to allow any child ... To require any child to be trapped in a failing school," said Jindal. Forty four percent of the state's schools failed to score an ...
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27/01/2012 10:12 PM
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New Superintendent of Education Visits the Ark-La-Tex
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by Angela Cruz Louisiana's newly-named Superintendent of Education made his first official visit to our corner of the state. Although Louisiana is dealing with educational challenges, Superintendent of Education John White says he hopes to make some ...
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27/01/2012 10:12 PM
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Perdue's education record shows 3 years of improvement
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"Our belief is regardless of who the governor is, that they must make education a top priority," Bill Anderson said. Anderson is the executive director at Meck-Ed, a non-partisan education group in Charlotte. He said it is in everyone's best interest ...
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27/01/2012 10:12 PM
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Obama outlines incentive plan to rein in college tuition costs
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President Obama offered a plan Friday to reduce the costs of higher education by increasing the amount of federal grant money available for low-interest loans and tying it directly to colleges' ability to reduce tuition. In an impassioned speech before ...
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27/01/2012 05:26 PM
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Connecticut Education Department data shows 18000 instances of restraint or ...
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By Jordan Fenster, Register Staff Data released Thursday by the state Department of Education shows more than 18000 instances of restraint or seclusion in the 2009-10 school year statewide, or about one instance for every 30.7 students.
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27/01/2012 05:26 PM
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Prioritizing Education Budget Request [Poll]
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The Board of Education has asked Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson to better prioritize her recommendations. By Hoa Nguyen The Board of Education will head to Tuesday's meeting with the goal of trimming the schools superintendent's budget ...
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27/01/2012 05:26 PM
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Utah Teachers Celebrate Effective Education, School Choice at National School ...
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Utah teachers will celebrate the need for effective educational options for children during a special evening dinner on Friday, Jan. 27, organizers announced today. The event is timed to coincide with National School Choice Week (www.
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27/01/2012 05:26 PM
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Ex-US education official named EM of Highland Park Schools
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By Jennifer Chambers Jack Martin, a certified public accountant, is founder and chairman of Martin, Arrington, Desai & Meyers, PC, and was chief financial officer for the US Department of Education from January 2002 through December 2005.
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27/01/2012 05:26 PM
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Teachers union offers competing education revamp
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Bobby Jindal's education proposals, the Louisiana Association of Educators, offered its competing suggestions Friday for how to improve teacher quality and boost performance at failing schools, saying Jindal's ideas are flawed and demoralizing to ...
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27/01/2012 05:26 PM
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Pennsville Board of Education to consider election change at Monday night meeting
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By Phil Dunn / Today's Sunbeam Pennsville Township Board of Education is expected to consider at its Monday night meeting the potential of changing its election to November. PENNSVILLE TWP. - The Pennsville Board of Education is expected to discuss ...
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27/01/2012 05:26 PM
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Obama pushes for affordable education in rousing speech
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By Jim Lynch, Josh Katzenstein and Serena Maria Daniels Excerpts from the president's speech: President Obama talks about the costs of higher education at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor - President Barack Obama took the stage at the University ...
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27/01/2012 12:38 PM
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Education Roundup: New York Bill Could Make SAT Cheating a Felony
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By Laura McMullen Welcome to the High School Notes weekly roundup of education news. Every Friday, you'll find out what's making headlines around the Web. New York Sen. Kenneth Lavalle proposed a bill Tuesday that would make the act of cheating on SAT ...
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27/01/2012 12:38 PM
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U.S. Secretary of Education says tuition is skyrocketing nationwide
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US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks to a television crew at Al Glick Field House at the University of Michigan before President Obama's speech Friday morning. President Barack Obama chose one of the nation's most expensive public universities ...
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27/01/2012 12:38 PM
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State, education group announce settlement
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Charles Wohlforth, Executive Director of Citizens for the Educational Advancement of Alaska's Children, right, signs a settlement agreement with Mike Hanley, Commissioner of Education and Early Development, in the Moore v. State of Alaska case at the ...
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27/01/2012 12:38 PM
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Do education grants work? State rarely checks
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By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas Business leaders offered a simple, if politically sensitive suggestion Thursday on how to pay for many of the things needed to improve education in the state: link the laundry list of grants the state dishes out each year to ...
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27/01/2012 12:38 PM
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Get schooled: education apps at your fingertips
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We all learn differently, but in this digital day and age, it only makes sense to bring education into the palm of your hand. Here are a few apps to help students prepare for assessment tests, make sure they are on track at an early age, ...
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27/01/2012 12:38 PM
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Obama decries rising cost of college education
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President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds. The election year proposal was also a ...
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