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• Editorial: In Acalanes District, vote yes on Measure A - Inside Bay Area

  SIX MONTHS after voters in the Acalanes Union High School District approved extension of a parcel tax to fund their children's education, they are being asked to dig deeper into their pockets to come up with more money. Usually, we would shout ...
  2010-03-10 01:55:00

• NSF Selects Young Theoretical Computer Scientist for its Highest Honor - National Science Foundation (press release)

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce the selection of New York University's Subhash Khot, an associate professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, to receive its 2010 Alan T. Waterman Award. Considered the NSF ...
  2010-03-10 01:12:00

• TEXAS FAITH: What's the role of religion in public education? - Religionblog.dallasnews.com

  Texas' State Board of Education is no stranger to controversy. One of the most watched races in the Texas primaries on March 2 was the Republican contest between incumbent SBOE member Don McLeroy and challenger Thomas Ratliff. Ratliff prevailed, in ...
  2010-03-10 12:36:00

• That wasn't supposed to happen: IE usage share steady since choice ... - Beta News

  The window of opportunity may be closing for the first test of government mandated fairness and equal choice among Web browsers, with neutral results. There are a number of studies recently that say computer users in general have a tendency to ...
  2010-03-10 02:02:00

• Report: Governors, state school leaders team up on new academic ... - Baltimore Sun

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation's public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The new benchmarks, to be announced Wednesday, are ...
  2010-03-10 02:16:00

• New standards for English, math drafted - Denver Post

  SEATTLE — Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform — and more rigorous — standards Wednesday as drafts of new national guidelines were released. Supporters of the project led by the National Governors ...
  2010-03-10 02:02:00

• Report: States team up on new academic standards - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  They would cover English and math from kindergarten through high school. For example, the Post reported, fourth-graders would be expected to know the difference between prose and poetry. Eighth-graders would be required to explain a proof of the ...
  2010-03-10 02:16:00

• Education in Nevada is a sad state of affairs - Las Vegas Sun

  As a Nevada teacher, I’m appalled by the recent multimillion-dollar cuts in education. Nevada ranks at the bottom in education funding, and now schools have taken a massive hit to their undersized budgets as the school districts must stretch to ...
  2010-03-10 02:52:00

• Cutting California from 'Race to the Top' is bad for the country - Los Angeles Times

  As I started reading The Times' March 4 article, "California disqualified from receiving federal school funds," I hoped the story would examine the devastating impact the Obama administration's decision to disqualify our state from a round of "Race ...
  2010-03-10 01:55:00

• Federal agency to investigate L.A. schools - Los Angeles Times

  The federal government has singled out the Los Angeles Unified School District for its first major investigation under a reinvigorated Office for Civil Rights, officials said Tuesday. The focus of the probe, by an arm of the U.S. Department of ...
  2010-03-10 02:45:00

• Will college become a luxury for the few? - CNN

  Editor's note: Katynka Z. Martínez is an assistant professor in the department of Raza Studies at San Francisco State University. She works with students, faculty and staff of the College of Ethnic Studies to restructure public education. San ...
  2010-03-09 02:56:00

• Actor John Malkovich will be in town to film 'Hotel Syracuse' this ... - Syracuse Post-Standard

  The film, "Hotel Syracuse," was co-written by Owen Shapiro , the Syracuse International Film Festival's artistic director and Shaffer Professor of Film at SU. The film will be shot in the Warren Street hotel, which was built in 1924. Shapiro ...
  2010-03-09 03:46:00

• Education commissioner shines a spotlight on graduation rates in ... - Syracuse Post-Standard

  Michelle Gabel / The Post-Standard Cazenovia graduates throw their caps in the air after ceremonies in June. The graduation rate across the state is improving too slowly and major reform is in order, state education officials said Tuesday as they ...
  2010-03-09 04:00:00

• Children central to recovery and development in Haiti - UNICEF

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 9 March 2010 – At the Automeca Hyundai lot, tents, tarpaulins and cloths slung across wooden sticks compete for space with the damaged shells of sedans, pick-up trucks and SUVs. What was once a car dealership is now an ...
  2010-03-09 04:29:00

• U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights targets L.A ... - Los Angeles Times Blogs

  The federal government has targeted the Los Angeles Unified School District for its first major investigation under a reinvigorated Office for Civil Rights, The Times has learned. The probe will focus on services to students learning English, who ...
  2010-03-09 04:22:00

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