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In these difficult economic times, higher education institutions are under intense pressure to reduce costs and operate more efficiently. By promoting the implementation and dissemination of best practices in organizational efficiency, the Leveraging ...
2009-10-21 01:55:00
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October 21, 2009 · During this week’s Create West Virginia Conference in Huntington participants heard from an entrepreneur who has created a program that brings high tech learning to public schools across the state. Idit Caperton, the wife of ...
2009-10-21 02:30:00
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Mountain View School was recently awarded an APS/Phoenix Suns Energy Exploration Mini-Grant for the project, Solar Fun, in the amount of $2,265. Although APS grants typically cover 25 percent of the total project budget for equipment, an exception is ...
2009-10-21 12:00:00
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Embroiled in an admissions scandal that has garnered national media attention, University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman has stepped down, the Daily Illini reports . His resignation will be effective on Monday. Several university officials ...
2009-10-21 12:07:00
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Coral reefs are worth $172 billion per year to the world economy. They attract tourists, act as sanctuaries for commercial fish species and protect coasts from storm surges. Pavan Sukhdev of the United Nations Environment Programme presented this as ...
2009-10-21 12:22:00
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Primary schools have been told that art, PE and science are to take a back seat to the three Rs. The Ministry of Education has told schools they will get no extra help next year to teach subjects other than reading, writing and mathematics. The ...
2009-10-21 12:50:00
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President Obama's administration could learn a lot about salary caps from the NBA and NFL and in the process can help America turn on the innovation engine that America really needs to climb out of this deep recession. You see, the place to enforce ...
2009-10-21 02:16:00
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The Ministry of Education is telling primary schools to concentrate on the three Rs, as support services for science, art and PE are cut. Auckland Primary Principals' Association president Marilyn Gwilliam says the funding has been reallocated to ...
2009-10-21 02:45:00
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Thousands of working parents in Hawaii are scrambling to make childcare arrangements ahead of the closure on Friday of all public schools, in a bid by the state's education authorities to cut costs. All 256 of Hawaii's public schools will be closed ...
2009-10-21 12:50:00
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Ralph Abraham, professor emeritus of mathematics, will deliver an Emeriti Faculty Lecture on Wednesday, November 4, titled "Bolts from the Blue: Startling Episodes from the Coevolution of Mathematics and Art." The lecture, which is free and open to ...
2009-10-21 01:47:00
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The flags hanging in its main corridor say a lot about the quality of teaching and learning at Harahan Elementary School . Presented by the Louisiana Department of Education, the flags tout the school's success over the past several years in ...
2009-10-21 08:47:00
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University will host the second annual Patriot League Academic Conference Oct. 30 and 31. The conference, "Exploring Alternative Pedagogies: What the Best Patriot League Teachers Do," will begin at noon on Oct. 30 with a ...
2009-10-21 08:18:00
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IBM KidSmart Program provides Young Explorer(TM) computers to YMCAs to support education for Hispanic/Latino communities CHICAGO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- YMCA of the USA (Y-USA), the resource office for the nation's YMCAs, has received a ...
2009-10-21 09:30:00
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DeAnn Swofford plans to use the $10,000 she received after winning a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching to work on her master’s degree. It might have been the mitosis dance that caught the eye of judges viewing ...
2009-10-21 08:11:00
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Jamal Moss (AKA Hieroglyphic Being ) embarks on a rare European tour this weekend. Never one to pander to electronic music conventions, Moss will be giving this year's Amsterdam Dance Event a wide berth, instead playing his Dutch show in the southern ...
2009-10-21 08:18:00
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