Education News

Nearly 100 first generation college students will be in Tallahassee Tuesday to promote education reform and share personal experiences with legislators on how they overcame systemic and socio-economic barriers to get a college education. Students …
source:http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/975215.html

The discussion, expected to last an hour, is open to the public. Scott Rawls, president of the N.C. Community College System, and Bill Harrison, chairman and chief executive officer of the State Board of Education, also are scheduled to attend. The …
source:http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090330/ARTICLES/903309961/-1/NEWS08?Title=Gov-Perdue-to-hold-session-on-education-at-CFCC-North

Police authorities probing the alleged N44m admission form sale scandal at the Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun, have vowed not to compromise the investigation. The clarification came on the heels of insinuations that the police were …
source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20090331465168

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., urged Nevada lawmakers on Monday to figure a way around the $2 billion-plus revenue shortfall faced by the state so that public education and social services for children can be properly …
source:http://www.rgj.com/article/20090330/NEWS18/90330058/1321/NEWS

Sana’a, Yemen - Eight university students drowned during a swimming training exercise in the Red Sea port city of Houdieda in western Yemen on Sunday, the Interior Ministry reported. The ministry said the mishap happened after a massive wave swept …
source:http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/262039,eight-yemeni-students-drown-during-swimming-exercise.html

Norcross, GA, March 22, 2009 –( PR.com )– Ashworth College, today announced that it has partnered with the United States Army to provide online college degree programs to military service members via GoArmyEd.com. Active-duty soldiers and military …
source:http://www.pr.com/press-release/140382

bill redekop / winnipeg free press Delmer Sinclair, a former fisherman, is learning a new trade through Red River College. FISHER RIVER CREE NATION — Delmer Sinclair was a commercial fisherman on Lake Winnipeg for 21 years before medical problems …
source:http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/education-really-does-begin-at-home-42072262.html

Sunday, March 29, 2009 (03-29) 10:06 PDT Austin, Texas (AP) — John Woods sometimes sits in a classroom at the University of Texas and wonders what would happen if somebody walked in and started shooting. In April 2007, he was a student at Virginia …
source:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/29/national/a100639D08.DTL&type=education

Story Tools Education in black America at all levels — from kindergarten through college — is in a crisis, and the crisis will deepen if something drastic is not done now and if attitudes do not change. I will not recite the grim statistics, but …
source:http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/article987704.ece

The price of a Utah college education will rise once again next year, but considering the state’s ongoing fiscal crisis, the 7.5 percent average hike approved Friday by the Board of Regents could have been much worse for students attending some of …
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