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Alabama Grandmother Runs For Education
Source: Fox News Posted By: Bailey COS...4714 days ago
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A 56-year-old grandmother of 14 said she's had enough of budget cuts that have slashed funding for public education in Alabama. Lori Tippets, a member of the city school board in Jacksonville,....
Report: No college degree for 25% of state legislators
Source: content.usatoda Posted By: Renee HIC...4717 days ago
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Does a college education matter if you're a state legislator? The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that about 25% of the nation's nearly 7,400 state legislators do not have a bachelor's....
Study: Minority youth have big media Study: Minority youth have big media appetite
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: Jacky SIL...4721 days ago
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A new Northwestern University study says minority youth spend more than half their day consuming media content -- a rate that's 4.5 hours greater than their white counterparts. The "Children,....
Students prepare for college entrance exam
Source: news.xinhuanet. Posted By: Lillie SIM...4723 days ago
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The college entrance exam is known as the most pressure packed test in the world. The exam is a make or break moment for youth across the country. CCTV takes a look at the lives of the most promising....
Canyon Capital, Agassi Target $500M for Schools
Source: globest.com Posted By: Lillie SIM...4724 days ago
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Canyon Capital Realty Advisors and Andre Agassi Ventures have formed a fund to develop 75 or more charter school buildings in the US in projects with an estimated value of $500 million. The new....
Time capsule found at former Woman's Medical College building in East Falls
Source: philly.com Posted By: Bailey COS...4730 days ago
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At first, no one was sure what to make of the find. Inside a wall next to the 1929 cornerstone of the former Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in East Falls was a narrow, lead box. It....
Would You Like A $49 Electronic College Textbook With Lifetime Updates?
Source: Washington Post Posted By: Bailey COS...4737 days ago
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Nature, the folks who brought you the free life sciences learning community Scitable, are today announcing “Principles of Biology”, a college level electronic textbook. Building upon the cross-platform....
College students' mental health evaluations go high-tech
Source: stltoday.com Posted By: Renee HIC...4738 days ago
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Look around a waiting room at a university counseling center and you'll see students wrestling with all sorts of issues: One who's failing because of binge drinking. Another who's struggling....
84-year-old man seeks an education in 'The First Grader'
Source: philly.com Posted By: Hilmer JOS...4741 days ago
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Early on in "The First Grader," an ancient man, as hard and lean as his walking stick, strides miles across the coarse Kenyan bush. When he gets to his destination - a rural primary school -....
Voters pass all school budgets in Jefferson and Lewis counties
Source: watertowndailyt Posted By: Bill 4743 days ago
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Voters approved 2011-12 budgets for all school districts in Jefferson and Lewis counties on Tuesday. JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICTS ■ Alexandria: Voters passed the budget 288-89. In the election....
Source: Washington Post Posted By: Barba RAM...4749 days ago
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Voters approved 2011-12 budgets for all school districts in Jefferson and Lewis counties on Tuesday. JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICTS ■ Alexandria: Voters passed the budget 288-89. In the election....
Mom, daughter graduate from Northern Kentucky University
Source: news.cincinnati Posted By: Barba RAM...4752 days ago
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When Pam Schnee brought her baby girl home from the hospital 22 years ago, she knew that she and little Lauren would experience life together. But she had no idea they would graduate from college....
£12m Picasso donated to Australian university
Source: telegraph.co.uk Posted By: Bill 4764 days ago
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The donor flew to Australia from the US last year to personally hand over the painting, "Jeune fille endormie", which is one of the largest gifts ever made to the University of Sydney. The....
The Princeton Review agrees to sell business unit
Source: Boston Globe Posted By: Chris BAL...4765 days ago
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The Princeton Review Inc., a Framingham company that provides test preparation, educational support services, and online career education services, said it has agreed to sell the assets of its....
A Student, And Then Some: James Franco's University Career
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Nishel ROZ...4766 days ago
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James Franco's education is characterized by epic accomplishment and defiant unreality. His recent admission to the University of Houston -- coming one year after he was accepted to Yale -- begs....
Tennessee May Ban Teaching of Homosexuality in Elementary School
Source: thenewamerican. Posted By: Bill 4766 days ago
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Last week, the Senate Education Committee of the State Senate of Tennessee passed a bill that forbids public school elementary and middle school teachers from “furnishing any materials on human....
University charges higher fees to avoid being 'second rate'
Source: telegraph.co.uk Posted By: Bill 4773 days ago
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Teesside University in Middlesbrough revealed plans to charge £8,500 for a degree – just below the £9,000 ceiling permitted under the Government’s higher education reforms. Prof Graham Henderson,....
Dear Donald Trump: Where Is Your College Yearbook Photo?
Source: brentwood.patch Posted By: Bill 4783 days ago
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Donald Trump has been making presidential grunts lately. Trump also whines about President Barack Obama's birth certificate and demands a document that will pass the Trump Test. We have a....
Higher education for Texas inmates draws scrutiny
Source: chron.com Posted By: Bill 4799 days ago
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Texas lawmakers have questioned higher education for inmates who then do not repay the state. The Austin American-Statesman reports that some prisoners, over the past decade, have secured....
Arrests from Albany pre-parade street riot top 40
Source: online.wsj.com Posted By: Christy HOL...4807 days ago
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The number of Albany college students charged after weekend "kegs and eggs" parties turned riotous has topped 40 and city officials are vowing to use revelers' cellphone videos of the mayhem....
