| NYC high schools to offer `research-based' sex education program http://www.newsday.com/news... Education Articles Newsday - NEW YORK (AP) _ The city Department of Education said Thursday it would standardize its sex education program by recommending a "research-based" curriculum called Reducing the Risk at all city high schools. Unlike the abstinence-only programs which ... |
| School enrollment takes sharp drop; Down 8%; decrease to cut ... http://ledger.southofboston... Education Articles Patriot Ledger - It’s also used in setting how much state money for education the town gets. At $5,500 in state aid for each student, that could mean a loss of $1.5 million for the town. When the school year started, school officials had been expecting about 3,335 ... |
| One Small Step for Education http://www.forbes.com/prnew... Education Articles Forbes - HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Teachers in Space program announced one small step for education today: the start of a competition to select two teachers who will be the first astronauts to fly in space and return ... |
| EDUCATION IN BRIEF http://www.washingtonpost.c... Education Articles Washington Post - Boundary study is the focus of upcoming meetings. The meeting for attendance areas for Chantilly , Forestdale and Springfield Estates elementary schools and the boundary study for Chantilly, Herndon, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield high schools ... |
| We must value education for itself, not just to get a job http://article.wn.com/link/... Education Articles Times Online - Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic was someone who knew the price of everything and the value of nothing. His epigram applies to the way we talk about education nowadays, focusing on what it can do for the economy. That is indeed important, but it ... |
| No excuses: One leader's successful urban school revolution http://www.detnews.com/apps... Education Articles Detroit News - His schools, called KIPP, are overcoming every imaginable "yes, but" in urban education. More than 80 percent of KIPP's 14,000-plus students are low-income and more than 90 percent are African-American or Latino. I can hear you thinking, yes, but ... |
| Student suspensions, expulsions soar http://www.baltimoresun.com... Education Articles Baltimore Sun - School suspensions and expulsions have risen significantly in Maryland, with African-Americans, boys and special education students more likely to be disciplined, a University of Maryland researcher said yesterday. Peter Leone criticized the rising ... |
| U.S. Department of Education Raids 3 Florida College Campuses http://www.foxnews.com/stor... Education Articles FOX News - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Federal investigators raided three for-profit college campuses this week, carting away documents in a U.S. Education Department probe. It was not clear what authorities were looking for, and the department declined to ... |
| Nepotism claims split Brentwood education board http://www.newsday.com/news... Education Articles Newsday - Rival factions of Brentwood's Board of Education have served one another with legal papers they plan to file with the state seeking the opposing side's removal from office, board members on both sides said Friday. George Talley, board president of ... |
| Breathe your way out of a hot flash http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Education Articles Seattle Times - ... practices at the Pujari Center and teaches as part of the residency programs at Virginia Mason and Swedish/Cherry Hill hospitals. Send questions to apujari@seattletimes.com for possible use in future columns. All information is intended for education ... |