Department of Education (Free subscription) | yesterday
Secretary Spellings named 44 Jacob K. Javits fellows to pursue graduate study in selected fields within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Selected from 899 applicants, fellows are chosen on the basis of superior academic achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
LAND O' LAKES - High school seniors in Pasco who retook the 10th-grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in March in an effort to graduate showed an improvement over last year's seniors, according to a report released Thursday by the Florida Department of Education.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Special kids need special attention, and that's what makes Jean Polichino's job as the director of therapy services with the Harris County Department of Education so challenging.
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Both women were so successful overcoming obstacles in obtaining an education that the state Department of Education this month honored them with the 2008 Outstanding Adult Student Award.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
The Department of Education (DepEd) has joined the bandwagon in the comeback of the "power gulay," malunggay.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Chandra Guckeen, a social science teacher from Elk Grove Unified's Toby Johnson Middle School, has won a U.S. Department of Education-sponsored fellowship to study abroad in India. Guckeen was one of 17 teachers nationwide to be selected for the Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad Program.
News & Commentary Home Page (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Kay Brooks of TnHomeEd has a blog post about the recent decision by the Tennessee Department of Education “nullifying the Category IV diplomas of private and homeschoolers across the state …” Rob [Shearer] also explains that the bill that would reflect the previous will of the legislature which has been working fine for decades. HB1652 is still [...]
The Business First of Louisville (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Asbury College, a Christian liberal arts institution located in Wilmore, Ky., about 20 minutes south of Lexington, as been approved by the Florida Department of Education's Commission for Independent Education as a Florida institution.
ClearysNoteBook (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
source www.courierpostonline.com In a letter to the Department of Education, Gloucester City blasted the nearly 300-page audit, calling it "often misleading, contradictory and wordy for the sake of authoring a document of substantial size." For...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Four City Department of Education employees are accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for promising preferential treatment to bus companies that serve thousands of special education students.
Around the Corner v2 - MGuhlin.net (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Pictured above: Angela Clark, Harris County Department of Education A new book review by the FreeSoftwareMagazine about David Richards' Linux Thin Client Networks Design and Deployment . The book reminded me about my district's efforts at exploring possible solutions for a Dropout Prevention and Recovery Academy lab for online courses aimed at high school students. Right-click and view image...
SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
With an eye toward the growing ranks of local players, the New York City Department of Education established cricket this year as its newest varsity sport. Read Story .
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
New York, NY - Some present or former employees of the Department of Education (“DOE”) were arrested today on extortion, bribery and conspiracy charges. According to an Indictment in Manhattan federal court: Neil Cremin, 61, of Queens; George Oritz, 63, of the Bronx; Ira Sokol, 69, of Brooklyn together with Milton Smith, 55, of Tobyhanna, [...]
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Washington University's approach highlights the problems with using campus crime statistics to compare the safety of schools nearly 10 years after Congress tightened loopholes in a law that requires colleges and universities to report statistics to the Department of Education...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Palo, Leyte - The Department of Education (DepEd) office in Region VIII has recently approved the petition of five private schools in Leyte for increases in their tuition for this coming school year.
