Tuesday, October 2, 2012

éducation

  • Education secretary calls for making textbooks obsolete, using digital instead

    WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Arne Duncan is calling for printed textbooks to become obsolete within the next few years.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Georgia Department of Education advises public it takes on position on charter ...

    The alert, scrolled across the top of the department's home page, tells viewers: "The Georgia Department of Education takes no position on the Charter School Constitutional Amendment." Last week, an Atlanta attorney complained to the state Board of ...

    www.ajc.com

  • Walters: Education reforms stall in California

    There's a tale behind the death of California's proposed school funding allocation overhaul. The measure, Assembly Bill 18, was one of the casualties as Gov.

    www.therepublic.com

  • Sector Snap: For-Profit Education

    NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of education companies rose Monday after the release of a federal report showing a slight drop in student loan default rates at for-profit schools.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Ed Miliband's education vow – end elitism

    Ed Miliband will put himself on the side of the "forgotten 50%" on Tuesday by drawing on his state school roots and promising to reform an education system that he says fails half of Britain's teenagers by giving them second-rate vocational ...

    www.guardian.co.uk

  • Fitch cuts Chicago Board of Education rating to A

    Fitch Ratings downgraded on Tuesday the Chicago Board of Education's general obligation rating to A from A-plus, citing the school system's increased budget pressures in the wake of a tentative deal that ended a teachers' strike last month.

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • Wiley to Buy Online-Education Firm Deltak

    "The acquisition of Deltak will extend Wiley's Global Education trajectory into a high-growth segment of the market and bring additional expertise to the organization in such areas as curriculum design, student recruitment services, and next generation ...

    online.wsj.com

  • First Nations education not underfunded, figures suggest

    New calculations from Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan's office challenge the assertion that a per-student funding disparity exists between aboriginal and non-aboriginal schools across Canada.

    www.cbc.ca

  • Pros and Cons for Japan's New Celebrity Education Minister

    Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in picking the 68-year-old Ms. Tanaka as his new education minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Monday, said he was counting on her "public appeal" to carry out policies.

    blogs.wsj.com

  • Education Bill reaches Assembly

    The Education and Skills Authority (ESA), which will replace the region's five Education and Library Boards and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, was due to start work at the start of 2010.

    www.google.com

  • Alabama Department of Education receives $1.2 million to provide training for ...

    The State Personnel Development Grants Program, authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, provides funds to assist states in reforming and improving their systems for professional development in early intervention, education and ...

    blog.al.com

  • Higher Education Coalition Backs Proposition 30

    "Governor Jerry Brown's proposal to restore fiscal stability to the state is imperative," said former Congressman Mel Levine, co-chair of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education Issues Committee - Yes on Prop. 30. "If Proposition 30 fails ...

    www.sacbee.com

  • Google winning race to capture education market

    Google is locked in a battle with Apple and Microsoft to capture the education sector, with Microsoft already boasting 22 million users of its Office 365 for Education, and Apple targeting more universities with iTunes U, its online course application ...

    phys.org

  • Education writer says students need challenges

    Education writer Paul Tough recently spread that message to hundreds of people at the University of Georgia while sharing highlights from his newest book, "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character.

    onlineathens.com

  • Education group sues MU for course outlines

    A Washington-based education group sued the University of Missouri on Monday over its refusal to provide records related to teacher training at the university system's four campuses.

    www.kansascity.com

  • Education the top concern for Texans, poll finds

    Nearly three-quarters of Texans surveyed by Texas Lyceum believe education is the most important issue facing the country today, according to a survey released today by the nonprofit, non-partisan leadership organization.

    www.bizjournals.com

  • Issue brief: Education

    Perhaps the most prominent global education ranking, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), administered every three years, compares the scores of 15 year olds in most of the developed world and parts of the developing world.

    www.cbsnews.com

  • Education conclave focuses on technology leap

    The event was held at the HCT Women's Campus on Monday in the presence of Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, minister of higher education and scientific research and chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology. Shaikh Nahyan and HCT ...

    gulfnews.com

  • NC education leaders lay out spending needs

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    www.sacbee.com

  • Schools Drive Continuing Education Programs with Innovative Software Platform

    BOSTON - Jenzabar®, Inc., a leading provider of software, strategies and services for higher education, announced today that twelve institutions have selected Jenzabar Higher ReachTM, the company's continuing education and workforce development ...

    www.heraldonline.com

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