October 2011
33 posts
PCProSchools: An Abundance of Wallpapers -... →
PCProSchools: An Abundance of Wallpapers - solunakitty: http://t.co/HfRi193q
School discipline changes move forward in Colo.
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DENVER – Post-Columbine school disciplinary policies that Colorado lawmakers say lead to mandatory expulsions for things like inadvertently having a butter knife in a backpack are facing an…
PCProSchools: Best Chat Apps for Windows:... →
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Senate comes closer to overhauling education law
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation that would overhaul the controversial U.S. education law known as No Child Left Behind cleared a major hurdle on Monday when Senate leaders announced a…
Senators announced agreement on education law
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WASHINGTON – Signaling some unity in the Senate on fixing the “No Child Left Behind” law, two senators have announced an agreement to move forward on bipartisan legislation to overhaul it.
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PCProSchools: Photo: schizophrenic-rae:... →
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Purse in Fla. school board shooting on display
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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The handbag a Florida school board member used to smack a man holding other school board members at gunpoint is on display in the Panhandle.
Ginger Littleton’s Brahmin…
Rupert Murdoch heckled at Calif. education forum
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SAN FRANCISCO – Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement heckled News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum Friday, accusing the media mogul of trying to profit…
Teachers protest Rupert Murdoch at school summit
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SAN FRANCISCO – Teachers in the San Francisco Bay area picketed Thursday outside an education conference that features News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch as a keynote speaker, saying they believe he…
Texas schools sue state, saying funding is unfair... →
AUSTIN, Texas – A coalition of more than 150 Texas school districts said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against the state over a school funding system it says is unfair, inefficient and…
PCProSchools: Chemistry teacher uses projectors,... →
PCProSchools: Chemistry teacher uses projectors, Wii remotes and Mac Minis to install touchscreen comps in his classroom: http://t.co/sDaXX5HV
Knocking anthropology? Gov’s daughter has degree
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – When Florida Gov. Rick Scott singled out anthropology degrees as job market losers, maybe he had some inside knowledge. It turns out his daughter, Jordan Kandah, has an…
PCProSchools: Photo: smarterplanet:... →
PCProSchools: Photo: smarterplanet: http://t.co/3VaqP3wD
Clash over economy sets tone for 2012 election
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WASHINGTON – For a voter looking to preview next year’s presidential election, nothing placed the competing arguments in sharper focus than a single day framed by President Barack Obama at a…
PCProSchools: Five Tips for Designing Your... →
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Under agreement, LA district to focus on equity
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WASHINGTON – The Los Angeles Unified School District will improve instruction to the district’s 220,000 English learners and ensure there are equitable resources in schools with largely black…
FACT CHECK: Jobs plan makes many assumptions
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WASHINGTON – It’s a startling statistic on the state of American schools: An estimated 280,000 teaching and other education jobs could be lost in the coming year, according to the White House.
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Brown U. ordered to turn over fundraising records... →
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A federal judge has ordered Brown University to turn over fundraising and donation records of an alumnus whose daughter says she was raped in 2006.
Judge John McConnell Jr….
California governor rejects race, gender college... →
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday vetoed legislation that would have allowed California universities to consider race and gender in student admissions, even…
PCProSchools: The stupid things you do at work... →
PCProSchools: The stupid things you do at work (and how to fix them) - whattheflow: http://t.co/NdIabAVa
California allows college aid to illegal... →
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students access to state-funded financial aid, the second half of two-part…
PCProSchools: Gaming Information News Network:... →
PCProSchools: Gaming Information News Network: Microsoft plans universal game portal for 2012 - gamingfourlife: http://t.co/8YdzneMx
Debt collectors with govt contracts paid penalties... →
WASHINGTON – Two private debt collection companies that work for the Education Department paid more than $4 million combined in civil penalties in the past year after another federal agency…
PCProSchools: @PcproIT Hello! Thank you for... →
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Ivy League professors speak to anti-Wall Street... →
BOSTON (Reuters) – Ivy League professors dropped by anti-Wall Street protest camps in Boston and New York on Friday to school the demonstrators on theories that bolster their demands to end…
Colo school shooting verdict: not guilty, insanity... →
GOLDEN, Colo. – A man charged with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting and wounding of two eighth-graders at a Colorado middle school was found not guilty by reason of insanity…
Child finds bodies in Mississippi killings
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D’IBERVILLE, Miss. – A child returning home from school found the bodies of a man and two women in Mississippi, and police are investigating the deaths as homicides.
D’Iberville Police Chief…
Celebrities Say F–k You to Famine [VIDEO]
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[More from Mashable: School Lunch Wall Is Like a “Hot or Not” for Food]
A host of celebrities have joined anti-poverty advocacy group ONE to launch a PSA campaign fighting the growing…
Thousands of Hispanic students still missing from... →
%content% Thousands of Hispanic students still missing from Alabama schools this week (The Lookout)
Rhode Island is third state to offer in-state... →
%content% Rhode Island is third state to offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrants this year (The Lookout)
Tenn. man dies after SUV hits school bus; 10 hurt... →
LEBANON, Tenn. – A head-on collision outside Nashville between a sport utility vehicle and a bus carrying high school band members has left a 60-year-old man dead and 10 others injured.
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School Lunch Wall Is Like a "Hot or Not" for Food... →
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Chef Jaime Oliver is known for crusading against unhealthy food in school cafeterias. The…
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Jurors deliberate in Colo. school shooting trial
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GOLDEN, Colo. – Jurors in the trial of a man charged with wounding two students outside a Colorado middle school have started their deliberations.
Closing arguments in the trial of Bruco…
September 2011
25 posts
S&P revises outlook for Chicago schools to stable... →
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Thursday revised the outlook on the AA-minus general obligation bond rating of the Chicago Board of Education to stable from negative.
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Probe finds fraud in U.S. distance education
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified a “serious vulnerability” in distance education programs due to frauds committed by students and…
PCProSchools: Correction re: @PCProSchools job... →
PCProSchools: Correction re: @PCProSchools job postings: PC Pro students are NOT eligible for these positions — sorry for any confusion!
Obama urges students to keep learning to help U.S.... →
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged students on Wednesday to pursue learning after high school to brighten the United States’ future and restore its preeminence in education.
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An Inflammatory Bake Sale; A Plea to Rethink... →
Today in academia: U.S. News has a ready rankings retort, Boston University has its new ad campaign snarked, a UC Berekeley bake sale gets inflammatory and college presidents are an aging…
Obama: Kids, economy gain from new education plan... →
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says kids and the economy will benefit from the changes he’s making in education policy and his plan to spend billions to upgrade schools and keep teachers on…
Armed man near school fatally shot by Wash. police... →
ISSAQUAH, Wash. – A man armed with two guns repeatedly opened fire near a high school where students were attending games Saturday, sending children and their parents running for cover under the…
Obama links education reform to economic recovery... →
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Young people in the United States are falling behind their overseas peers in reading, math and science, President Barack Obama said on Saturday, calling education reform an…
Correction: Education-Outdoor Orientation
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HANOVER, N.H. – In a Sept. 17 story about college outdoor orientation programs, The Associated Press erroneously reported the percentage difference in retention rates for students who participate…
Former professor pleads not guilty in Ala shooting... →
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Pale, thin and dressed in a red jail uniform, a Harvard University-educated biology professor pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to capital murder charges Thursday in the…
PCProSchools: Is Windows 8 Ready to Be My Primary... →
PCProSchools: Is Windows 8 Ready to Be My Primary Operating System? - Dear Lifehacker, All this talk of Windows 8 has… http://t.co/qVgFU1QY
Muslim students’ speech trial goes to US jury
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SANTA ANA, California – A jury has completed its first full day of deliberations in the trial of 10 Muslim students charged with disrupting a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of…
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Jury deliberations start in Muslim students’ trial... →
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Jury deliberations began Tuesday in the trial of 10 Muslim students charged with disrupting a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of California, Irvine.
Jurors…
PCProSchools: @timstrack Thanks for the RT! →
PCProSchools: @timstrack Thanks for the RT!
Top 10 Teenagers Who Made their First Million...
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Teenage Millionaires, You’re Never Too Young To Make Money
Most of us know there is no such thing as a “get rich quick scheme,” even if there are people out there who would love us to believe otherwise. However, there are real success stories out there who can inspire the rest of us. In a world where...