LA Times:
Professors and researchers had to wow tough critics -- fourth-graders from Foster and Carver elementary schools in Compton. The 200 judges (Read More)
New York Times:
Teaching artists from the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival go to schools to share their expertise and make students think about how to portray characters. (Read More)
Kolkata -Cities-The Times of India:
Calcutta high court on Friday called for details of the steps taken by the government on the removal of joint forces from schools in the Lalgarh area, which have been occupied by jawans since the anti-Maoist operations began (Read More)
NY Post:
The state Education Department is failing to ensure that schools don't inflate the results of diploma-granting Regents exams, according to an audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Officials found in 2005 that schools (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | Queensland:
ALMOST 80,000 Queensland state schools have been listed as confirmed or presumed asbestos sites on a government online register made available today. (Read More)
New York Times:
Teaching artists from the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival go to schools to share their expertise and make students think about how to portray characters.
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UK News from Times Online:
Conservative plans to grant schools freedom from central control risk bringing the creationist doctrines of a “Religious Right” into the classroom, the Government warned last night. (Read More)
Newsweek:
College degrees are supposed to last a lifetime, but should tuition loan payments? How some schools got away with charging interest rates of up to 18 percent.
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Ahmedabad-Cities-The Times of India:
At least 143 papers discussing Asian cities and the problems they face in terms of infrastructure, planning, increasing population and sustainability will be part of the 10th congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (AP (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label "Google Apps highlights" and subscribe to the series. - Ed.Over the last two weeks, we've made improvements across (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | The Nation:
THE massive scale of asbestos risk in Queensland schools has been revealed for the first time with almost 80,000 confirmed and presumed sites. (Read More)
The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines:
WASHINGTON: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $US335 million ($365 million) investment in teacher effectiveness in three large US school systems and some public charter schools. (Read More)
NY Post:
The city paid out $3.5 million to nearly 1,400 teachers and other staffers at 23 high schools yesterday for getting their students to reach graduation-related benchmarks this past year, officials announced yesterday. (Read More)
New York Times:
Germany has adopted the Anglo-Saxon style of bachelor's and master's degrees, prompting many students to join street protests over the changes.
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Pune-Cities-The Times of India:
The state government has approved a grant of Rs 13 crore for the secondary schools run by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. (Read More)
Pune-Cities-The Times of India:
One of Asia's top business schools, the Asian Institute of Management has announced its presence in the city by getting into a tie-up with academic group Edvance Learning. (Read More)