Thiel Foundation fellowships have scary premise News from San Francisco Chronicle: On Wednesday, the Thiel Foundation named the first winners of its controversial “20 Under 20″ fellowship program, a sort of anti-college scholarship in which young people are handed $ 100,000 to pursue entrepreneurial ideas rather than a university education. It’s a limited program designed [...]
72 SC high school seniors never missed a day of school News from Spartanburg Herald Journal: Published: Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 3:15 a.m.Last Modified: Friday, May 27, 2011 at 10:46 p.m. Boiling Springs twins Alexis and Asante Dawkins can add one more thing to the list of things they’ve been able to accomplish together [...]
Claim early childhood sector easy target for budget cuts News from Radio New Zealand: Updated at 5:17pm on 28 May 2011 The Early Childhood Education Council says its sector is an easy target for budget cuts. Its chief executive Peter Reynolds was responding to a speech made by Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, at the [...]
