Tyler ISD names high school principals, executive director of secondary educationNews from KLTV: TYLER, TX (KLTV) – Tyler ISD is excited to announce the newest member of our executive staff, Dr. Christy Hanson, who will serve as Executive Director of Secondary Education beginning this July. As Executive Director of Secondary Education, Dr. Hanson will work [...]
Tablet transforms child’s educationNews from WISH: Updated: Thursday, 31 May 2012, 11:52 AM EDTPublished : Thursday, 31 May 2012, 11:24 AM EDT WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) – Schools across Central Indiana are trying to figure out the best ways to use new technologies in the classroom. iPads and other tablet computers are making frequent appearances in [...]
Michigan Business Leaders Say Early Childhood Education Matters to Economic GrowthNews from Sacramento Bee: MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., May 30, 2012 – A hundred business leaders statewide join forces to boost school readiness programs to ensure quality workforce MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/– A coalition of 100 business leaders from across the state is calling [...]
Obama Frees 8 States From ‘No Child’ Education-Testing RulesNews from San Francisco Chronicle: (Updates to add Republican comment in sixth paragraph.) May 29 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama freed eight states from provisions of the No Child Left Behind education- testing law after they pledged to turn around low-performing schools and tie teacher evaluations to [...]
Teen Pregnancy Rate In Mississippi The Worst In America, Sex Education …News from Huffington Post: MARKS, Miss. — With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it’s hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-nighters for most of the semester to take care of her infant [...]
Stakeholders Tasked On Girl-Child EducationNews from AllAfrica.com: Gates Foundation A group of children gather outside for a portrait at the Young Tajudeen Agbangudu Primary School in Nigeria. Former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Hajo Sani, has called on Nigerians to support girl-child education for the development of the country. She made the [...]
Why Romney, Obama are education twinsNews from Washington Post: Poor Mitt Romney. He appoints a splendid group of education policy advisers, smart people with great ideas. Then he learns that he has to give a speech explaining how he differs from President Obama on schools when those same advisers have spent their careers making that [...]
Mountain View High School Class of 2012 (slide show) – ReporterHerald.comNews from Mountain View High School Class of 2012 (slide show) – ReporterHerald.com: Mountain View High School Class of 2012 graduates won a variety of scholarships and awards. Michelle Ruth Ainsworth: MVHS Outstanding Business and Marketing Student of the Year. Brittany Hannah Anderson: *UNC Bear [...]
Child education guru Comer talks learning in HartsvilleNews from SCNow: HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Dr. James Comer is one of the country’s top education experts, best known for his School Development Program, and he’s saying educators in the Pee Dee are making steps in the right direction. The Maurice Falk professor of child psychiatry at Yale [...]
Ex-Penn State president sues school, seeks emails related to Sandusky child …News from Washington Post: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Penn State University president Graham Spanier has filed a civil lawsuit to force the school to release emails related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The lawsuit was filed late Friday in Centre [...]
