Commentary: Education lost in hubbub of campaigning (CNN.com)
As we enter the final months of the longest presidential campaign in American history, it seems clear that the issue of the education of our nation's children is virtually absent from John McCain and Barack Obama's rhetoric.
Prosecutor put in education program after prostitution arrest (The Fresno Bee)
A prosecutor in the Fresno County District Attorney's Office who was arrested this year on suspicion of soliciting an undercover officer disguised as a prostitute was placed into a police education program rather than being charged with a crime.
Top UN envoy in Liberia stresses importance of education (People's Daily)
Top United Nations envoy toLiberia Wednesday called on Liberian families to make their children's education a priority as the country rebuilds after years of civil war. "All children -- girls and boys -- need an equal chance," EllenMargrethe Loj, the Secretary-General's Special Representative, said at a ceremony commissioning the Banjor Community School in the country's northwest. The school was ...
Wales at a crossroads for education (icWales)
Another season of record exam results has triggered the annual debate over the skill levels of our school-leavers. But Philip Dixon, director of teaching union ATL Cymru, asks whether it’s right that education should be measured in purely economic terms
Seamless education is Cleveland schools' goal for transient students (The Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland schools hope to provide a seamless education for students who are constantly changing addresses. In a district where many families rent, about a third of the children move during the school year. Many leave the system,...
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