Topic: Education
(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 recommended a stricter enrollment process for colleges.Stocks of for-profit colleges, which mostly offer online programs, ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Starting this week at Nash Elementary on Chicago's west side, students are getting up to 23 minutes more of math and 27 minutes more of language arts.At Disney II Elementary on the north side, children have more time for ...
At first glance, middle-aged Seoul housewife Jennifer Chung hardly looks like a bounty hunter tracking down lawbreakers.But every morning, after sending her two sons and husband off to school and work, she sets out in search of local scofflaws -- such as ...
Around 5,000 teachers gathered outside the cabinet headquarters in Cairo on Saturday to demand better pay, vowing to pursue a strike that has crippled several schools around the country. "We want social justice!" the teachers chanted, as they blocked a main thoroughfare ...
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A Fort Worth high school freshman who was reprimanded for saying in class that he believes homosexuality is wrong will not have a mark on his permanent record, officials said on Friday.But his attorney and his mother ...
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Striking teachers in Tacoma, Washington, walked picket lines for a sixth day on Tuesday, defying a judge's back-to-work order and facing possible court sanctions as school officials canceled classes again for 28,700 students.Contempt-of-court notices were mailed out this week ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - "Music City" school children will soon learn how to rap, rock and spin.Nashville Mayor Karl Dean used the city's famed Ryman auditorium on Friday to announce new offerings next year in songwriting, rock band and hip-hop performance, and ...
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Striking teachers in Tacoma, Washington, returned to picket lines on Thursday in defiance of a back-to-work order, forcing school officials to cancel classes for 28,000 students for a third straight day.Pierce County Superior Court Judge Bryan Chushcoff had issued ...
Western to work on basics: from improving students' self-esteem to hiring staffPrincipal Neddy Alvarez made her way through the thick crowd of students and parents gathered in the quad, all curious to see what changes are being implemented at Western High School. ...
Superintendent Dwight Jones, School Board President Carolyn Edwards, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction Pedro Martinez and Turnaround Leader Florence Barker recently sat down with reporters Dave Berns and Paul Takahashi to discuss the turnaround schools, the challenges of the upcoming school year and ...
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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms
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An Education Official Trailer
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College Conspiracy
College education is the largest scam in US history! inflation ...2011-05-14
