Two people killed in Virginia Tech shooting

2011-12-08T11:00:39Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two people were killed in a shooting at the Virginia Tech campus on Thursday, a university spokesman said.

Police were apprehending one person, the Collegiate Times newspaper said, before issuing another

Illinois study cites cost of high school dropouts

2011-12-06T22:30:07Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - High school dropouts on average receive $1,500 a year more from government than they pay in taxes because they are more likely to get benefits or to be in prison, according to a U.S. study released on Wednesday.

"Dropping out of high school before receiving a high school diploma places a substantial fiscal burden ...

Oklahoma teacher who photographed kids in lingerie arrested

2011-12-01T15:00:24Z

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A third-grade teacher who resigned this week after parents accused her of dressing their daughters in lingerie and photographing them at a Christmas party was arrested on Thursday.

Kimberly Crain, 47, was arrested at her home in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and will face charges of manufacture of child pornography a...

Poor schools don't get "fair share": Education Department

2011-11-30T15:00:24Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many poor public schools do not pay teachers and educators as much as wealthier schools just a few miles away, according to a survey of 13,000 school districts the U.S. Department of Education released on Wednesday.

The department found that more than 40 percent of scho...

More Minnesota school districts to borrow: survey

2011-11-30T14:00:14Z

(Reuters) - More Minnesota school districts will borrow for cash-flow purposes in the current school year after the state delayed a chunk of education aid payments, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

The St. Paul-based Association of Metropolitan School Dist...

Readers Weigh In

2011-11-29T02:30:16Z

What parents who teach their own children want you to know

A version of this story was posted at lasvegasweekly.com on Oct. 20. Here is a sampling of comments from our readers:

Doubting grandparents will be won over by the love and dedication home-school parents give to their children. My mom, a public school teacher, lectured me when the oldest was going into first grade. We asked her to give us two years and then check back with us if she was still conce...

Keeping streets safe for students

2011-11-23T02:31:00Z

Program helping plan best routes for walking and biking to school

On a recent morning before school, a parent volunteer watched as a car door flew open, blocking the sidewalk directly in the path of a student on a bike who was barely able to avoid flying into it.

Other teachers, administrators and volunteers have similar stories, amounting to hundreds of close calls around schools in the chaotic 20 minutes before and after classes each day. Sometimes they're...

Nevada's number of international students falls

2011-11-18T02:30:19Z

The decline bucks a nationwide trend fueled by Chinese students

The number of international students in Nevada has declined slightly even as national enrollment figures rose to a record high, according to a federal report released Monday.Nevada hosted 2,795 international students during the 2010-11 academic year, which represents a 2.7 percent decline from the previous school year.

A little more than half of those ...

'Weightless' US teachers eye giant science leap

2011-11-17T07:30:38Z

"Excited," "nervous," "terrified" -- just three emotions described by a group of US teachers about to take a dizzying "weightless" flight all for the cause of science, naturally.

The 30 classroom professionals donned blue "astronaut" jumpsuits to defy gravity in the skies above California, in a project designed to help them capture the imagination of young scie...

Valley needs a medical school

2011-11-17T02:30:49Z

Build a medical school.

There's a lot to chew on in a 178-page report presented to the Economic Development Board on Monday, but that one stood out to me for its short- and long-term benefits.

The report, prepared by researchers with the Brookings Institution and SRI International,Êis a "sector analy...

NY gov's school cuts hit poor pupils hardest: report

2011-11-15T14:00:13Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Budget cuts cost New York's poor schools $843 per pupil, over three times the $269 hit taken by the wealthiest districts, a report said on Tuesday, blasting the governor for the unequal results.

Like many states, New York uses complicated formulas to dole out school aid around the state.

To help close a $10 billion bu...

Gay Teen Zach Asked To Tone It Down After Beating

2011-11-15T08:31:05Z

Zach Huston, the gay teen whose beating was caught on video, says school officials asked him to tone it down after the incident

Zach Huston, the 15-year-old Ohio gay teen whose beating was caught on video and posted on Facebook, says school officials asked him to tone it down after the incident.

The video, captured by another student with a cell phon...

China leads surge in foreign students: US report

2011-11-14T18:30:39Z

America's colleges and universities are seeing record numbers of foreign students, thanks to a surge from China and heavy enrollment from elsewhere in Asia, a report released Monday said.

The report by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the Idaho (Reuters) - Idaho became on Thursday the first U.S. state to require two online courses for high school graduation when state officials approved the requirement.

The requirement, which goes into effect next year, was part of an overhaul of public education pushed by Tom Luna, the state's schools chief, and approved this yea...

Proposed tax hikes headed for defeat in Colorado

2011-11-01T21:00:19Z

DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado ballot proposal to raise state income and sales taxes for the sake of public schools was headed for defeat on Tuesday, according to early election returns from the state's most populous counties.

The outcome of Proposition 103, aimed at generating $2.9 billion over the next five years, was being watched closely as ...

"Freshman 15" weight gain is a myth, new study finds

2011-11-01T10:30:18Z

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The idea that college freshmen gain an average of 15 pounds in their first year of school is a myth -- the average is really between 2.4 pounds for women and 3.4 pounds for men, the co-author of a new study said Tuesday.

"Not only is there not a 'Freshman 15,' there doesn't appear to be even a 'college 15' ...

U.S. students struggle to boost reading test scores: report

2011-11-01T08:30:31Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hawaii was the only state in the nation where students boosted scores in both math and reading at fourth and eighth grade levels over the last two years, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Math tests showed steady improvements in the last few years and major gains over the last two decades while reading scores remained mostly unchanged, according to th...

Analysis: California school districts to take down reserves

2011-10-24T12:30:45Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When California lawmakers reached a deal to close a $10 billion budget gap in June, critics warned the agreement relied too heavily on $4 billion in additional tax revenue projected to materialize with a rapidly rebounding economy.

Now, with the state's reco...

Randy Thomasson Insists Gay History Law Will Turn Kids Gay

2011-10-21T10:00:13Z

Randy Thomasson is urging parents to opt out of California's public schools now that an effort to repeal a gay history law has failed

Social conservative Randy Thomasson is urging parents to opt out of California's public schools now that an effort to repeal a gay history law has failed.

Foes of Senate Bill 48 (SB 48) or the FAIR Education...

Senate comes closer to overhauling education law

2011-10-17T14:30:33Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would overhaul the controversial U.S. education law known as No Child Left Behind cleared a major hurdle on Monday when Senate leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on the bill.
The law, which went into effect in...

College students echo Occupy Wall Street with protests

2011-10-13T21:30:21Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Anger at high tuition bills and a lack of jobs propelled U.S. college students into streets and quadrangles on Thursday in the latest offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.
The "National Student Solidarity Protest" was organized by Los A...

Sarah Lawrence College ranked as priciest in U.S.

2011-10-11T09:30:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Higher education in the United States is not cheap but Sarah Lawrence College in New York, with total costs of $58,334 a year, is the most expensive college in the country, according t...

Sandoval takes page from Bush on schools

2011-10-11T02:30:17Z

Gov. Brian Sandoval said he plans to continue following Florida's education reform model by pushing for laws that promote school choice and put an end to the idea that students should automatically advance to the next grade level.
Sandoval and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush toured two nontraditional California Institute of Technology (Caltech) knocked the famous Massachusetts institution from the summit of the Times Higher Education (THE) league table for the first ...

Oxford 4th, Cambridge 6th in university rankings

2011-10-06T05:30:44Z

US and British institutions once again dominate an annual worldwide league table of universities published Thursday, but there is a fresh name at the top, unseating long-time leader Harvard.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) knocked the famous Massachusetts institution from the summit of the Times Higher Education (THE) league table for the first ...

Packing in their pint-sized pupils lasvegassun.com/turnaround Follow our yearlong examination of the Clark County School District and voice your concerns on the state of education in Las Vegas. See photo galleries, read blogs from principals and watch vide

2011-10-06T02:30:11Z

Elizondo Elementary's growing kindergarten population is putting the squeeze on the school's resources
One by one, Paula Barry's kindergarten class marched out of her classroom in a long, single-file line that stretched the length of the hallway and around the corner.
"Here come the little ducklings," the 10-year veteran teacher said as she led her flock of 41 students to recess.
As of Thursday, Elizondo Elementary School had...

Higher education

2011-10-04T02:30:46Z

Nevada's universities are critical to state's future economic success
The leaders of UNLV and UNR both recently gave their annual speeches outlining the state of their universities and, without shying away from the difficult fiscal realities facing their institutions, both were remarkably optimistic.UNLV Preside...

Homeschoolers emerge as Republican foot soldiers

2011-10-03T12:30:23Z

KALONA, Iowa (Reuters) - First come morning prayers, then breakfast, then Bible stories. After that Andrea Farrier's daughters take out their textbooks. Another school day has begun.
As the girls dig in to their math problems, Farrier contemplates the Republican presidential candidates who are vying for the support of hom...

Bake sale's racial pricing rocks campus

2011-09-27T08:30:14Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.
A...

Bake sale's racial pricing rocks UC Berkeley campus

2011-09-26T21:00:15Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.
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Number of new graduate students drops: report

2011-09-23T08:00:12Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New student enrollment at U.S. graduate schools fell in 2010 for the first time since the autumn of 2003, according to a new report.
The decrease came despite a more than eight percent increase in applications, said the report from the Council of Graduate Schools

Number of new graduate students down for first time since 2003

2011-09-22T15:00:22Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New student enrollment at U.S. graduate schools fell in 2010 for the first time since the fall of 2003, according to a report released on Thursday.
The decrease came despite a more than eight percent increase in applications, said the report from the Council of Graduate...

Federal court reviewing Arkansas desegregation funding case

2011-09-19T19:30:23Z

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A federal appeals court began reviewing a lower court order on Monday that would end state payments to Arkansas public schools that began over two decades ago to aid in desegregation efforts.
Arkansas has one of the nation's largest remaining court-ordered d...

U.S. higher education struggling since 2008: Moody's

2011-09-19T11:30:10Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public and private universities across the United States have been struggling with endowment losses, thin liquidity, declining gifts, reduced state help and resistance to tuition hikes since 2008, Moody's Investors Services...

Catching cheaters

2011-09-16T02:33:09Z

States should do more to protect integrity of standardized tests
More than 170 teachers and administrators in Atlanta public schools are accused of participating in cheating on standardized tests to inflate student achievement.Teachers and administrators allegedly erased answers on students' standardized tests and filled in the correct answers to help raise the achievement levels. High-level administrators...

Nearly 4,000 Indiana students seek private school vouchers

2011-09-08T15:30:41Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Some 3,778 Indiana students have signed up to receive private school tuition money under a new and controversial state-wide voucher program, with a week to go before a September 16 deadline.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction

College dropouts cost themselves, and Nevada, millions of dollars

2011-08-25T02:30:50Z

A new report that crunches the numbers on the missed earning potential of college dropouts says failing to graduate results in millions of dollars in lost income and tax revenue that could have helped spur economic development in Nevada and across the country.
Nevada's college dropout rate is among the highest in the U.S., the report says.
College dropouts in the Silver State miss out on an estimated $11.7 million in in...

Missouri law limiting teacher-student online contact draws ire

2011-08-13T09:00:08Z

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - As the school year resumes next week, Missouri teachers will have to think twice about making private contact with students on Internet sites such as Facebook.
The state's school districts are unde...

Nevada to seek waiver on 'unrealistic' demands of 'No Child Left Behind' law

2011-08-13T02:30:17Z

One of the biggest complaints Nevada educators have about the federal initiative to improve classroom education, No Child Left Behind, is that its higher and higher standards have left more and more schools falling behind, panting to catch up.
On Monday, Nevada schools learned they just might be able to catch their breath.
Reuters) - Facing a stagnant job market, law graduates from New York and Michigan schools on Wednesday accused their alma maters of duping graduates out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition by publishing misleading post-graduation employment and salary statistics.
The two class-action suits were filed by graduat...

Trying to measure up

2011-08-10T02:30:47Z

Nation needs to change the way student achievement is tracked, measured
The Clark County School District last week was placed on a watch list of districts that have failed to achieve standards set under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.The district made the list by fai...

Education pays off in better jobs, higher salaries

2011-08-05T13:30:58Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Higher education leads to better paying jobs and by 2018 almost two thirds of all occupations in the United States will require a college degree, according to a new study.
Researchers at Georgetown University'...

Rural doctor shortage prompts opening of medical school

2011-08-01T07:30:33Z

KANSAS CITY, Kan (Reuters) - A Kansas college hopes young doctors will be more willing to practice in small towns if they go to a medical school in a rural area.
The University of Kansas will have w...

Gaming the GRE test in China, with a little online help

2011-07-27T01:00:07Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - When 21-year-old Zhang, an average student in college, got set for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) in Beijing this year, she felt so unprepared that she skipped the exam entirely.
Forty days later, she flew to Vietnam and nailed a near-perfect score in the test, which i...

Charter schools innovate to educate

2011-07-21T02:30:26Z

New methods, ideas may be the key to reforming education, many say
Nevada's state and local leaders say the key to education reform is in charter schools.
The Nevada Legislature, urged by Gov. Brian Sandoval, recently passed a law creating...

Tougher test, higher standards hurt students' scores

2011-07-19T02:30:33Z

Decline affects almost every grade, officials say, but promise improvement
Clark County School District officials attributed a significant drop in test scores this year to a more rigorous test and higher proficiency standards.
The School District on Thursday announced results of the 2011 Criterion Reference Test and the Nevada High Sc...

Berkley talks economy, education, election

2011-07-19T02:30:24Z

After 13 years representing Nevada's 1st Congressional District, Shelley Berkley wants a promotion — to the U.S. Senate. She announced her candidacy in April. And if she wins the Democratic nomination, she'll likely face newly appointed Reuters) - The board of New Jersey's Rutgers University has slashed in half a recommended tuition hike, bucking the tide of historic tuition spikes at public colleges in cash-strapped states nationwide.
The board of governors at Rutgers, New Jersey's ...

California orders gay history in school textbooks

2011-07-15T09:01:06Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California became the first state on Thursday to require that public school textbooks include the accomplishments of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans as Governor Jerry Brown signed the mandat...

U.S. teen birth rate declines in 2009: report

2011-07-08T10:00:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The birth rate for U.S. teenage girls declined for a second year in 2009, while the rate of drug use among eighth graders edged higher, according to the latest government report on child well-being.
The report, which serves as a status update on the well-being of American children, showed the adolescent birth ra...

Teen birth rate down, middle school drug use higher: report

2011-07-07T15:30:18Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The birth rate for teenage girls declined for a second year in 2009 while the rate of drug use among eighth graders edged higher, according to the latest government report on child well-being.
The report, which serves as a status update on the well-being of American children, showed the adolescent birth rate declining for a second consecutive year to 20.1 births per 1,...

Indiana teachers sue to halt school voucher program

2011-07-01T17:00:27Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Indiana State Teachers Association filed suit against the state on Friday, asking a court to block implementation of the country's largest private school voucher program.
"There is no question that this law viol...

Schools teach disabled life skills

2011-06-28T10:00:15Z

MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey (Reuters Life!) - Calculating the best-priced cookie dough may be a small challenge for the executives of Diamond Enterprises, but making eye contact while paying the cashier is an enormous one.
Diamond Enterprises is a sandwich, salad and snack business run by students with autism and severe learning disa...

Business 101 for special ed students: eye contact, social skills

2011-06-28T07:00:16Z

MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Calculating the best-priced cookie dough may be a small challenge for the executives of Diamond Enterprises, but making eye contact while paying the cashier is an enormous one.
Diamond Enterprises is a sandwich, salad and snack business run by students with autism and severe learning disabiliti...

Michigan to take over 45 of Detroit's failing schools

2011-06-20T12:00:37Z

DETROIT (Reuters) - Nearly four dozen of Detroit's poorest-performing schools will be placed in the hands of a new statewide authority next year, the latest attempt to turn around Michigan's struggling education system.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced on Monday that a new authority, the Educ...

Optimism creeps into jobs market for college grads

2011-06-17T11:00:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy O'Leary is proud of her son, and with good reason. After graduating from the University of Michigan this spring, he landed a research job on Wall Street -- no mean feat in troubled economic times.

Teens skimp on exercise, but not sodas: CDC

2011-06-16T12:30:58Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Only about one in 10 U.S. teens is getting enough exercise and one in four has a soda a day, adding to concerns about obesity among American youth, government researchers said on Thursday.
A team at the PHILADELPHIA - A federal appeals court here has ruled in favor of two school students who were disciplined in different districts for creating what lawyers called parodies of their principals on the MySpace social network site.
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for th...

Less than a quarter of students proficient in history

2011-06-14T10:30:34Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. students are making some gains in their knowledge of American History, but less than a quarter are scoring at or above the proficient level, according to a report released on Tuesday.
The results of the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress showed just 20 percent of fourth graders, 17 percent of eighth graders, and 12 percent of twelfth gra...

Cutting education

2011-06-14T02:30:46Z

Nevada's priorities show through with the budget and battle over taxes
Educators throughout the state are breathing something of a sigh of relief since the Legislature ended: The budget is nowhere near as bad as expected.When the session started, Gov. Brian Sandoval called for massive cuts, notably to education, because he refused any attempt to rai...

School District confronts reality of poor high school graduation rates

2011-06-14T02:30:34Z

Report shows numbers much lower than claimed
When Dwight Jones was hired in November to be superintendent of the Clark County School District, he promised honesty and transparency to win over a distrustful and suspicious community.
Now, School District officials are acknowledging what critics have long suspected - that high school graduation figures have for years been inflated...

After tornado, high school will be at the shopping mall

2011-06-12T08:31:43Z

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - If high school students in Joplin, Missouri, actually get tired of hanging out at the mall later this year, nobody could blame them.
Classes for juniors and seniors will be held in a shopping mall in 2011-12 because a May 22 tornado ...

Taking the initiative

2011-06-10T02:30:17Z

Phoenix proves it is possible to turn a desert patch into a thriving metropolis
Las Vegas deservedly bills itself as the entertainment capital of the world, a tourist destination with few equals, but it still has a lot to learn about how to mature into a well-rounded major metropolitan area. The rough economy, which resulted in the valley's double-digit unemployment rate and a record number of home for...

NJ Governor Christie proposes public-private schools plan

2011-06-09T17:30:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced a pilot program on Thursday that would allow private companies to run public schools in some of the state's chronically underperforming school districts.
The public-private partnership would authorize sc...

Religion, and controversy, always part of U.S. education

2011-06-09T04:30:24Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Religious freedom has always been a given in American life, but religious education has had a different road -- a path rarely without controversy as it tries to find a place in a secular and worldly democracy.
While a rise in the number of Islamic schools in the Unite...

Study finds Nevada lagging in K-12 spending

2011-06-09T02:31:31Z

Nevada ranks 45th in the nation in K-12 education spending per pupil, according to an analysis released last month by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Nevada school districts spent an average of $8,422 per student during the 2008-09 school year, according to the 2009 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances — School Systems. The U.S. average was $...

Budget pact offers hope and despair

2011-06-09T02:30:44Z

My warring impulses of naive optimism and fatalistic pessimism were on full display as Gov. Brian Sandoval and Democratic legislative leaders announced a deal Wednesday extending taxes passed in 2009 while enacting reforms of education and collective bargaining.
Bad news first. Reasons to be pessimistic:
1. Our teachers and professors, already paid less than the national average, will take pay cuts - 2.5...

Five changes for state education

2011-06-09T02:30:25Z

Bills winding ways through Legislature, but unions cry foul
CARSON CITY - The state Senate passed legislation this week that would dramatically change public schools in Nevada. Assembly Bill 225 and Assembly Bill 229 are the basis for the Legislature's education reform efforts, which are being pushed by Democratic leadership with the support ...

Youth wins spelling bee with "cymotrichous"

2011-06-02T21:30:05Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most people could not spell "cymotrichous" with a dictionary, but a 14 year-old girl from Pennsylvania, Sukanya Roy, spelled the word on Thursday to win a marathon-length 2011 BANGALORE (Reuters) - A surprise decision by the U.S. education department to dilute a key rule governing federal aid to for-profit colleges has ended the uncertainty around the companies' growth prospects, giving a boost to the stocks.
The changes to the 'gainful employment' rule drastically lower the threshold for repayment of ...

Elite schools lead education boom in Asia

2011-06-02T02:31:39Z

A strong brand name can go a long way in Asia. From watches to cars, clothes to fine artwork, food to handbags -- even education.
The offspring of the booming region's wealthy elite are enrolling in some of the world's most famous schools and universities. But they don't have to get on a long-haul flight to do so.
Many of the world's most prestigious institutions have built, or are building, new campuses in some of Asia's thriving citie...

Young entrepreneurs try to help their school

2011-06-02T02:31:27Z

Several youngsters recently walked up to Givens Elementary School Principal Rick Slater and handed him a small plastic bag that held $27 and change. They wanted to help, wanted to save teachers' jobs at their Summerlin school. Slater was stunned.
Six students had earned the money, plus another $20 from a second fundraiser, by building a lemonade stand in their neighborhood and asking customers to donate what they thought was appropriate for cups of lemonade, the rims carefully ring...

Potential leaders waiting on their chance

2011-05-26T02:30:33Z

Young lawyers show they're committed to helping Nevada thrive
Where are tomorrow's leaders?
We constantly ask ourselves that question as more and more of today's leadership either retires from the scene or fades away in a more dramatic fashion. And as each generation makes way for the following one, it is appropriate and necessary to ask in the hope that the answer will be self-evident. When it is not apparent, onl...

Many say college too pricey but grads say worth it: survey

2011-05-15T17:30:09Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans say college is unaffordable and not worth its skyrocketing price tag, but graduates say the investment pays off, according to a report published on Sunday.
College graduates say they are happier and more satisfied with their jobs, with 86 percent saying college was a good investment, according to data analyzed by

THE SUN'S MOST READ STORIES*

2011-05-13T02:30:51Z

1. Strip club dancer Valarie Amber reveals ÔThe Naked Truth' in new book Author wants to educate public.
2. Do slot machine paybacks really matter to players? By law Nevada slots must pay back 75 percent
3. Democrats pass education budget $700 million over governor's plan Bill expected to face veto.
4. Coolican: Don't blame unions for our current problems Unions have helped workers improve wages ...

Texas Senate approves bill to allow guns on college campuses

2011-05-09T17:30:27Z

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - The Texas Senate on Monday passed a measure that would make the Lone Star State the second after Utah to specifically allow guns on college campuses.
The proposal, which would allow concea...

Doctors loath to pay for unbiased education: survey

2011-05-09T14:31:21Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While doctors believe industry funding may bias their continuing medical education, they are unwilling to pay for impartial information, a new survey finds.
Continuing medical education, or CME, is a requirement for most U.S. physicians who want to keep their license and board certifications. It comes in a variety of forms, including online videos, journal article...

Teacher of Year has some advice for D.C.

2011-05-06T02:30:14Z

Include educators in policy talks, she urges
WASHINGTON - Since being named Nevada's Teacher of the Year in December, Cheryl Macy has been thrust into the spotlight on education policy.
But never so much as this week, joining her counterparts from every U.S. state and territory in being honored for their exceptional work. But because a trip to the nation's capital...

Dark times for schools, future of our community

2011-05-04T02:30:49Z

The state of emergency that exists in classroom is real, and budget woes are aggravating it
There's an intersection just west of Summerlin Hospital, where Hualapai Way crosses Crestdale Lane. On one corner sits a park where children play soccer and lacrosse. Several hundred yards away is Bonner Elementary School, one of the better performing elementary schools in the Las Vegas Valley. The ...

Why do companies relocate?

2011-04-29T02:30:49Z

The answers on KSNV Channel 3 at 5 p.m.
You've heard it before — businesses won't come to Las Vegas because of our low-ranked public education system. But is it really true? Nevada leaders focus their efforts on attracting businesses from California, so News 3's Jim Snyder put the ...

Club Meetings Banned After Gay Club Formed In New Mexico School

2011-04-28T09:00:10Z

A high school in Clovis, New Mexico has banned all extra-curricular clubs from meeting after a gay club was formed
A high school in Clovis, New Mexico has banned all extra-curricular clubs from meeting during school hours or using school resources to meet after a gay club was formed.

The Clovis school board voted in favor of the change at a Tuesday night meeting.

The Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - A school board in Clovis, New Mexico, voted to ban all extra-curricular clubs from meeting during school hours after a gay-straight alliance applied to become a club.
School offi...

Indiana legislature approves statewide school voucher program

2011-04-27T15:00:18Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Indiana legislature approved bills on Wednesday that would usher in sweeping changes to the state's educational system by creating a statewide private school voucher program and expanding the state's charter school program.
The Republican-controlled House voted 5...

Which hospitals have more problems after surgery?

2011-04-27T14:00:20Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds mixed results in the rates of death and complications after surgery at hospitals that train doctors versus those that don't.
Teaching hospitals have more deaths after emergency surgery than non-teaching hospitals, while both types of hospitals have similar risks of dying after elective surgeries, according to research published in the May issue o...

Oklahoma passes tax credit for private school scholarships

2011-04-26T18:00:11Z

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) -- The Oklahoma House passed a bill on Tuesday supporters said was designed to increase the number of low-income students who can attend private schools by creating a state tax credit for gifts made to scholarship groups.
The lawmakers passed the bill, which already cleared the state Senate, by a vote of 64-33.
Because the Hous...

US risks creating uneducated 'underclass': study

2011-04-20T19:30:43Z

The United States will create a new Hispanic underclass unless it improves immigrant children's access to education, a report released Wednesday warned.
The Future of Children report, a collaborative effort between Princeton University and the Brookings Insti...

Graduating to fourth grade likely to get harder in Oklahoma

2011-04-14T17:00:07Z

Oklahoma City (Reuters) - The Oklahoma House on Thursday approved a measure that would end the long-held practice of promoting third-graders who can't read to the fourth grade.
The change, approved Thursday by a 59-34 vote in the House, has already been approved by the state...

US capital city a 'pawn' in federal budget battle: mayor

2011-04-12T11:30:32Z

One day after his arrest at a protest near the steps of the US Congress, Washington DC mayor Vincent Gray on Tuesday decried the capital city's role as a "political pawn" in recent federal budget negotiations.
"We think we were a bargaining chip in this political game played around the budget," Gray told

Looking to the future

2011-04-06T02:30:56Z

State needs a long-range plan to diversify the economy, spur development
In an effort to kick-start Nevada's economy, Gov. Brian Sandoval and other leaders have talked about diversifying the economy by bringing new businesses here.The state has been trying to lure businesses here for years in an effort to broaden the economy, which woul...

Massachusetts finds expired food in school cafeterias

2011-04-01T14:30:12Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Out-of-date food has been found lingering in public school cafeterias across Massachusetts, sent from warehouses up to six weeks past "use by" dates, the state department of education said on Friday.
Roughly a dozen schools reported expired food shipments or sought guidance on an inconsistent system for dating food,...

No more saggy pants for Arkansas school children

2011-04-01T14:00:19Z

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Arkansas students who love their sagging pants should soon leave them at home.
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed a bill on Wednesday that bans students from wearing clothing that exposes "underwea...

Oklahoma plan would make it easier to fire teachers

2011-03-31T20:30:40Z

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla (Reuters) - An education reform bill that makes it easier for school boards to fire poor performing teachers was approved on Thursday by the Oklahoma state Senate.
The bill, approved by a 30-16 vote, now goes to the state's new Republican Governor Mary Fallin...

Level of education on legislators' minds as they ponder budget cuts

2011-03-29T04:31:11Z

Nevada's higher education system faces a 20 percent reduction in funding in Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget. Among the scenarios discussed are closing entire campuses, restricting access for Nevada's undereducated citizenry and laying off staff.
It falls to lawmakers to decide whether to find more money or carry out the cuts.
That would mean decid...

Young protesters, worried about future, hardly Ôspoiled brats'

2011-03-29T04:01:57Z

Carson City
Traveling overnight Sunday with hundreds of students on their way to the state capital to protest budget cuts, I would occasionally awaken and see, through the rain, the lights of the caravan of buses.
It was hard not to feel a bit inspired by the students' passion for their education - a passion that is so lacking in other quarters of the state, where casual contempt for teachers and college profe...

MONSTER LOSES SOME OF ITS BITE University system switches from tales of budget woes to honesty

2011-03-29T04:00:35Z

University system switches from tales of budget woes to honesty
CARSON CITY
Higher education is trying a new approach to proposed budget cuts: honesty.
After three years of reacting to proposed budget cuts with vague prophecies of doom - thousands of layoffs, eliminating athletic teams and the closure of popular schools - the higher education system is trying to provide detailed and mor...

SUN reader Sounds off On "Hundreds urge lawmakers to battle proposed cuts to education" from JerryWayne: "When you start touting education as a privilege and not a right, it's the sign of the beginning of the end for America. I'm not against parents having

2011-03-29T03:31:15Z

On "Hundreds urge lawmakers to battle proposed cuts to education" from JerryWayne:
"When you start touting education as a privilege and not a right, it's the sign of the beginning of the end for America. I'm not against parents having to pay money to put their kids into school, but the previous mentioned idea is one of the reasons why America is being left in the dust. I personally don't have children and I have no problem...

Regent says it's time that K-12 shares in sacrifice According to Regent Ron Knecht, Nevada's economy grew an average of 5.13 percent per year for the past decade, while the budget for K-12 has grown an average of 8.58 percent per year over the same time, a

2011-03-29T03:30:56Z

OUTPACING NEVADA'S ECONOMY According to Regent Ron Knecht, Nevada's economy grew an average of 5.13 percent per year for the past decade, while the budget for K-12 has grown an average of 8.58 percent per year over the same time, and 8.12 percent for Health and Human Services.
Last August, when he excoriated the university system's Board of Regents for refusing to cut spending by 10 percent, as then-An educated citizenry is essential for economic recovery, experts say. UNLV and UNR battling budget crisis to keep state's best right here.
Eric Glyman is exactly the type of young person Nevada needs to reinvent itself.
The 20-year-old graduate of Gree...

Florida law backs merit pay, ends tenure for new teachers

2011-03-24T14:30:34Z

TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - Following weeks of debate and national attention, Florida Governor Rick Scott on Thursday signed into law a measure that will end tenure for new public school teachers and base pay more directly on student ...

South Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-05T01:31:08Z
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)
Copyright 2011...

Hawks Kings Basketball

2011-01-04T22:01:19Z
Sacramento Kings forward Carl Landry, center, goes to the basket against Atlanta Hawks forward Al Horford, right, as Hawks center Zaza Pachulia, left, of Columbus Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger (18) scores a goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, during the second period of an Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger, left, shoots over Iowa forward Andrew Brommer during the first half of an NCAA college basketb...

Archdiocese Bankruptcy

2011-01-04T16:30:52Z
Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki answers questions at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in St. Francis, Wis. Listecki said the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is directing its attorneys to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying that pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it w...

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