Schools, states need to get real about achievement

Schools, states need to get real about achievement NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA US Education Secretary Arne Duncan isn't short on ideas. "The school day is too short. The school week is too short. The school year is too short," Duncan ... See all stories on this topic Sex education to be readdressed by the Beloit school board WCLO - Janesville,WI,USA by STEVE BENTON ( Contact ) Sunday, May 3, 2009 WCLO's Steve Benton reports on how the Beloit school board is considering putting a sex education component ... See all stories on this topic UCF Professor: Revise Holocaust Education The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA It's also left Cohn with strong feelings about education, and what exactly should be taught about the Nazi effort to exterminate the Jews - a subject she ... See all stories on this topic Education is strongest weapon against mussel threat Salt Lake Tribune - United States By Brett Prettyman Efforts to educate Utah boaters about the threat of invasive mussels appear to be working. At Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which straddles ... See all stories on this topic Lawmakers react to devastating economy San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA Gibbons' proposed budget included steep cuts to higher education that Horsford said could force Nevada to close one of its two state universities. ... See all stories on this topic NC sex education bill would give parents more options StarNewsOnline.com - Wilmington,NC,USA By Ana Ribeiro Outrage tinged her voice as Shirley Babson went over sample topics in comprehensive sex education with parents. Condom use. ... See all stories on this topic Lighthouse Fund benefits Old Rochester Public Education Wicked Local Rochester - Plymouth,MA,USA The Old Rochester Tri-Town Education Foundation, a fund of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, will host a "Taste of the Tri-Town" June ... See all stories on this topic India's Business Schools Out of Date Washington Post - United States "All my education was bookish and theoretical." Hoping to secure an entry-level job as a credit-card collection agent, Dubey enrolled this month in a ... See all stories on this topic Pa. school district merger plan may not make grade Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA Donna Cooper, who as Rendell's policy secretary helps devise the administration's education initiatives, said 100 was "a nice round number" that would push ... See all stories on this topic State Board of Education votes to close school KPUA - HI,USA By AP HONOLULU (AP) — The state Board of Education has voted to close an elementary school in east Oahu. They voted to shut down Wailupe Elementary School ... See all stories on this topic