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Teachers want Education Minister to withdraw recent remarks

Ronald Thwaites - Education MinisterA militant set of teachers have passed a resolution calling on Rev. Ronald Thwaites - the Education Minister to withdraw comments made during his recent contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Parliament regarding leave ... [Published RJR News Online - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Portia Simpson-Miller, Misrepresentation

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

A First: Per-Student Spending Down at Schools

ent per public school student fell in 2011 for the first time since the Census Bureau began keeping records more than three decades earlier, as economic woes finally caught up with educational realities. "This is clearly the fallout from the Great Recession," ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Census, Paul E. Peterson

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

EDUCATION: School rankings released

Parents can see how their children’s school performed in new rankings released Friday, May 24.The 2012 School Rankings and Base Academic Performance Index give each campus two rankings on a scale of 1 to 10. They are compared against all other schools ... [Published Riverside Press Enterprise - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Demographics, Index

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Who Should Pay For Early Education?

Lane Kenworthy believes that, eventually, “the United States is likely to have universal publicly-funded early education for children aged one to four.” How he would like the system designed:American parents with a child younger than age five in out-of-home ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Health Care, Taxes

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Compulsory education for all

THE national government is looking at introducing compulsory education so that every child attends school.The policy will also empower the government to punish parents who allow their children to roam the streets instead of sitting in classrooms, Education ... [Published Post-Courier - May 24 2013]

Entities: Education, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Singapore

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Senate approves sex education bill

Springfield The Illinois Senate approves a sex education bill. Senators passed the proposal yesterday, which would revamp sex education in Illinois public schools. The bill would have schools include information about contraception and STD's, while still ... [Published WAND TV - May 23 2013]

Entities: Sex, Education, Abstinence

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

University of Texas Medical Branch

Schools should provide opportunities for 60 minutes of daily physical activity to all students

WASHINGTON Given the implications for the overall health, development, and academic success of children, schools should play a primary role in ensuring that all students have opportunities to engage in at least 60 minutes per day of vigorous or moderate-intensity ... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 23 2013]

Entities: Education, University of Texas Medical Branch, Kinesiology, Institute of Medicine, US Department of Education

Blogs

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K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Americans Spent Less Per... [Published Instapundit - 2 hours ago] K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Americans Spent Less Per Student on Public Schools. “The amount of money spent per public school student fell in 2011 for the first time since the Census Bureau began keeping records more than three decades earlier, as economic ...
Schools On The Chopping Block [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 13 hours ago] Ned Resnikoff highlights the tense battle over public school closings in Chicago: Wednesday afternoon, the Chicago Board of Education voted to close 50 reportedly “underutilized” schools —49 elementary schools and one public high school—in what was ...
Peter Dreier: How Can Wal-Mart REALLY Help Impr... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 15 hours ago] If the Waltons really wanted to make positive change in children's educations and lives, they would steer far clear of Michelle Rhee and her troublesome track record. Read More... More on Education ...
Why is Texans for Lawsuit Reform Negotiating Pu... [Published Burnt Orange Report - 15 hours ago] With only days to go in the 83rd regular session, the Legislature still needs to come to an agreement on the budget and pass an education bill. Negotiations on HB 5, the bill that sets curriculum and requirements for high school graduation, among other ...
Just shaking my head, trying to make sense of i... [Published Balloon Juice - 17 hours ago] I keep writing about bad news on the public school privatization front, so I thought I’d give you some good news. First, a genuinely funny story out of Michigan, where the public school system has (apparently!) been completely deregulated and is now ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Schools set alight in Stockholm violence [Published BBC News Video - World - May 24 2013]
Protecting the school children [Published CNN.com - Video - May 23 2013]
Chile protesters call for education reform [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 22 2013]
Moore, Oklahoma, Schools Hit Hard by Tornado [Published ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - May 22 2013]
New Vanderbilt Poll surveys voting Tennesseans ... [Published Vanderbilt University - YouTube - May 21 2013]

Press Releases

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TEXPERS Lauds Passage of Bill Increasing Pensio... [Published Financial Services - 15 hours ago]
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - IN TH... [Published Financial Services - 20 hours ago]
Verizon Wireless Announces Finalists in Mobile ... [Published Business Wire Technology News - May 24 2013]
Transitions Optical and Visionworks® Collaborat... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - May 24 2013]
Research and Markets: Indian Education Industry... [Published Business Wire Education News - May 24 2013]