Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Education News - 16 Jan 2008

In a first-of-its-kind program, joint teams of Chinese and U.S. high school students will explore the Red Planet at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility. Students drawn from all over China will meet with students from Nogales, Ariz., to take part in the China Youth Space Academy.
Source: www.newswise.com

A person is entitled to bail under the Nevada Constitution," said Tom Pitaro, a defense lawyer and adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law. "But the court can, and probably will, modify the conditions of his bail ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Exams watchdog preparing to back an alternative to A-levels designed to prepare an elite for university, it is claimed
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

A Teach For America veteran is leading the effort to finance and establish a university that offers a free, four-year degree to students in exchange for five years of postgraduate work in the public sector.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



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