Education News - 4 Jan 2008

A Frankfort man got quite a surprise when police say he went to a gas station expecting to meet a 14-year old girl. Instead he came face to face with Kentucky State Police detectives. Officers say 48-year old Fred Allen Leonard, a Kentucky State University employee, was talking with someone he thought was a 14-year old girl. They arranged to meet at the B.P. Gas Station on Highway 60 in ...
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We base our valuations on what the basketball programs contribute to four important beneficiaries: their university (money generated by basketball that goes to the institution for academic purposes, including scholarship payments for basketball ...
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Government campaign to encourage young people with no family experience of university to consider applying
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"Though the Education Ministry said it will garner opinions on the grading system for the college entrance test, we demanded measures to improve the system by early February due to strong complaints from students and parents." Universities will be given more autonomy in selecting students, as the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development will hand over college admission-related functions to college consultative bodies, ... via English Dong-A
Source: www.topix.com

Sally Smith, the founder of the widely respected Lab School of Washington and a professor of special education at American University, died Dec. 1.
Source: www.edweek.org