Education News - 6 Jan 2008

Nine businesses from throughout the state have been inducted into the Arkansas Small Business Hall of Fame and were formally recognized in a 6 p.m. ceremony Oct. 30 at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.
Source: www.ashleycountyledger.com

Jan. 2: An official criminal investigation was opened in the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes. Jonathan Turley, Constitutional Law Professor at George Washington University, discusses with Keith Olbermann. CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida video messages ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

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