Education News - 6 Jan 2008

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Johnson County attorney Janet Lyness has worked to keep private public records and court documents that could provide information about an investigation into a reported sexual assault on the University of Iowa campus.
Source: www.woi-tv.com

We may actually see an El Niño history there," he said by telephone from his office-laboratory at Ohio State University. And that history may foretell the future, he and others believe. Knowing how past temperature changes affected El Niño, the ...
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