Education News - 7 Jan 2008

The game on the field may not have yielded the desired results that the University of Illinois football program had hoped for on Tuesday, but Illinois did make a significant impact. It was in fact the Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB) that provided a significant "win" for the State of Illinois' agri-business community, at the prestigious Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Source: www.centredaily.com

Augustine School, as she gazed at her photograph, which is matted and hanging on the walls of Fairfield University's Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery. Brendan Quinn, 12, a sixth-grader at St. Thomas Aquinas School in Fairfield, using a friend's digital ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

British universities may come at the top of international league tables, but they are neglecting their roles as cultural and scientific bulwarks, says John Sutherland
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