Saturday, February 2, 2008

Education News - 3 Feb 2008

1854 Cast Iron Tombstone Trial Mount Pulaski Courthouse - 2 p.m. Central Illinois Record Collector's Weekend Packard Plaza - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. E-Fest Indoor Electric Airplane Festival University of Illinois Armory - 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Source: www.herald-review.com

ARLINGTON, Texas - The University of Texas at Arlington remembered a crew member of the space shuttle Columbia on Friday. Five years ago on Friday, the space shuttle Columbia exploded in the skies above Texas. Columbia was on approach to land in ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

SAN MARCOS Police arrest 17-year-old for sexual assault University police arrested Gerardo Pena, 17, at Texas State University-San Marcos Thursday night. Police are seeking additional information.
Source: www.news8austin.com

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The brother of a University of South Carolina football star was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing a Newberry woman following an armed robbery in Greenville last year. Demetrius Myshawn Pepper, 25, pleaded guilty to ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

SAN MARCOS Police arrest 17-year-old for sexual assault University police arrested Gerardo Pena, 17, at Texas State University-San Marcos Thursday night. Police are seeking additional information.
Source: www.news8austin.com

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The brother of a University of South Carolina football star was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing a Newberry woman following an armed robbery in Greenville last year. Demetrius Myshawn Pepper, 25, pleaded guilty to ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The brother of a University of South Carolina football star was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing a Newberry woman following an armed robbery in Greenville last year. Demetrius Myshawn Pepper, 25, pleaded guilty to ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org





Education News - 2 Feb 2008

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The brother of a University of South Carolina football star was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing a Newberry woman following an armed robbery in Greenville last year. Demetrius Myshawn Pepper, 25, pleaded guilty to ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org





Education News - 2 Feb 2008

MOON TWP. — For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, life at Robert Morris University paused.
Source: timesonline.com

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The brother of a University of South Carolina football star was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing a Newberry woman following an armed robbery in Greenville last year. Demetrius Myshawn Pepper, 25, pleaded guilty to ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

MOON TWP. — For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, life at Robert Morris University paused.
Source: timesonline.com

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The brother of a University of South Carolina football star was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing a Newberry woman following an armed robbery in Greenville last year. Demetrius Myshawn Pepper, 25, pleaded guilty to ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

MOON TWP. — For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, life at Robert Morris University paused.
Source: www.timesonline.com

Obama Monday at American University in Washington and drew screeches from the college students whose notion of “Kennedy” growing up was more apt to have been the MTV V.J. rather than the political dynasty. He has always had a knack for ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

MOON TWP. — For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, life at Robert Morris University paused.
Source: www.timesonline.com

Obama Monday at American University in Washington and drew screeches from the college students whose notion of “Kennedy” growing up was more apt to have been the MTV V.J. rather than the political dynasty. He has always had a knack for ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

Obama Monday at American University in Washington and drew screeches from the college students whose notion of “Kennedy” growing up was more apt to have been the MTV V.J. rather than the political dynasty. He has always had a knack for ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org





Education News - 2 Feb 2008

Obama Monday at American University in Washington and drew screeches from the college students whose notion of “Kennedy” growing up was more apt to have been the MTV V.J. rather than the political dynasty. He has always had a knack for ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org





Friday, February 1, 2008

Education News - 2 Feb 2008

The Spirit Lake Sioux Reservation likely will hold a referendum vote on whether or not to allow the University of North Dakota to continue using the Fighting Sioux nickname, a member of the tribal council said today.
Source: www.grandforksherald.com

That’s not too far off, said Clemson University professor Paul L. Dawson. Last year the food microbiologist’s undergraduate students examined the effects of double dipping using volunteers, wheat crackers and several sample dips. They found that ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 2 Feb 2008

The Spirit Lake Sioux Reservation likely will hold a referendum vote on whether or not to allow the University of North Dakota to continue using the Fighting Sioux nickname, a member of the tribal council said today.
Source: www.grandforksherald.com

That’s not too far off, said Clemson University professor Paul L. Dawson. Last year the food microbiologist’s undergraduate students examined the effects of double dipping using volunteers, wheat crackers and several sample dips. They found that ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s tennis team will play a two-match swing in the State of Kentucky this weekend. The Lady Mocs will face Western Kentucky in Bowling Green Saturday at 3 p.m. and take on Eastern Kentucky Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in Richmond.
Source: www.chattanoogan.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Two Rider University officials, including the dean of students, and three students were indicted Friday in the death of a freshman after a drinking binge at a campus fraternity ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s tennis team will play a two-match swing in the State of Kentucky this weekend. The Lady Mocs will face Western Kentucky in Bowling Green Saturday at 3 p.m. and take on Eastern Kentucky Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in Richmond.
Source: www.chattanoogan.com

... the only hummingbird for which we know all the details, but there are a number of other species with similarly shaped tail feathers that may use their tails in producing sounds," said researcher Christopher Clark, a graduate student at the University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

Montana State University Extension economists will offer free workshops in Ronan, Browning and Dillon on cost control and risk planning for livestock producers.
Source: www.theprairiestar.com

Our research suggests that suicidal thoughts and behaviors are more common than one might think, and also that key risk factors for these behaviors are quite consistent across many different countries around the world,” said Harvard University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

Montana State University Extension economists will offer free workshops in Ronan, Browning and Dillon on cost control and risk planning for livestock producers.
Source: www.theprairiestar.com

Our research suggests that suicidal thoughts and behaviors are more common than one might think, and also that key risk factors for these behaviors are quite consistent across many different countries around the world,” said Harvard University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — A $500,000 grant from the Cullen Foundation will support neurological stem cell research at the University of Texas Medical Branch by funding the purchase of an advanced microscope and supporting a postdoctoral fellow who assists in the studies to optimize stem cell therapy.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Our research suggests that suicidal thoughts and behaviors are more common than one might think, and also that key risk factors for these behaviors are quite consistent across many different countries around the world,” said Harvard University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — A $500,000 grant from the Cullen Foundation will support neurological stem cell research at the University of Texas Medical Branch by funding the purchase of an advanced microscope and supporting a postdoctoral fellow who assists in the studies to optimize stem cell therapy.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Our research suggests that suicidal thoughts and behaviors are more common than one might think, and also that key risk factors for these behaviors are quite consistent across many different countries around the world,” said Harvard University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — The prescription to lower your blood pressure may be as simple as this: Don’t worry. Be happy. A study by University of Texas Medical Branch faculty members links positive emotions to lower blood pressure.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Feachem, former director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria who is now the director of the Global Health Group at the University of California at San Francisco. "This is not theoretical. We do not have to wait for a vaccine or ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — The prescription to lower your blood pressure may be as simple as this: Don’t worry. Be happy. A study by University of Texas Medical Branch faculty members links positive emotions to lower blood pressure.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Feachem, former director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria who is now the director of the Global Health Group at the University of California at San Francisco. "This is not theoretical. We do not have to wait for a vaccine or ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The maths content of the government's new diplomas will not give students a good enough grounding to go on to university
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — Dr. C. Joan Richardson, chief of medical staff at the University of Texas Medical Branch, will join seven other UTMB faculty members and six medical and graduate students in a dramatic reading of George Bernard Shaw’s “The Doctor’s Dilemma” on Nov. 20.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Feachem, former director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria who is now the director of the Global Health Group at the University of California at San Francisco. "This is not theoretical. We do not have to wait for a vaccine or ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk



Education News - 1 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — University of Texas Medical Branch President John Stobo on Wednesday announced that he would leave his post in 11 months. When he goes, he’ll have run the institution for almost a decade.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Feachem, former director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria who is now the director of the Global Health Group at the University of California at San Francisco. "This is not theoretical. We do not have to wait for a vaccine or ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk



Thursday, January 31, 2008

Education News - 1 Feb 2008

People don’t pay enough attention to how repugnance affects decisions about what can be bought and sold, asserts an economist at Harvard University.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

... only is (the Swiss proposal) dangerous, it's misleading and it is not considering the implications of the biological facts involved with HIV transmission," said Jay Levy, director of the Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research at the University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk



Education News - 31 Jan 2008

In a move believed to be the first by a college campus in the nation, San Jose State University President Don Kassing has suspended all campus blood drives because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration bars any man who has had sex with another man from donating blood.
Source: www.contracostatimes.com

Schools across the northern part of the state canceled class Thursday, including Arkansas State University. Snow and ice also coated parts of western Kentucky, leading to school closures and vehicles sliding off highways. Snow and ice accumulations ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk



Education News - 31 Jan 2008

In a move believed to be the first by a college campus in the nation, San Jose State University President Don Kassing has suspended all campus blood drives because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration bars any man who has had sex with another man from donating blood.
Source: www.contracostatimes.com

Schools across the northern part of the state canceled class Thursday, including Arkansas State University. Snow and ice also coated parts of western Kentucky, leading to school closures and vehicles sliding off highways. Snow and ice accumulations ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk



Education News - 31 Jan 2008

That rumor about the University of Texas Medical Branch packing up its little black bags and moving to Austin is as persistent as a rash. And it's flaring up again.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Tetsuya Endo, a researcher at the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, in northern Japan, has co-authored numerous studies showing dolphin meat can contain mercury at concentrations many times higher than the 0.4 parts per million allowed by the ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 31 Jan 2008

That rumor about the University of Texas Medical Branch packing up its little black bags and moving to Austin is as persistent as a rash. And it's flaring up again.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Tetsuya Endo, a researcher at the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, in northern Japan, has co-authored numerous studies showing dolphin meat can contain mercury at concentrations many times higher than the 0.4 parts per million allowed by the ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Education News - 30 Jan 2008

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - An enthusiastic crowd of mostly young people turned out at the University of Oklahoma to hear former President Bill Clinton call on them to vote for his wife for president.
Source: www.kfsm.com

... basic problem in nanoscience: getting impossibly small particles to assemble themselves according to a predetermined design. "We're using inspiration from life to create new forms of matter," said Chad Mirkin, director of Northwestern University's ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Graduate trainee teachers to help 'gifted' pupils get into sought-after universities under new scheme
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 30 Jan 2008

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - An enthusiastic crowd of mostly young people turned out at the University of Oklahoma to hear former President Bill Clinton call on them to vote for his wife for president.
Source: www.kfsm.com

... basic problem in nanoscience: getting impossibly small particles to assemble themselves according to a predetermined design. "We're using inspiration from life to create new forms of matter," said Chad Mirkin, director of Northwestern University's ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Graduate trainee teachers to help 'gifted' pupils get into sought-after universities under new scheme
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 30 Jan 2008

A researcher studying the impacts on water and catastrophic debris flows on Mount Hood says there remain still more questions to be answered. Hydroclimatologist and geographer Anne Nolin, of Oregon State University, spoke about her research to a room packed full of people Jan. 22 in Hood River.
Source: www.hoodrivernews.com

More information might have helped researchers disentangle the effects of concussion and PTSD, says Mark Lovell, director of the sports concussion program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. It’s also possible that some of the ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Graduate trainee teachers to help 'gifted' pupils get into sought-after universities under new scheme
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 30 Jan 2008

A Canadian researcher said parental efforts to boost their children's self esteem haven't created a crop of narcissistic young adults. Psychologist Kali Trzesniewski of the University of Western Ontario reached that conclusion after studying personality ...
Source: www.earthtimes.org

It gives us hope, because we've got good treatments for PTSD," said Barbara Rothbaum, a psychologist who heads a trauma recovery program at Emory University in Atlanta. "If we can relieve the PTSD and depression, I'm hoping we'll see alleviation of a ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Graduate trainee teachers to help 'gifted' pupils get into sought-after universities under new scheme
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 30 Jan 2008

UPDATED: 07 :33 a.m. EDT, January 30, 2008 Hockey: St. Edward beats University School, 4-3.
Source: www.cleveland.com

Nearly two dozen studies have examined a potential link between testosterone and prostate cancer risk but so far results have been inconclusive, said Andrew Roddam, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford who led the study. Writing in the ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 30 Jan 2008

UPDATED: 07 :33 a.m. EDT, January 30, 2008 Hockey: St. Edward beats University School, 4-3.
Source: www.cleveland.com

Nearly two dozen studies have examined a potential link between testosterone and prostate cancer risk but so far results have been inconclusive, said Andrew Roddam, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford who led the study. Writing in the ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 30 Jan 2008

Bill Self will not mention “The Streak” to his Kansas University basketball players at morning shootaround or afternoon pre-game meal today. “I don’t need to address that,” Self, KU’s fifth-year coach said, referring to KU’s 24-game, 24-year win streak over Kansas State in the Little Apple that includes 19 victories in Bramlage Coliseum and five in old Ahearn Fieldhouse.
Source: www2.ljworld.com

Nearly two dozen studies have examined a potential link between testosterone and prostate cancer risk but so far results have been inconclusive, said Andrew Roddam, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford who led the study. Writing in the ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Education News - 30 Jan 2008

Kevin Durant has started a trend.  A year after the former University of Texas phenom became the first freshman ever to win the Naismith Trophy, his feat may be repeated in 2008 as six rookies occupy spots on mid-season Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.
Source: cbs2.com

Nearly two dozen studies have examined a potential link between testosterone and prostate cancer risk but so far results have been inconclusive, said Andrew Roddam, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford who led the study. Writing in the ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 29 Jan 2008

A recently released report by the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposes a new standard of care and showcases an innovative program at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) called "Patient and Family Support Services: The Science of Caring."
Source: www.newswise.com

Eli Manning can't for Super Bowl. He couldn't even wait for the annual media day. The New York Giants quarterback arrived five minutes early for the Giants' session on Tuesday, brought about 4,000 credentialed members of the media to the University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org





Education News - 29 Jan 2008

A recently released report by the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposes a new standard of care and showcases an innovative program at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) called "Patient and Family Support Services: The Science of Caring."
Source: www.newswise.com

Eli Manning can't for Super Bowl. He couldn't even wait for the annual media day. The New York Giants quarterback arrived five minutes early for the Giants' session on Tuesday, brought about 4,000 credentialed members of the media to the University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org





Education News - 29 Jan 2008

ANKARA, Turkey - A bill that would lift a decades-old ban on women wearing head scarves at universities was submitted to parliament on Tuesday, worrying secular Turks who fear the government is raising the profile of Islam.
Source: www.princegeorgecitizen.com

Anders Hjern, a professor in pediatric epidemiology at the University of Uppsala in Stockholm. These kids might be making life miserable for their fellow students. Or it might turn out that the attention problems they’re exhibiting could be related ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 29 Jan 2008

ANKARA, Turkey - A bill that would lift a decades-old ban on women wearing head scarves at universities was submitted to parliament on Tuesday, worrying secular Turks who fear the government is raising the profile of Islam.
Source: www.princegeorgecitizen.com

Anders Hjern, a professor in pediatric epidemiology at the University of Uppsala in Stockholm. These kids might be making life miserable for their fellow students. Or it might turn out that the attention problems they’re exhibiting could be related ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 29 Jan 2008

Kansas State University has brought together nearly 10 percent of the nation's veterinary board-certified clinical pharmacologists and created an advanced laboratory where researchers can get quick results.
Source: www.newswise.com

During a raucous, 20-minute rally Monday night at American University — where his brother John spoke in 1963 — Kennedy evoked the memories of his late kin. “There was another time, when another young candidate was running for president and ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 29 Jan 2008

Kansas State University has brought together nearly 10 percent of the nation's veterinary board-certified clinical pharmacologists and created an advanced laboratory where researchers can get quick results.
Source: www.newswise.com

During a raucous, 20-minute rally Monday night at American University — where his brother John spoke in 1963 — Kennedy evoked the memories of his late kin. “There was another time, when another young candidate was running for president and ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Monday, January 28, 2008

Education News - 28 Jan 2008

A Minnesota university has spent $1 million, thousands of hours and untold energy trying to undo its reputation as hostile toward minorities but new incidents raise doubts about its effectiveness.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Demetrius Lopes of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center, one of two dozen hospitals that tested the device in 125 severe stroke patients. He points to 45-year-old Aretha Streeter, whose left side remained paralyzed almost an hour after a big dose ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Commons innovation, universities and skills select committee changed to include the term 'science'
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 28 Jan 2008

A Minnesota university has spent $1 million, thousands of hours and untold energy trying to undo its reputation as hostile toward minorities but new incidents raise doubts about its effectiveness.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Demetrius Lopes of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center, one of two dozen hospitals that tested the device in 125 severe stroke patients. He points to 45-year-old Aretha Streeter, whose left side remained paralyzed almost an hour after a big dose ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Commons innovation, universities and skills select committee changed to include the term 'science'
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 28 Jan 2008

BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS JEFFERSON COUNTY Hillsboro40123 De Soto40106 Crystal City31132 St. Pius X3188 Festus2287 St. Vincent1258 Perryville12312 Herculaneum03210 Grandview03013 Windsor04015 SUBURBAN SOUTH Webster Groves30151 Eureka30115 University City31107 Parkway West2177 Parkway Central12410 Summit13610 Parkway North0368 Seckman03412 SUBURBAN WEST Lafayette40104 Parkway South30160 ...
Source: jeffcountyjournal.stltoday.com

Recently, researchers at Northeastern University have clarified what kind of sparticles the LHC might find. There are about 10,000 possibilities for the pattern of the first four lightest sparticles that might be created, said Pran Nath, a ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Commons innovation, universities and skills select committee changed to include the term 'science'
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 28 Jan 2008

BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS JEFFERSON COUNTY Hillsboro40123 De Soto40106 Crystal City31132 St. Pius X3188 Festus2287 St. Vincent1258 Perryville12312 Herculaneum03210 Grandview03013 Windsor04015 SUBURBAN SOUTH Webster Groves30151 Eureka30115 University City31107 Parkway West2177 Parkway Central12410 Summit13610 Parkway North0368 Seckman03412 SUBURBAN WEST Lafayette40104 Parkway South30160 ...
Source: jeffcountyjournal.stltoday.com

Recently, researchers at Northeastern University have clarified what kind of sparticles the LHC might find. There are about 10,000 possibilities for the pattern of the first four lightest sparticles that might be created, said Pran Nath, a ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Commons innovation, universities and skills select committee changed to include the term 'science'
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 28 Jan 2008

MACOMB - Oakland University needed just six seconds to set the tone for the game and the Golden Grizzlies would not let up the rest of the night en route to an 85-71 Summit League victory over Western Illinois Saturday night on Waste Management Court at Western Hall.
Source: www.macombjournal.com

Commons innovation, universities and skills select committee changed to include the term 'science'
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Authorities are investigating whether hackers gained access to Social Security and credit card numbers for at least 20,000 University of Georgia students and applicants.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com



Education News - 28 Jan 2008

MACOMB - Oakland University needed just six seconds to set the tone for the game and the Golden Grizzlies would not let up the rest of the night en route to an 85-71 Summit League victory over Western Illinois Saturday night on Waste Management Court at Western Hall.
Source: www.macombjournal.com

Commons innovation, universities and skills select committee changed to include the term 'science'
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Authorities are investigating whether hackers gained access to Social Security and credit card numbers for at least 20,000 University of Georgia students and applicants.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com



Sunday, January 27, 2008

Education News - 27 Jan 2008

Two University of Hawai'i students from Japan were followed by a man at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night from the Ala Moana Shopping Center to their dorm. The man then refused to leave, campus security said.
Source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com

Dordick and fellow chemical engineering professor Douglas Clark, of the University of California, Berkeley, lead a team of researchers planning to market the chip through their company, Solidus Biosciences, by next year. Hopes are high that the chip ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Introducing diplomas at a time when government is trying to boost the numbers of apprenticeships looks like policy confusion, says an Oxford University report
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Molly Corbett Broad, who led the 16-campus University of North Carolina system for 11 years, was named last week to lead the American Council on Education, the main group representing colleges and universities in Washington.
Source: www.edweek.org



Education News - 27 Jan 2008

A group of Columbia University students is hoping to capture some of the grass-roots energy behind Democrat Barack Obama's White House bid - by filming his supporters on the home turf of his chief rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Source: www.miamiherald.com

The Butlers joined thousands of others Saturday for the first day of the NFL Experience. Crowds flooded the 850,000-square-foot football theme park near Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium to test their skills in several gridiron challenges and ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Introducing diplomas at a time when government is trying to boost the numbers of apprenticeships looks like policy confusion, says an Oxford University report
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Molly Corbett Broad, who led the 16-campus University of North Carolina system for 11 years, was named last week to lead the American Council on Education, the main group representing colleges and universities in Washington.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



Education News - 27 Jan 2008

A group of Columbia University students is hoping to capture some of the grass-roots energy behind Democrat Barack Obama's White House bid - by filming his supporters on the home turf of his chief rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Source: www.miamiherald.com

The Butlers joined thousands of others Saturday for the first day of the NFL Experience. Crowds flooded the 850,000-square-foot football theme park near Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium to test their skills in several gridiron challenges and ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Introducing diplomas at a time when government is trying to boost the numbers of apprenticeships looks like policy confusion, says an Oxford University report
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Molly Corbett Broad, who led the 16-campus University of North Carolina system for 11 years, was named last week to lead the American Council on Education, the main group representing colleges and universities in Washington.
Source: blogs.edweek.org



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