Saturday, September 26, 2009

CNN - Vets Get Emergency Education Funds

A Backlog In Processing Education Benefits Has Forced The Department Of Veterans Affairs To Authorize Millions Of Dollars In Emergency Funds For Veterans Who Need The Cash To Pay For School
CNN

Sikh students can carry ‘kirpan’ in 61 US schools

Sikh students can carry kirpan in 61 US schools a Washington: Sikh students enrolled in 61 schools run by the National Heritage Academies in the US have been allowed to carry kirpan, a symbol
Sikh Sangat News

Kindergarten Government

As a young Libertarian attending Auburn University in the late 80's and early 90's, I came up with a new theory which I called The Kindergarten Theory of Government. Memories from my kindergarten class
LewRockwell

Bush School to gain Mosbacher program

A new institute will shore up the Bush School of Government and Public Service's economic and trade credentials, officials say. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents
Individual

Frugal Friday: Twitter, Social Networking, Open Source and Women, RMS vs. MDI, Oracle,

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the recent $100M VC investment in Twitter, the perils of Social Networking, the lack of sensitivity towards women in the Linux and Open Source community,
ZDNet

GSE heads new international effort

In collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Graduate School of Education will head an international effort to expand research in math and science education. Researchers from
Daily Pennsylvanian

Anthony Edwards Attends Clinton Global Initiative --"ER" STAR RUNS THE ING NEW YORK

-- Shoe4Africa Chairman Anthony Edwards attended the CGI Exchange at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to raise awareness for Shoe4Africa's cornerstone
CNBC

Aiming to Hit It Big -- Just Like Donald Trump

Want the secret to making more money than you ever thought possible? . . . Put proven Donald Trump secrets to work for you . . . -- Trump University online advertisement Tyrone Bryant, a 64-year-old D.C
Washington Post

California's Budget Crunch: The Universities Protest

Thousands of students, faculty and staff boycotted classes and staged rallies across the 10-campus University of California on Thursday to protest dramatic cuts to the system's budget and proposed additional
Time

Critics Assail Obama's 'Safe Schools' Czar, Say He's Wrong Man for the Job - Political

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FOXNews.com

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Obama education chief Duncan to push schools reform

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to challenge educators, civil rights groups and others to put aside 'tired arguments' about education reform to help him craft a sweeping reauthorization of
USA Today

Schools Across the Region Thinking Outside the Lunchbox: Va. to Follow Md.'s Homegrown

Lunch menus at several local schools are getting a makeover: Less mystery meat, canned fruit and sad-looking green beans. More fresh fruit, veggies, eggs, cheese and meat from farms just down the road.
Washington Post