Education

Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:59:31 +0000

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India’s archrival, an aide said.

Original post by Associated Press and software by Elliott Back

Obama’s Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:54 +0000

ATLANTA (AP) — When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he’ll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities — a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress.

Original post by Associated Press and software by Elliott Back

NC colleges look to expand advanced manufacturing

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:32:08 +0000

North Carolina’s community colleges are working to train factory workers comfortable in a new manufacturing world of computers and robots. State community college leaders are meeting Friday with manufacturers …

Original post by Associated Press and software by Elliott Back

Colleges face enrollment shortfalls, offer discounts: report

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:13:31 +0000

By Andrea Burzynski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many leading U.S. colleges and universities face a shortfall in enrollment for fall classes and will offer price discounts as they compete for students in an ever expanding higher education market, according to Forbes. The magazine highlighted 50 public and private U.S. colleges listed in the Princeton Review’s “Best Colleges” list that are still accepting students in their 2013 freshman classes. …

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Colleges face enrollment shortfalls, offer discounts -report

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:03:40 +0000

By Andrea Burzynski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many leading colleges and universities face a shortfall in enrollment for fall classes and will offer price discounts as they compete for students in an ever expanding higher education market, according to Forbes. The magazine highlighted 50 public and private U.S. colleges listed in the Princeton Review’s “Best Colleges” list that are still accepting students in their 2013 freshman classes. …

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Brown v. Board site to mark anniversary of ruling

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:52:33 +0000

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic site will display a black doll used in a series of famous race studies to mark the 59th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended legal segregation in public schools.

Original post by Associated Press and software by Elliott Back

College student arrested for threats to schools across Los Angeles

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:51:53 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police arrested a college student accused of making telephone threats that sparked security alerts across the Los Angeles area on Thursday, including the evacuation of a community college and the lockdown of a second college campus and numerous public schools. East Los Angeles College was evacuated while students and staff at about 10 nearby public schools were confined to their campuses after police received an anonymous call at about 8 a.m. local time from a person saying he was headed to a school with a gun, the sheriff’s department said. …

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Common Core: Teachers Are Not Prepared

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:48 +0000

Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water is a classic. When I think about today’s bridge over troubled water, I think about how prepared I am to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). I think about how to bridge Common Core State Standards and Career Technical Education (CTE) together.

Original post by Takepart.com and software by Elliott Back

Los Angeles college evacuated, schools locked down after threat

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:19:23 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An East Los Angeles college campus was evacuated on Thursday and about 10 nearby public schools were placed on a security lockdown after police received an anonymous call from a person claiming he had a gun and was en route to a school campus in the area, police said. Meanwhile, a similar security scare unfolded at about the same time in Santa Monica, about 20 miles across the Los Angeles metropolitan area to the west, although that alert was later lifted. A police spokesman there said the two incidents “appear to be related. …

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Los Angeles college evacuated, schools locked down in security scare

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:59 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles college campus was evacuated on Thursday and about 10 nearby public schools were placed on a security lockdown after police received an anonymous call from a person claiming he had a gun and was en route to a school campus in the area, police said. The call was received at about 8 a.m. local time by the California Highway Patrol, prompting the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to order the evacuation of East Los Angeles College, the sheriff’s office said. …

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back