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Last Updated: May 15, 2008 - 9:49:19 AM |
Education Related News
CSU still faces critical challenges to meet 2008-09 needs
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 's May revision of the State budget restored $97.6 million to the California State University, reducing the $386 million gap in state funding initially anticipated for the 2008-09 CSU budget.
May 15, 2008 - 9:43:02 AM
Education Related News
Computer Game To Teach Conflict Resolution Skills To Grades K-2 : Free for Teachers
A computer game designed to teach non-violence and conflict resolution skills to young children has found a home with Curriki, a nonprofit open-source educational Web site which will make it freely available for downloading by classrooms and families across the United States and around the world.
Apr 17, 2008 - 8:44:31 AM
Announcements
ASHRAE Publishes Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) has published a new energy design guide that can cut annual energy use in new K-12 school buildings by 30% or more.
Feb 13, 2008 - 9:20:30 AM
Education Related News
Fake GED Testing Services: ACE Issues Warning About Fake GED Testing Services
GEDTS is deeply concerned with a recent increase in the number of web sites purporting to offer GED testing online or through the mail,” said Sylvia E. Robinson, ACE assistant vice president and executive director of the GED Testing Service. “We would like everyone to know
—
and share with others—
that the GED Tests are not currently offered online and can only be taken in person at an official
GED
Testing
Center.
Jan 22, 2008 - 9:24:07 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
One-Third of Young Women Have Bachelor's Degrees
About 33 percent of young women 25 to 29 had a bachelor’s degree or more education in 2007, compared with 26 percent of their male counterparts, according to tabulations released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Jan 10, 2008 - 7:47:29 AM
Announcements
New Laws Affecting Education in 2008
Some of the new laws will help us progress toward closing the achievement gap, add more rigor to the curriculum, provide more assistance to students to pass the exit exam, or protect special education and related services to students with exceptional needs," said O’Connell. “Other new measures serve to streamline existing laws to provide students with safe transportation to school, credential teachers in a timely basis, and help school facilities go green
Jan 2, 2008 - 8:21:48 PM
Education Related News
Online Courses: New Guide for Schools Officials on Advanced Courses Online Webcast
Morgan Brown will join a panel of national education leaders and experts on Wednesday, December 12, at 3 p.m. ET at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to launch Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online, a guide for district and school administrators who are working to provide students with greater access to online advanced coursework.
Dec 11, 2007 - 6:06:42 PM
Education Related News
New Law to Reduce Student Loan Costs
One provision of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act would gradually cut in half the interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans during the next five years.
Nov 19, 2007 - 7:30:59 AM
Education Related News
Free Resources for Teachers
Free For Teachers
, the FCIC’s newest web page, provides a variety of resources for middle and high school teachers to help open the door to savvy everyday life skills and a wealth of government information for 6th-to-12th graders.
Nov 17, 2007 - 9:20:46 AM
Education Related News
Reducing School Violence Topic of Tuesday TV Show
Amid the backdrop of tragic school shootings this year, the U.S. Department of Education's monthly TV show, Education News Parents Can Use, will devote its coverage to the topic of "Reducing School Violence: Keeping Children Safe and Ready to Learn
Oct 15, 2007 - 12:46:10 PM
Education Related News
Announcing College Navigator
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), releases an upgrade and redesign of the college search engine formerly known as College Opportunities Online (COOL).
Sep 26, 2007 - 6:38:37 AM
Education Related News
Student Loans: New Direct Loan Entrance Counseling Video
Federal Student Aid is pleased to announce that the new Direct Loan Entrance Counseling video is now available on the Web and will soon be mailed to all schools participating in the Direct Loan Program.
Sep 20, 2007 - 9:54:25 PM
Education Related News
Student Loan Defaults Remain Low
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced that the FY2005 national student loan cohort default rate fell to 4.6 percent from last year's rate of 5.1 percent—remaining historically low.
Sep 12, 2007 - 10:27:31 PM
Environmental News | Science News
MDOT presents free engineering curriculum to U.P. schools
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is offering a new program designed to interest middle and high school students in transportation and civil engineering careers. Upper Peninsula (U.P.) school officials and teachers will have a chance to review and ask questions about the free Transportation and Civil Engineering (TRAC) program at an open house on Sept. 17.
Sep 12, 2007 - 9:59:06 PM
Education Related News
Compare California Colleges: Pick up to 4 institutions and compare their data.
The State of California currently has 497 degree-granting colleges and universities. They comprise 144 public institutions, 130 WASC-accredited non-public, and 223 state-approved or exempt private postsecondary and vocational institutions.
Aug 31, 2007 - 5:26:19 PM
U.S. Dept. of Justice Related
Human Trafficking of Children in the United States
Human trafficking is a serious federal crime with penalties of up to imprisonment for life. Federal law defines "severe forms of trafficking in persons" as: "(A) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age ; or (B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude , peonage, debt bondage, or slavery." [U.S.C. §7102(8)] In short, human trafficking is modern-day slavery.
Aug 30, 2007 - 1:49:50 PM
Education Related News
Technology-Based Learning Forum in San Francisco, Feds Host Event
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will host a Technology-Based Learning Forum on September 12 in San Francisco.
Aug 28, 2007 - 2:25:04 PM
Education Related News
Go Back To School with The New Kids.Gov
Want to help your children ace school this year? Then check out Uncle Sam’s family-friendly site, Kids.gov. With a new design and links to over 1,200 web pages from government agencies, schools, and educational organizations, Kids.gov makes it easy for your kids or grandkids to learn, explore, and have fun.
Aug 28, 2007 - 2:07:29 PM
Education Related News
Free New Middle School Curriculum Supplement from NIH: The Science of Healthy Behaviors
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, is releasing The Science of Healthy Behaviors, the newest in a popular series of curriculum supplements available for free to teachers (grades K-12) who request them. The Science of Healthy Behaviors, for use by middle school teachers, introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and helps them explore how behavioral and social
Aug 27, 2007 - 8:05:31 AM
Education Related News
Female Prison Inmates to Graduate from Carpenter Apprentice Training
The first-ever in California class of female prison inmates will graduate from a carpenter’s apprenticeship training program that will pave the way for them to work when they are paroled from prison.
Aug 10, 2007 - 1:03:23 PM
Announcements
Back to School 2007: Spotlight on Statistics
Back to school time is here. Across the country millions of students are preparing to return to school, so they can pursue education to improve themselves ... and improve their career prospects.
Aug 9, 2007 - 12:30:36 PM
Announcements
Vocational School Must Pay Millions for False Advertising to Students about Employment Opportunities
LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that Corinthian Schools, Inc. and Titan Schools, Inc. will pay $6.5 million, including $5.8 million in consumer restitution, to settle a lawsuit alleging that the for-profit vocational operator engaged in false advertising and unlawful business practices by presenting inaccurate salary and employment information to students.
Jul 31, 2007 - 4:24:27 PM
Announcements
O'Connell's Top 10 List For Summer Learning
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell joined forces today with the California State PTA to offer useful tips for parents to help keep their children engaged in learning during the traditional summer recess.
Jul 17, 2007 - 7:41:12 AM
Education Related News
Summary: Interest Rates for Direct Student Loan Program Loans
This bulletin provides the new interest rates for variable rate William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans that will be in effect from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The bulletin also provides the interest rates for fixed rate Direct Loan Program loans.
Jul 3, 2007 - 9:23:31 AM
Environmental News | Science News
Global Science Gateway Now Open
WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the British Library, along with eight other participating countries, today opened an online global gateway to science information from 15 national portals. The gateway,
WorldWideScience.org
, gives citizens, researchers and anyone interested in science the capability to search science portals not easily accessible through popular search technology such as that deployed by Google, Yahoo! and many other commercial search engines.
Jun 25, 2007 - 6:46:02 AM
