Education News – Newsletter for March 10, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
CCS University Results 2009 Declared
MEERUT, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, which was formerly known as the Meerut University is one of the renowned educational institutions of the state and every year hundreds of students come to this college with the dreams of a bright future. Students who had appeared in different examinations of the CCS University in … Original article on : CCS University Results 2009 Declared.
AP-GfK Poll: Americans detest Congress, sticking by Obama in tough times ahead of elections
AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress
WASHINGTON – Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off …. Source : Gaea News Network.
Texas ed board set for 1st vote since primary made lame ducks of some social conservatives
Texas ed board set to take 1st vote since primary
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas’ state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel’s far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide.
The board – long led by …. Read the original article : Texas ed board set for 1st vote since primary made lame ducks of some social conservatives.
Report: Governors, state school leaders team up on new academic standards
Report: States team up on new academic standards
WASHINGTON – Governors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation’s public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The new benchmarks, to be announced Wednesday, are meant to replace standards that vary widely from state …. Original source : Report: Governors, state school leaders team up on new academic standards.
Notre Dame AD says conference expansion could force Irish to give up football independence
Swarbrick: Expansion could force ND into move
NEW YORK – Notre Dame wants to remain independent in football, but that might not matter if the Big Ten and Pac-10 decide to expand and create sweeping changes to major college sports.
“Our preference is clear,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Tuesday. “I believe we’re at a … Read more >>.
Teacher accidentally backs SUV through window into Mich. school, injuring 6 preschool students
Teacher backs SUV into Mich. preschool classroom
FRANKLIN, Mich. – A teacher trying to park her SUV Tuesday backed through a large window and into a classroom at the suburban Detroit school where she taught, slightly injuring several preschool students, authorities said.
The teacher was trying to park her Jeep outside Huda School & Montessori, a private … Read more : Teacher accidentally backs SUV through window into Mich. school, injuring 6 preschool students.
Archbishop defends decision by Colo. Catholic school to drop students with lesbian parents
Archbishop defends decision on lesbians’ children
DENVER – The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple.
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said it was a “painful situation,” but the decision by Sacred Heart of Jesus parish school … Read more : Archbishop defends decision by Colo. Catholic school to drop students with lesbian parents.
First lady to deliver commencement addresses at 2 colleges, 1 high school this spring
First lady to deliver 3 commencement addresses
WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring.
Mrs. Obama will speak to graduates at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on May 8. The White House says the university was the only state-supported institution of higher education for … Read more »»».
Vehicle accidentally backs through window into Michigan school, injuring preschool students
Vehicle backs into Mich. school; students injured
FRANKLIN, Mich. – An official says a vehicle backed through a large window at a suburban Detroit school and into a classroom. More than a dozen young students were injured but none seriously.
Village of Franklin Administrator Jon Stoppels says the vehicle was driven by an employee of Huda School …. Source : Vehicle accidentally backs through window into Michigan school, injuring preschool students.
Peru withdraws fraud, conspiracy claims against Yale in lawsuit over Machu Picchu artifacts
Peru lifts some Machu Picchu claims against Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Peru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University in a lawsuit seeking the return of Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago.
The South American nation recently filed papers in federal court dismissing six of …. Source article : Peru withdraws fraud, conspiracy claims against Yale in lawsuit over Machu Picchu artifacts.