Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science gets $35 million, to focus on cost, quality

$35M for Dartmouth health care delivery center

CONCORD, N.H. – Dartmouth College is getting $35 million to open a center it hopes will help the nation take the next big steps in health care reform: improving quality while lowering costs.
The historic health care overhaul legislation President Barack Obama signed in March will give millions of Americans … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science gets $35 million, to focus on cost, quality.

Union, RI school district that fired all teachers reaches deal to return staffers to jobs

RI school district agrees to rehire fired teachers
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – A school district that gained the support of President Barack Obama for promoting accountability after it fired all its teachers from a struggling school announced on Sunday it had reached an agreement with the union to return …. Original source  : Union, RI school district that fired all teachers reaches deal to return staffers to jobs.

Ex-president Clinton urges WVU grads to embrace future with confidence, help others do same

Clinton to WVU grads: Face change with confidence
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Today’s college graduates must face change with confidence in a “highly unstable, unequal and unsustainable” world and help others do the same, former President Bill Clinton said Sunday at West Virginia University.
In previous generations, Clinton said, young people needed only to get an …. Read the original article  : here.

Union, RI school district that fired all teachers reach deal to return staffers to jobs

Central Falls, RI, agrees to rehire fired teachers

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – A Rhode Island school district that fired all its teachers has reached a deal with the union to return all the current staffers to their jobs.
The two sides said Sunday a so-called transformation plan for Central Falls High School for the coming school year [..] Read the original article: here.

States’ budget crisis hitting agencies and programs that serve the most vulnerable: Children

States’ budget woes hitting programs for kids hard

CHICAGO – Now the crisis is reaching the children.
In Arizona, a program that helped blind high school students care for themselves and find jobs is suspended. In South Carolina, all five state-run group homes for kids closed and a program that helped paroled youths get jobs is shuttered. … Read more : States’ budget crisis hitting agencies and programs that serve the most vulnerable: Children.

First lady Michelle Obama tells George Washington University graduates to give, engage

First lady tells George Washington U. grads: give

WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama challenged George Washington University graduates at their commencement Sunday to “keep giving” through community service work and to “keep engaging” with the world.
Obama spoke to some 5,000 graduates and their families at the ceremony on the National Mall. She agreed to be …. Source article  : First lady Michelle Obama tells George Washington University graduates to give, engage.

First lady Michelle Obama to address George Washington University graduates on National Mall

First lady to address George Washington U. grads

WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama will address some 5,000 students graduating from George Washington University and their families on the National Mall.
She agreed to speak at Sunday’s commencement after challenging students at the beginning of the school year to complete 100,000 hours of community service.
Earlier this month …. Source article  : First lady Michelle Obama to address George Washington University graduates on National Mall.

Delhi University teachers assaulted on campus

NEW DELHI – The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) Sunday said its members were physically assaulted while trying to meet Vice Chancellor (VC) Deepak Pental in the south campus here.

“Teachers were physically assaulted by university security personnel and police on the campus,” DUTA President Aditya Narayan Misra told IANS.
“The VC is doing illegal things, …. Original source  : Delhi University teachers assaulted on campus.