Remembering 1993 and all that
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To compare the freeing of further education colleges from municipal control 15 years ago today with the fall of the Berlin wall would be absurdly disproportionate, but is tempting. “Back in 1992 if you wanted to upgrade a secretary - bring them on to a higher salary with more responsibility - you had to apply [...]
Arts education described as vital: State work force needs creativity
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Wisconsin needs to cultivate an innovative, entrepreneurial work force, and arts education is the key, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton said Friday.
A new task force on arts and creativity, co-chaired by Lawton and state schools Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster, plans to survey arts offerings in Wisconsin schools, hold public hearings around the state, and issue a list [...]
Compulsory classes until 18 are pointless expert argues
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Making education compulsory to the age of 18 will lead to alienation and disaffection of large sections of young people, a leading academic claims.Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, argues that many of those who leave school at 16 with few or no qualifications will [...]
‘In Loco Parentis’ Revisited
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On February 5, a tornado carved a deep gash across the aorta of our campus: the dormitory complex. Along with the university’s president, David Dockery, and another dean, I was among the first administrators to arrive at the disaster, a mere two minutes following the direct hit.
We stopped first at the men’s dorms. Nothing could [...]
Kennedy Holds Hearing On College Affordability, Student Loan Availability
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KENNEDY HOLDS U.S. SENATE FIELD HEARING IN BOSTON ON COLLEGE ACCESS AND THE IMPACT OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH ON STUDENT LOAN AVAILABILITY
“ENSURING ACCESS TO COLLEGE IN A TURBULENT ECONOMY” AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
BOSTON, MA- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, today chaired a [...]
Senior island officials are caught up in abuse inquiry
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A number of high-profile names in Jersey society have been caught up in the
child-abuse scandal.
Channel Television suggested yesterday that among those people who should
perhaps have known what was going on at the home was Reg Jeune, once one of
the islands most powerful politicians. Mr Jeune, a retired former senator
and Finance Minister, was president of the [...]
Razing of Cole Hall sought
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NIU President John Peters said he talked to Blagojevich the day after the shooting about what should be done with the building. In subsequent days, Peters said, students and others urged him to push for the building’s removal to “consecrate” the site.
“I talked to a lot of people, and very early on I made [...]
Education nominee faces disgruntled USVI Legislature
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By Susan Mann Caribbean Net News St Thomas-St John Correspondent Email: susan@caribbeannetnews.com
ST THOMAS, USVI: Governor John de Jongh’s candidate for Commissioner of Education, Dr Lynn Spampinato, has a tough, up-hill battle ahead this week, in order to sway members of the US Virgin Islands Legislature to give its seal of approval for her appointment. [...]
Playwhereyouwant bill debated
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Right now students can attend any high school they choose on two conditions there is room at the school and the reason for the transfer is not athletics.
Senator Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, wants to change that.
“I realize that I am committing heresy [...]
Give parents a proper say on grammars
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It is never easy to decide if unhelpful government press departments are indolent or furtive. So I shall attribute no motive to the failure of the Department for Children, Schools and Families to respond to my request for clarification of Jim Knight’s recent speech on the future of the remaining selective secondary schools. My second [...]
