MarengoUnion District 165 superintendent resigns
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The board also agreed Tuesday to eliminate the position of assistant superintendent and an assistant principal%26#8212;cuts expected to trim about $125,000%26#8211;%26#8211;or 20 percent%26#8211;%26#8211;of the district’s administrative costs, said school board president Dave Martin.
Those money-saving steps were in addition to cutting 19 teaching positions. “I don’t think any of this would have happened without the [...]
Schools to catch a break on No Child standards
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Under a plan unveiled by U.S. Sec. of Education Margaret Spellings, states would be allowed to differentiate how they label%26#8212;and punish%26#8212;schools, based on the degree to which a given school fails to meet No Child Left Behind standards. A school that missed only one achievement target, for example, could get a more favorable label and [...]
Estonian headmaster visits Elk Grove Village students
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“Oh, we know Finland,” Ryan Healy, 13, offered up on behalf of his classmates, but added quickly, “I’m not really sure what they’re known for.”
The visit was a lesson for the students, who learned that Estonia, a small Baltic nation, is bordered on land by Latvia and Russia and across the water by Sweden [...]
School districts have harder time filling math, science positions
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March is the beginning of a lot of things. Spring, baseball and March Madness. It’s also the time when schools start recruiting and hiring teachers.
Like most school districts, Greeley-Evans School District 6 is gearing up for teacher recruitment season. This year, the district plans to hire more than 120 teachers. And if that wasn’t a [...]
Porn Stars Dr. Ruth `Freaked#39; Parents It#39;s Sex Week at Yale
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Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Free vibrating toys, a packed
lecture by sex therapist Dr. Ruth, skin-tight latex bodysuits
and a party at a bar named the Toad. Welcome to Sex Week at Yale
University.
The [...]
Mundelein district challenges state over bilingual education
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The State Board of Education initially lauded Diamond Lake for the academic gains made by its bilingual pupils, then discovered the change in how the district was teaching them and suspended funding, said Supt. Roger Prosise.
“I’m not saying bilingual education doesn’t work,” Prosise said. “What I’m saying is, if another program [...]
University of West Indies celebrates 60 years in St Lucia
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By Anselma Aimable Caribbean Net News St Lucia CorrespondentEmail: anselma@caribbeannetnews.com
CASTRIES, St Lucia: The University of the West Indies (UWI) Alumni Association and the University of the West Indies, St Lucia will be presenting a panel discussion entitled %26quot;The role of the University of the West Indies in Providing Quality, World-class Higher Level Education in a [...]
UNESCO official sees Cuban University system as a model
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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Cuban universities are a model for developing nations, said Georges Haddad, director of UNESCO’s Higher Education Division, as he attended an international congress on higher education underway in the Cuban capital.
Haddad is one of those taking part in %26quot;University 2008,%26quot; the sixth international conference on education, which has brought together more [...]
OAS and UWI sign Memorandum of Understanding for course on democracy
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By Stephen Cummings Caribbean Net News Trinidad and Tobago CorrespondentEmail: stephen@caribbeannetnews.com PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus in Trinidad (UWI) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of a course promoting democratic values and practices. The MoU between UWI and the [...]
OAS and UWI Open Campus sign memorandum for distance learning
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WASHINGTON, USA: The Organization of American States (OAS) and the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help educators in the English-speaking Caribbean to promote democratic values and practices in their classrooms, schools and communities. Under the agreement — signed concurrently at the OAS in Washington DC [...]
