Faster higher stronger the Olympian challenge facing school sports
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Of all the grand ambitions attached to the 2012 Olympics, the worthiest is the commitment to inspire future generations of children into sport and an indolent nation into activity. The promise was at the heart of Sebastian Coe’s pitch to the International Olympic Committee and, delivered with 30 children from east London at his side [...]
Voucher fight may creep into session
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When 60 percent of Utahns voted down the Legislature’s private school voucher law in November, there was much talk about how the 2008 Legislature would react.
Vengeful?
Remorseful?
Indifferent?
It’s still only one week into the 45-day general session, but [...]
2007 banner year for SUU fundraising improvements growth
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In many respects, last year was a banner year for Cedar City’s comprehensive, regional university.
In addition to welcoming its 15th president, experiencing the largest enrollment growth of any higher education institution in the state and taking its cross country team to the league championships, Southern [...]
Schwarzenegger Trying to Revamp California Budget (Update1)
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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger is trying for a third time to overhaul state
spending as he grapples with a growing deficit and resistance
from Democrats who want higher taxes to fill the gap.
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Bush Tells Congress to Act on Economy Tackle Unfinished Work
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush urged
Congress to set aside election-year politics to quickly approve
an economic stimulus plan and finish work on education and
national security proposals as time runs out on his presidency.
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Bush Tells Congress to Put Economy Ahead of Politics (Update1)
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Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush, delivering
his final State of the Union address, urged Congress to set aside
election-year politics and act quickly on an economic stimulus
plan and other measures he said the country needs.
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Hewlett Foundation plans climate change grants
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“We’ve been meeting potential philanthropic investors,”
said President of the Foundation, Paul Brest, in London on
Friday.
“We’re committing to a long-term grant-making project for
climate change. There’s a lot of initiatives by U.S.
philanthropy, but we haven’t seen something going where the
carbon is, working on policy in a systematic way.”
Brest hoped that, alongside other investors, the [...]
The primary curriculum review will solve nothing
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However little (or much) senior civil servants know about the state of education, there is no doubt that they are politically astute. Their drafting of schools secretary Ed Balls’ brief to Sir Jim Rose, the former director of inspection at Ofsted, to conduct an “independent” review of the primary curriculum (announced as part of the [...]
Scrambled thinking
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I do feel for headteachers - with so many initiatives being thrust at them, it must be hard to prioritise. Jacqui Smith wants them to introduce metal detectors (”security arches”, she calls them). Ed Balls wants compulsory cooking lessons, initially in schools that already offer a food technology GCSE, in all schools by 2011.The danger [...]
How best to support parents will be key
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Three years ago Ruth Kelly made her first keynote speech as education secretary and pledged to put parents at the heart of education. It was met with a mixture of cynicism and optimism. The idea of parent power was not new, but the renewed emphasis from a politician who was also a young mother gave [...]
