Former business manager’s arrest not related to closure of school
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The decision to close two of the county school district’s alternative schools was not due solely to the arrest of the district’s former business manager for illegal use of the district’s bank account, but it was a contributing factor, said the county’s top school official.
Gila County Superintendent of Public Schools Dr. Linda O’Dell said she [...]
Tipp Technology Park forges links with top Cork business people
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Shannon Development organised a special business function for top Cork based companies and management representatives from banking, accounting, legal and venture capital companies. The event was designed to forge new business contacts for Tipperary Technology Park and Shannon Development?s four other Knowledge Network business locations around the Shannon Region. Kevin Thompsto
Shannon Development organised a special [...]
Labours pledge on university numbers in 2010 is doomed to fail
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A pledge by Labour to have half of young adults in university by 2010 is
destined to fail, with new figures showing that the proportion has scarcely
risen over the past eight years.
Despite the Government throwing hundreds of millions of pounds at widening
university access and expanding degree courses, figures for the past
academic year showed the proportion of [...]
How a routine home refurbishment can generate serious profits
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Have you ever %26ldquo;done up your home to put it on the market, then realised that had you tackled those little maintenance jobs years ago, your life would have been far nicer? If so, you will have experienced a sliver of the regret felt by the film producer Leslee Udwin while recently sprucing up her [...]
Schools to be forced to keep quota of problem pupils
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Successful schools will be forced to take a share of disruptive pupils to
prevent them from monopolising the best-behaved children, the Government
announced yesterday.
Ed Balls, the Childrens Secretary, said that schools which excluded pupils
would have to accept the same number that had been expelled by another
school. This %26ldquo;one out, one in policy would prevent oversubscribed schools
from dumping [...]
Exeter West Greenwich teachers sharpen their stand in dispute
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The Exeter-West Greenwich Education Association, whose members have been working without a contract for six months, recently took out an advertisement in The Providence Journal proclaiming that they are “highly qualified†and “dedicated, committed teachers†working in “high performing schools.â€
The ad was published a week ago in the Journal’s West Bay edition, a few weeks [...]
Program geared to arts and science students
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Three years ago, Clio Straram was sitting in her university classroom learning about music history and theory. Today, instead of her trumpet, her primary instrument is a calculator.
Doing a master of business administration may be a strange follow to a music undergraduate degree she completed in 2005. But Ms. Straram is part of a unique [...]
Embattled Mansfield school administrator vows to keep fighting to regain job
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Kotler, executive director of academic services, asked for a public hearing Monday morning during the Mansfield City Schools Board of Education’s special session to vote on administrative contracts. The board voted 5-0 not to renew Kotler’s contract.
Kotler already is locked in a termination hearing with the district, which wants to fire her for “gross insubordination.” [...]
Get Another Life
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The academic life, at least according to popular culture, is one of leisure and banter interspersed with a few hours of off-the-cuff teaching. Remember the character named Gary on the late-1980’s television show thirtysomething? He was an assistant professor of English literature with a large, beautiful office. Research, teaching, and service were invisible components of [...]
An Enlightening Trip to the Countryside
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I have an advantage working as the vice president for government relations at a large state university. Actually, four advantages. I have an ego-enhancing high profile in my local community and among a certain group of people at the state level. I have access to a number of pots of money that can be used [...]
