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TC Teardown: 13 Ways To Get To $10 Million In Revenues (Part I): After last month’s TechCrunch Disrupt, and to pr… http://bit.ly/avCDMF
If you want to talk about bolstering science and math education in this country, I’ll gladly break out my virtual pompoms and go rah.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — In her senior year, when Joanne Johnson-Shaw was named Miss Football at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, she envisioned wearing a ball gown fit for a princess. Her hopes were dashed, though, when her classmates voted for a ceremony featuring traditional African dress
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LOUISVILLE — Elementary schools in white neighborhoods here are whiter now, and those in the black neighborhoods are blacker. Under an integration plan the U.S
ATLANTA – Groups hoping to open charter schools across the country could soon have millions more dollars available. The Charter School Growth Fund is announcing a $160 million fundraising campaign Wednesday — the largest-ever aimed at helping start more of the nontraditional public schools nationwide. The goal is to establish 335,000 more spots for children at charter schools in the next decade
Better Boost Your Stats: Gild Turns Hunting For A Tech Job Into A Game: If you’ve ever gone job hunting online (an… http://bit.ly/d6RhOe
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — New Jersey has already thrown enough money at its largest school district to make it among the nation’s best-funded, yet it remains in the pits. Can a $100 million gift from the founder of Facebook really turn it around? The money hasn’t even arrived, but it’s already creating a buzz in Newark, where three out of five third-graders can’t read and write at their grade level
NEWARK, N.J. – Just two months ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, and found himself seated at dinner with Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
Mark Zuckerberg , chief executive and a founder of Facebook , has agreed to donate $100 million to improve the long-troubled public schools in Newark, and Gov. Chris Christie will cede some control of the state-run system to Mayor Cory A. Booker in conjunction with the huge gift, officials said Wednesday.