Posts Tagged ‘council’

A student at Emory University told a fellow reveler at a fraternity party early Saturday morning that he was gay.

Thursday, October 28th, 2010 at 02:19 0 comments

Three beers, a can of Red Bull and a large espresso: no big deal, many college students might say. Three beers, a can of Red Bull and a large espresso times three or four, and they still might tell you they’re not intoxicated

Thursday, October 21st, 2010 at 23:34 0 comments

Graduate schools are seeing steady growth as both recent college graduates and people already in the workforce seek to boost their job prospects in a still-dragging economy.

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 at 08:52 0 comments

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.

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 at 04:30 0 comments

For more than 35 years, the City University of New York , one of the nation’s most diverse higher education systems, has quietly struggled with a minority group that says it has been passed over for jobs. In June, members of the group issued a blistering report the size of a phone book

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 05:01 0 comments

For months, pink-slipped teachers across the USA have waited for long-sought federal funding to save their jobs. And Congress finally appropriated $10 billion this month to bring back thousands of teachers, nurses, bus drivers and others.

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 00:09 0 comments

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said Tuesday that nine states and the District of Columbia will get money to reform schools in the second round of the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” grant competition

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 16:12 0 comments

Civil rights leaders are criticizing Obama administration education reforms aimed at turning around low performing schools and closing the achievement gap for minority students. Eight civil rights organizations, including the NAACP , contend in a document released Monday the Education Department is promoting ineffective approaches for failing schools. They also claim the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” grant competition — a program with a goal of spurring innovative reform in states — leaves out many minority students.

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 00:13 0 comments

BELL, Calif. (AP) — Three administrators whose huge salaries sparked outrage in this small blue-collar suburb of Los Angeles have agreed to resign, the City Council said Friday. Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they’d accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams.

Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 09:52 0 comments

LOS ANGELES — In an era of yawning budget deficits and teacher layoffs, schools in the Los Angeles area are looking at a nontraditional source for some extra cash — Hollywood.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 03:36 0 comments