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Archive for November, 2007

University Of Nebraska At Omaha Article….

November 16, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Des Moines Register reports that this University is going to allow students in the Pottawattamie, Mills and Harrison counties in Iowa to attend the college for a lower price. A savings between $6,000 and $7,200 annually if they did not pay for room and board. Also under the program students from Iowa going to that college would pay $232 per hour which is around 150 percent of Nebraska’s resident tuition.

The Losses For The Detroit Public School….

November 16, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

system keep going on and they expect to loose 71 million bucks due to a loss of 7,462 students since last fall.

A Preview Of New Math Textbooks For Texas Students…

November 16, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that will be used next year found a whopping 109,000 errors in them. Many of the errors occurred due to a bad translation from English to Spanish Textbooks. The errors are spread out over 160 plus textbooks and some online material as well.

For every error still left will get the publisher will get a 5,000 fine from the state.

The Dallas Morning News also reports on this as well.

State Board Of Education In Connecticut….

November 16, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

is looking to increase the high school graduation requirements big time. The new proposed graduation standard includes a new health class requirement, one extra class of science, two foreign language classes and a senior project.

The Board of Education in Connecticut needs to look at this ASU report big time and rethink some of the proposed changes they would like to make.

The Buffalo News Reports…

November 16, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the amount of rising fees SUNY college students are paying each year. The tuition at a State University in New York is 4,350 but the fees at just the University of Buffalo are around 1868 bucks. Around 42.9% of the price of tuition.

Anne Arundel County Article….

November 16, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Baltimore Sun looks at this school district that has created a new policy when it comes to hiring teachers from international countries. The new policy states that the school district will help them get a green card if they do good work, get good evaluations, etc….