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Archive for May, 2009

The San Francisco Chronicle and Sacramento Bee…

May 26, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

both have separate reports on budgetary problems in the California educational system.

San Francisco Chronicle link, Sacramento Bee link.

The Detroit News Reports…

May 26, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the head of the district’s teachers’ union and other state and national union leaders who were at a meeting with Robert Bobb.

The Tennessean Reports…

May 26, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on private schools closing as funding drops.

The Denver Post Looks…

May 25, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

at a study on Manual High School that closed down after the 2006 school year. 558 students had to go to another school. Nearly a third of those students are now classified by the district as withdrawn which either means they are dropouts, have moved to a different state or their whereabouts are unknown. 94 extra students have been classified as a student that have moved out of the school district.

College Related Articles For May 25, 2009

May 25, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The New York Times reports on internships on farms.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on the Illinois Promise program making college more affordable.

The News & Observer reports on journalism schools changing what they teaching.

The Miami Herald on students and faculty trying to save the religion department at FIU.

The Herald Leader reports on colleges in the state that are trying to prove they are thrifty.

They also report on some colleges in the state that may move over to per-credit college tuition pricing.

The Times Dispatch reports on community colleges expanding options for home schooled students.

The Tennessean reports on Lipscomb University who is going to offering tuition help to military veterans.

The Phialdelphia Inquirer reports on Drexel handing out its first law degrees.

A Couple LA Times Articles….

May 25, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

On article is on a robotics program that piques students’ interest in science.

They also report on the Secretary of Education saying that students in the state are in peril.