Yahoo! News: Education News
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- High School Graduation Rates See Small Boost, Report Finds (Time.com)
- South Carolina survey positive on single-gender classes (Reuters)
- Tufts names Oxford scientist as next president (AP)
- Google Gives $250,000 to Tech Education for Needy Communities (Mashable)
- Education reform: Have business-savvy officials improved big-city schools? (The Christian Science Monitor)
| High School Graduation Rates See Small Boost, Report Finds (Time.com) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST Time.com - A new report cites progress on the nation's dropout problem but shows that eight states still had graduation rates below 70% in 2008 and that 2.2 million students attend so-called dropout factories |
| South Carolina survey positive on single-gender classes (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:29 PM PST Reuters - CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters Life!) -- Single-gender classes in public schools have had a positive effect on students' performance, attitude and ambitions, according to a survey released Tuesday by the South Carolina Department of Education. |
| Tufts names Oxford scientist as next president (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:58 AM PST AP - Tufts University has named noted neuroscientist and University of Oxford administrator Anthony Monaco as its next president. |
| Google Gives $250,000 to Tech Education for Needy Communities (Mashable) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:24 AM PST Mashable - Google has just pledged $250,000 to iGotITtoo, an organization that brings technology training and other tools to underserved communities, that will allow the charity to expand across New York City. |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - New York Mayor Michael BloomÂberg surprised many people in early November with his choice of successor to schools chancellor Joel Klein, who announced he was stepping down after an eight-year tenure in which he added charter schools, closed failing schools, and gave more power to principals. |
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