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Dropout Rate of Nearly 9% for Class of 2008 Worries Va. Officials
seen at 2009-04-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comNearly 9 percent of Virginia public school students in the Class of 2008 dropped out during their high school years, most showing warning signs such as missing class frequently and repeating grades before giving up on school, state education official
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/b1eHFfaYCIU/AR2009033101713.htmlDuncan Does the Math On Education Budget
seen at 2009-04-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comHe may have tanked his tryout for the Boston Celtics, but as President Obama s education secretary, Arne Duncan has hit
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/T6PzM9E0mvk/AR2009033104165.htmlPr. George s Will Hire Interim Schools Chief on Full-Time Basis
seen at 2009-04-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comThe Prince George s County Board of Education intends to offer Interim Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. a four-year contract to run the Washington region s third-largest school system, the board s two top officers said last night.
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/MJlL8Aph2J8/AR2009033103325.htmlBecause of Recession, Many Private Colleges Admitting More Students Than Usual
seen at 2009-04-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comMany private colleges have admitted more students than usual this year, hedging their bets as they wait to find out whether families find higher tuitions difficult to manage in the recession.
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/ySjaldDFpfs/AR2009033104112.htmlBP Solar Cuts 140 Jobs in Frederick; Other Area Firms Make Trims
seen at 2009-04-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comThe solar technology firm BP Solar said yesterday that it will sharply curtail manufacturing operations around the world, a cost-saving move that will result in the loss of 140 jobs at an assembly plant in Frederick and 480 at two factories in Madrid
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/UlJpS2yoru8/AR2009033103642.htmlDuncan Announces Education Funds During Pr. George s Visit
seen at 2009-04-01 16:46:58 - www.washingtonpost.comEducation Secretary Arne Duncan today said $44 billion in federal stimulus funds is available to states, an influx intended to prevent teacher layoffs and program cuts and improve education for disadvantaged children.
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/ZSZ--D59PZs/AR2009040102139.htmlEducation Secretary Says Aid Hinges on New Data
seen at 2009-04-02 06:35:39 - www.nytimes.comSecretary of Education Arne Duncan told governors that in exchange for stimulus money, he wanted new school-performance data, much of which could be embarrassing.
trackback:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/education/02educ.html?partner=rss&emc=rssJury Gets Case of Fired Professor
seen at 2009-04-02 05:57:18 - www.nytimes.comA jury is deliberating the case of Ward L. Churchill, a former professor who says he was fired because he called victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks “little Eichmanns.â€
trackback:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02churchill.html?partner=rss&emc=rssPeople in Need Are Filling and Taxing Libraries
seen at 2009-04-02 07:03:28 - www.nytimes.comAnxious, depressed patrons who say they have nowhere else to go are turning some libraries into stressful hotbeds.
trackback:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02library.html?partner=rss&emc=rssMartin J. Klein, Historian of Physics, Dies at 84
seen at 2009-04-02 06:37:52 - www.nytimes.comDr. Klein was the editor of a collection of papers documenting the years in which Albert Einstein completed his work on the general theory of relativity.
trackback:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/nyregion/02klein.html?partner=rss&emc=rssSkills to Learn to Restart Earnings
seen at 2009-04-02 05:42:20 - www.nytimes.comFinding their retirement nest eggs short, many are doing whatever it takes to start a second career.
trackback:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02reskill.html?partner=rss&emc=rssEx-Bush Official Named to Replace D.C. State Superintendent of Education
seen at 2009-04-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comMayor Adrian M. Fenty named a former Bush administration official yesterday as his state superintendent of education, replacing Deborah A. Gist, who has resigned to become Rhode Island education commissioner.
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/U3RNB66Qqnw/AR2009040103542.htmlPrince George s School Boundary Reorganization
seen at 2009-04-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comThe Prince George s County Board of Education will vote this month on the most sweeping reorganization of its schools at one time in its history.
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/jmTspLL9s9o/AR2009040101930.htmlExtra Credit: Reading Test Results Were Hard to Read
seen at 2009-04-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comDear Extra Credit: We recently received the results of the Degrees of Reading Power test for our sixth-grader, and I am perplexed by the letter from Arlington public schools that accompanied the test results, just as I was when our daughter took this
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/77P_KbaS6ms/AR2009033103710.htmlNanjemoy Health Clinic Gets Funding Reprieve
seen at 2009-04-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comThe imperiled Nanjemoy health clinic has been awarded a grant under the federal stimulus package that will help keep it open, at least in the short run.
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