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School with $160 annual budget sees kindness from strangers

YoopyaJan 12, 2015July 3, 20230

First came the calls. Then the reams of paper, more precious in a cash-strapped public school than gold. Finally, the checks arrived. Anna Lane Lingelbach

LCC president, local students react to Obama’s plan for free community college

YoopyaJan 10, 2015July 9, 20230

If Congress grants President Obama his wish, community college students may get two free years of education. Obama unveiled his proposal, called America’s College Promise,

Here’s who got the biggest Gates Foundation education grants for 2014

YoopyaDec 22, 2014July 12, 20230

Bill Gates is famous for many things, including spending hundreds of millions of dollars to develop, promote and defend the Common Core State Standards. In

Bryant: Public, not superintendent, controls education

YoopyaDec 4, 2014July 15, 20230

Mississippi should change its academic goals even if the public schools superintendent wants to stick with the Common Core standards that have been put in

Don’t stop the music – children need a proper arts education

YoopyaNov 28, 2014September 12, 20230

The arts are under pressure in Britain’s schools, but they can be a life-changing outlet that children must not lose The Lords are today having

Bringing Education to African Girls

YoopyaNov 25, 2014July 12, 20230

THE HAGUE — Two decades ago, when Ann Cotton, a British educator and philanthropist, started examining the problem of low school enrollment among girls in

F.C.C. Chief Aims to Bolster Internet for Schools

YoopyaNov 18, 2014July 12, 20230

WASHINGTON — With a goal of fiber-optic lines reaching to every school and a Wi-Fi connection in every classroom, Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal

Senate discusses undergrad education, non-academic careers for PhDs

YoopyaOct 25, 2014July 15, 20230

The speakers at the Oct. 23 meeting were Harry J. Elam Jr., vice provost for undergraduate education; Patricia Gumport, vice provost for graduate education;

Political clash over U.S. history sparks Colorado school protests

YoopyaOct 6, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Sitting with friends by a skate park near a Colorado high school known more for an infamous shooting than conflict over curriculum, 17-year-old

Hong Kong students on strike in democracy battle

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 25, 20230

HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of Hong Kong college and university students boycotted classes Monday to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict voting reforms, the start