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The U.S. Department of Education today bestowed the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership on eight public school principals at the 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools Awards Ceremony. The awards

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Can a boy wear a dress to school? - 38 Minutes ago

By now, most high school dress codes have just about done away with the guesswork. Girls: no midriff-baring blouses, stiletto heels, miniskirts. Boys: no sagging pants, muscle shirts. But do the math.

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U.S. stimulus funds prompt quicker area school renovations - 9 Hours ago

(The Baltimore Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Fueled by federal stimulus dollars, school districts in Baltimore City and Baltimore County are speeding up construction projects

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NIDA Launches New Substance Abuse Resources to Help Fill Gaps in Medical Education - 11 Hours ago

First Curriculum Offerings from NIDA Centers of Excellence for Physician Information The rigors of medical training sharpen a doctor's ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of human afflictions.

300 teachers brought to US for 'virtual servitude'; FilAms up in arms - 14 Hours ago

WASHINGTON D.C. â?? The FilAm community here voiced outrage and disbelief over reports that more than 300 Filipino teachers in Louisiana were brought to the U.S. under exploitative conditions. A USA Today

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Prep Schools Face Cuts in Student Aid - 15 Hours ago

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. â?? For now, the nationâ??s biggest preparatory schools are protecting students like Ivy Alphonse-Leja, who depends on financial aid to attend the Lawrenceville School. Michael Branscom

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M.I.T. Considers Increase in Student Body by 300 - 11/7/2009

Mr. Schmill was quoted by Bloomberg News as saying that M.I.T. was exploring whether higher enrollments would increase revenue. But reached by telephone, he said that the primary motivation was not to

Jordanian, American high school students propose solutions to combat climate change - 11/7/2009

High school students from Jordan and the US have called for an increased use of environment-friendly technology and alternative sources of energy to combat climate change. In a two-way dialogue via digital

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SCHOOL MATTERS: How African-American Males Can Succeed in School - 11/7/2009

If qualifying indicators in academia are taken into the equation, which currently they are not, African American males may no longer find themselves at the bottom of the class, indicates a new study.

NARCISSISM: Are social networks changing students? - 11/5/2009

College students say social networking makes them more narcissistic, a national survey reports today and they also believe their generation is the most narcissistic of all. TEST YOURSELF: Take the Narcissistic

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SPIN METER: Rankings unfair to US higher ed? - 11/5/2009

-- The United States spends more money than any other country, and its elite institutions are the world's best. But overall the system is wasteful, fails too many - and is falling behind other countries.

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Foundation giving is expectedto drop more than 10% in '09 - 11/5/2009

The decline reflects steep losses in assets this year, and the reductions are greater than foundations had anticipated at the beginning of the year. Many grantmakers said they had thought the recession

Md., Va. dip toes in charter school waters, as D.C. student numbers soar: D.C. could - 11/5/2009

At least two applications are in the works in Montgomery County, which has no charter schools. A charter school that has been approved in Prince George's County is scheduled to open next fall, bringing

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A Mini-MBA Program for Social Entrepreneurs - 11/5/2009

One of the tough things about being a social entrepreneur, I'm told, is that it's lonely out there. Unlike regular entrepreneurs who can readily find other people in their geographic proximity and share

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School tosses 5,000 H1N1 vaccines - 11/5/2009

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Foes hit bill to give time to religion in schools - 11/6/2009

BOSTON --A proposal before Massachusetts lawmakers aimed at protecting students who voice religious views at public schools is being assailed by separation of church and state advocates, who say it forces

University of Miami hires controversial expert - 11/6/2009

Charles Nemeroff, an Atlanta psychiatrist who was the subject of a Senate investigation concerning huge sums he received from drug companies, has been named chairman of the psychiatry department at the

POTUS tells Wisconsin: "Itâ??s Time to Make Education Americaâ??s National Missionâ? - 11/4/2009

MADISON, WI -- Speaking to about 500 students, teachers, and officials in a small gymnasium at James C. Wright Middle School, President Obama promoted the administrationâ??s efforts to â??make education

U-Md. to create center to focus on public health initiatives - 11/4/2009

U-Md. alumnus Madieu Williams, a professional football player with the Minnesota Vikings, was born in Sierra Leone and raised in Prince George's County. He graduated from the school of public health in

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