Monday, February 18, 2008

What's going on (19 Feb 2008)

Educomp to invest 8 bln rupees on school venture
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Education services firm Educomp Solutions Ltd plans to invest up to 8 billion rupees by 2012 to set up 150 schools, Managing Director ...

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Smoothing A Way Out Of School
Hartford Courant - United States
The proposed law would require parents to send a certified letter informing their local school superintendent of their decision, and would mandate that the ...

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BV schools plan showcase event
MLive.com - MI,USA
Buena Vista School District leaders, riding high from Wednesday's winter count day, scheduled a date in March to spotlight the school system. ...

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Method long popular in private schools becomes public school option
Boston Globe - United States
Welcome to "casa di bambini" in the Tobin Montessori School, a public school where teachers refer to students as "friends," classical music plays softly in ...

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Speedway schools: We're the right size
Indianapolis Star - United States
By Josh Duke The Speedway High School senior expects to walk across the stage later this year to get his high school diploma -- a moment he didn't expect ...

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Big high schools hinder learning, some teachers say
Detroit Free Press - United States
BY LORI HIGGINS Dozens of high schools -- including 43 in metro Detroit -- could be chopped into pieces in coming years as a movement to break their big ...

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Uganda: Mbuya Military School Must Go, Says Govt
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
THE Ministry of Defence on Thursday told members of Parliament that Mbuya Army Primary School must be relocated to pave way for the transfer of land to ...

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School buildings backlog £818m
ic Wales - United Kingdom
WALES’ children are being taught in schools that are creaking from an £818m backlog in repairs, figures out today reveal. And that staggering bill has ...

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Tucson school board to raise class sizes, cut jobs
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
AP TUCSON - Tucson Unified School District's governing board has approved increasing class sizes and cutting counselor and librarian positions - cost-saving ...

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School repairs needed in Carmarthenshire
ic Wales - United Kingdom
Six out of 10 school buildings in the county were more than 15 years old in 2001, and 15 primary schools in the area had no indoor toilet facilities. ...

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