Cornwall's 21st Century Wreckers ?

BBC Radio Cornwall is trying to lure listeners to ‘ Design a Garden of Cornwall ‘ for display on a waste tip. This waste tip is better suited for a programme entitled ' How to design a Flood Hazard of Cornwall...

US gears for biggest ever resettlement operation after hurricane Katrina

HOUSTON (AFX) - Authorities are gearing for the largest resettlement operation in US history with hundreds of thousands of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina likely to need food, homes, schools and other...

New school year, new battle over evolution

A nationally watched court case and a polarizing local school board election have made Dover, Pa., a flash point for those ...

Red Lake redemption

Stay or go? In an area reeling from school shootings, two young people weigh how best to escape the sorrow engulfing their tender yet aimless reservation community.

The School Lunch Lobby by RON HASKINS - Education Next - Summer 2005

Kids may not like the peas and carrots served up by the nation’s school lunch program, but many of the country’s leading food companies enjoy the billions of dollars in sales that bring those vegetables to their plates. Behind the overcooked vegetables and steam-table...

CA bans Textbooks over 200 pages

In what seems like a budget oriented decision, California residents should expect a lighter load on their children's backs in coming school years. Deeming printed materials uninteresting and outdated, the bill...

Pinellas parents, school officials grapple with bus safety plan

Pinellas County's is the most densely populated district in Florida, and the county is second in the nation in pedestrian fatalities. Clearwater High School student Becky McKinney was killed in traffic last...

Pentagon Shows Flag-Draped Coffin Photos - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon, under pressure from open-government advocates, released hundreds of images Thursday of flag-draped coffins of American soldiers. The Pentagon had previously refused to release such...

Milestone budget for Vancouver School Board (CBC British Columbia)

VANCOUVER – For the first time in years, the Vancouver School Board is set to pass a budget that has new spending and doesn't include layoffs or program cuts.

N.B. teachers ready to walk out

Strike preparations being made despite informal talks with province

National Campaign to Repeal College Aid Drug Law Picks Up Steam

A supposedly ‘anti-drug’ component of the Higher Education Act faces tough opposition this year from a movement to repeal the rule denying federal financial aid to people convicted of any drug crime.

L. Merion bus plan wins no friends

Wealthy Lower Merion School District's plan to put a depot for its school buses at the former Budd Co. site near working-class neighborhoods in North Philadelphia got negative reviews last night at a community meeting.
 

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