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ESL prompts new direction for education (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
MONMOUTH - Students pour out of their classrooms as the final bell rings through the halls at Monmouth-Roseville High School. Principal Jeff Bryan sifts through the waves of students, searching for those who have to stay after school.

Food breaks the cross-cultural ice (Naples Daily News)
The tantalizing aroma of food from dozens of countries filled the air inside two classrooms at Hodges University. Representing 38 countries, students of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program hosted the annual International Day on Wednesday at the North Naples campus. The event, held biannually since 1994, provides the students with an opportunity to share their experiences with ...

Demand for ESL teachers grows with students in WDM (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
Second-graders wiggle to the beat in anticipation as the music starts to play. "That plane, that plane it flew around. That plane, that plane it touched down. ... Where did it land?"

Grupo Salinas and Fundacion Azteca America Sign Landmark English-as-a-Second- Language Agreement With the National ... (Broadcast Newsroom)
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fundacion Azteca America is proud to announce a landmark agreement between Grupo Salinas and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to support English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching in the United States.

Education takes new direction (Galesburg Register-Mail)
Monmouth-Roseville adapting to rise in ESL students

School Board Candidate Q&A: Judd Babcock (Vail Daily)
School board candidate Judd Babcock answered the following questions posed by the Vail Daily. Why are you running for the Board of Education?

Food breaks the cross-cultural ice (Bonita Daily News)
The tantalizing aroma of food from dozens of countries filled the air inside two classrooms at Hodges University.

A new beginning: Life takes a different turn for puppy raiser and guide-dog-in-training (The Davis Enterprise)
Published Jun 19, 2007 - 13:13:51 CDT. Editor's note: This is the final in a series of stories on puppy raiser Julianne Phillips and her guide-dog-in-training, Randolph.

Festival of Books (Kern Valley Sun)
International literary giant J.A. Jance will join nationally and locally acclaimed authors and illustrators at the 3rd annual Festival of Books scheduled for Nov. 3 at Bakersfield College.

TEACHER PROFILE Jenny Hershberger, Central School, Glen Rock (The Record)
Jenny Hershberger (formerly Miss Nickles) is a second-grade teacher. She has spent six of her eight years teaching in Glen Rock and, in that time, has become an active member of the school's community.

Washingtonpost.com - Education

Council Backs Higher Growth Fees
The Montgomery County Council agreed in preliminary votes yesterday to increase a development fee for schools and began to tighten rules on school crowding but delayed major decisions on tax increases and measuring congestion.

Guides on Sharing Information Released
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings yesterday released what she called "user-friendly" guidelines to help educators and parents interpret federal privacy laws in an initiative prompted by the mass shooting at Virginia Tech.

Md. School Board Allows Alternative to Tests for Graduation
BALTIMORE, Oct. 31 -- The Maryland State Board of Education approved a plan Wednesday that would allow students struggling to pass a set of state tests required to earn a high school diploma to complete projects as an alternative.

Members Vote to Oppose Central Office Bill
Members of the Washington Teachers' Union voted last night to oppose a move by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee to fire central office employees "at will," an indication that rank-and-file teachers disagree with her first sweeping effort to overhaul city schools.

Teen Slain at Delaware State Is Given an Emotional Tribute
Shalita Middleton had been leading cheers since she was a little girl, and yesterday nearly 1,200 people packed into stadium seating at a church in Northwest Washington, clapping and singing her praises at a rousing, window-rattling, often joyful funeral.

Richardson Wants Minimum Teacher Pay
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The U.S. should pay teachers a minimum of $40,000 a year, add a federal student arts program and cover student loans for two years in exchange for national service, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told supporters Monday.

82 Schools Win the Lottery, Wizards-Style
The cries were deafening, as high-pitched as teen-idol screams. Students waved hand-lettered posters: TUBMAN FOR GILBERT and GILBERT SCORES FOR SIMON.

Fired Teacher Produces Evaluations
A former Prince William County instructor who is running for a seat on the school board has released a portion of his personnel records to rebut questions about his teaching career, which lasted from 2004 to 2007.

A Year Later, Gallaudet Faces Challenging Future
Gallaudet University President Robert Davila flashed a photo of a glass of water onto a screen this week to show how the school is doing and asked the students in the packed auditorium what they saw. "It's half-full!" students responded, and he laughed with them, nodding.

Teen Pregnancy, Birth Rates Plummet Across D.C. Region
Teen pregnancy and birth rates have dropped sharply across the Washington region in the past decade, with the District cutting its numbers by more than half to historic lows.

BBC News | UK News | Education | World Edition

Brown threatens failing schools
Gordon Brown pledges to eradicate failure from England's schools, saying poor schools could face closure.

School creativity 'needs support'
Creativity in schools needs to be taken "far more seriously" by the government, says a report from MPs.

U-turn on school surplus clawback
The government has abandoned plans to have local authorities redistribute 5% of school budget surpluses.

Funding fears over first Diplomas
Concerns remain about the delivery of the first wave of Diplomas, a head teachers' union warns.

Ridings School to be shut down
The Ridings School, once labelled the worst in the country, is to close after a decade of rescue attempts.

Third of teenagers 'home alone'
Many young people spend long hours unsupervised after school - with little involvement from parents.

University policy input examined
The contribution of Scottish universities to public policy comes under the spotlight at an event in Stirling.

Fear 'stops child development'
A tendency to over-protect children is preventing them from enjoying their childhood, it is claimed.

Schools warned off Microsoft deal
UK technology agency Becta lodges an official complaint over Microsoft's school licensing agreements.

Oxford rejects state pupil jibes
Claims Oxbridge does not do enough to attract more state students are rejected by the head of an Oxford college.

Kansas City InfoZine Education Headlines

Agribusiness Academy Seeks to Broaden Career Choices for Missouri High School Students
The Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) is again offering high school sophomores a unique opportunity to experience careers available in the agriculture industry through the Missouri Agribusiness Academy.

Collegiate Binge Drinking Remains Steady
By Kris Turner - The party is raging.

KU Med Receives $11 Million from NCRR
NIH Grants $33 Million In Institutional Development Awards To Three States; Three New Awards Foster Health-related Research and Increase Competitiveness

Colleges with NASCAR, IndyCar Ties Team Up for Class
In May 2008, IUPUI and Winston-Salem State University will team up to offer "From Indy to the Carolinas," a two-week summer course built upon the motorsports management program at Winston-Salem State, and the mechanical engineering technology motorsports program at IUPUI.

Cultural and Economic Impact of Ethanol Plants in Kansas and Iowa
Scientists and economists are no strangers to discussions about alternative fuels, but a recently announced research grant means that some sociologists at Kansas State University are joining the conversation.

Wyandotte High School Is First in Nation to Join EPA Program to Reduce Mercury
The number of mercury spills has increased dramatically in the last few years. EPA on-scene coordinators have responded to more than 55 mercury spills in Region 7 since 2003.

KU Pandemic Flu Web Site Offers Response Plan, Tips for Self Protection
To address the potential for a global influenza pandemic, the University of Kansas has developed and posted online a pandemic response plan to guide campus response should such a crisis occur.

KU Debate Team Celebrates National Ranking, $1 Million Endowment
Last weekend, the University of Kansas debate team celebrated being ranked No. 1 in the nation and a $1 million endowment raised by debate alumni to support the squad.

KU to Provide Information on College Preparation to Latino High School Students
The goal of the summit is to provide information in Spanish and English on college preparation to the growing Latino high school student population in Kansas.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Present Landon Lecture at K-State
The lecture is free and open to the public.

AllAfrica News: Education

Kenya: Seek a Better Way of Testing Students
At least nine people have been arrested in Nairobi, Gucha and Mombasa in a crackdown on examination cheating. This follows a report in this paper on Monday about a Mathematics paper that was leaked and sent to our office in Machakos by an anonymous person.

Uganda: Transforming Societies Changing Lives
The biennial report from the Secretary-General outlines the current work of the Commonwealth Secretariat and its vision for the future

Nigeria: Ministers Discuss Link Between Education and Economic Development
One of the key meetings of the 34th General Conference of UNESCO , holding in Paris, France was the Ministerial Round Table on Education that sought to establish the link between education and economic development.

Namibia: Lost Keys Delay Exams At Omaruru High School
MISPLACED keys to the safe containing the exam papers for Grade 10 English and Grade 12 Accounting led to a delay of up to three hours before pupils could write the tests at an Omaruru school on Monday.

Namibia: Oh Where is Our Reading Culture?
He has travelled thousands of kilometres over the length and breadth of Southern Africa to get across his positive message of a reading culture to school children in seven countries.

South Africa: Provinces Get Extra R36bn for Services
PROVINCIAL budget baselines are to be increased by R36bn over the next three years to help provide better education, health and social services to more people, particularly poor communities.

Rwanda: Over 85,000 Students Sit Exams
Eighty-five thousand five hundred and sixty-seven students are expected to sit this year's Advanced and Ordinary Level national examinations which start today.

Uganda: Teach Luganda in Schools - Mengo
BUGANDA Minister for Youth and Employment Florence Bagunywa Nkalubo has asked school administrators in the region to implement the teaching of Luganda in their respective schools.

Uganda: Institutions Get Shs5b for ICT Training
HANZE University of Netherlands has donated Euros 2 million (about Shs5 billion) for the introduction of Information and Communication Technology training in four technical colleges in Uganda.

Uganda: 400 Students Graduate At Bugema University
BUGEMA University on Sunday awarded degrees and certificates to over 400 students who have completed their academic courses in different discipline and specialisations.

Christian Science Monitor | Learning

College bound: When schools reply, the real decision looms
Applicants face a new deadline and a sharper choice: Where do they really want to go?

Colleges pledge support for low-income students
Nineteen state public university systems aim to boost access and graduation rates, address cost.

A year of decision for six high school seniors
The Monitor follows the months-long college-application process for six diverse students. Part 1 of two.

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BJAC Awarded Citation By American School & University
DBusinessNews.com Oct 31 2007 11:17PM GMT

Democratic lawmakers tie military bill to measure for jobs and education Bush vows to veto
International Herald Tribune Oct 31 2007 10:59PM GMT

US Immigration Policy Fritters Away Higher-Education Benefits
Yale Global Online Oct 31 2007 10:55PM GMT

Schools working to cut achievement gap
Miami Herald Oct 31 2007 9:25PM GMT

Low-Income Students Now Public School Majority in South
Education Week Oct 31 2007 8:29PM GMT

Hearing upholds firing Port Angeles teacher for insubordination
Education Week Oct 31 2007 8:29PM GMT

Convicted sex offender expelled from Belgrade High School
Education Week Oct 31 2007 8:28PM GMT

School board chairman at forefront of voucher fight
Education Week Oct 31 2007 8:28PM GMT

Convicted Sex Offender Expelled From Mont. High School
FOXNews.com Oct 31 2007 7:15PM GMT

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Schools warned to improve or close
Guardian Unlimited Nov 1 2007 1:54AM GMT

Special school gets top report
Blackburn Citizen Nov 1 2007 1:22AM GMT

Special school gets top report
Lancashire Telegraph Oct 31 2007 11:44PM GMT

Pupils rescued from blazing coach
Western Morning News Oct 31 2007 11:29PM GMT

15,000 fitness suite to keep pupils in trim
Spalding Guardian Oct 31 2007 11:17PM GMT

Shock at death of popular BCA pupil
Maidenhead Advertiser Oct 31 2007 9:01PM GMT

Pupils' chance to salute those who fought and died for freedom
East Kent Mercury Oct 31 2007 8:26PM GMT

Older pupils help primary school
Thetford and Brandon Times Oct 31 2007 6:41PM GMT

Praise for St Andrew?s
Tavistock Times Gazette Oct 31 2007 6:26PM GMT

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