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Barbour backs Vietnam education center (The Clarion-Ledger)

February 16, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

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Madagascar Government Cuts Hit Education Hard (OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News)

February 16, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

ANTANANARIVO, Feb 15 (IRIN) - Madagascar’s unresolved political crisis is causing havoc in its education system after steep cuts increased the island state’s inability to meet schoolchildren’s basic needs, bringing a spike in child labour.

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How Startl Is Hacking Education From the Outside In (Fast Company Magazine)

February 16, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

What would happen if you took the principles of a startup incubator like Y Combinator and applied it to improving education? A new philanthropic venture called Startl aims to find out. The non-profit startup accelerator is being backed by some of the world’s best-known foundations (Gates, Hewlett, MacArthur), and has for-profit partners including IDEO, DreamIT Ventures, and investment bankers …

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Democrats decry education proposal (The Argus Leader)

December 8, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

PIERRE - Gov. Mike Rounds offered what he called a “basic needs budget” for next year, one that emphasizes more government spending on mandatory programs such as Medicaid while reducing funding to education and other discretionary programs

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