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Education Cuts Spark Rallies Across New York (WCBS-TV New York)

Hundreds of outraged students, parents, and teachers gathered outside Gov. David Paterson’s office on Thursday night to protest against school closings, budget cuts, and tuition hikes – all part of his proposed budget that would cut $1.4 billion from state education. In New York City, nine protests were organized by multiple education groups throughout the city’s five boroughs.

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Guru Ramdev for compulsory yoga education in schools (New Kerala)

Panaji, Feb 6 : Yoga exponent Baba Ramdev today favoured compulsory instruction of yoga education in all schools across the country to make the children healthy citizens and to ensure that they are rid of social ills like crime, violence, drugs and corruption.

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NY education commissioner: Block some funding cuts (The Palladium-Times)

MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer ALBANY (AP) — New York state Education Commissioner David Steiner told lawmakers Tuesday that if Gov. David Paterson’s proposed cuts in education funding go through, public schools may never fully recover.

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Effectiveness of Abstinence Education (Scoop.co.nz)

Family First NZ is welcoming research which shows that abstinence-only education can help teens delay sex, and also explodes the myth that abstinence education reduces condom use amongst those who do become sexually active.

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Symposium: ‘Information Technology in Support of Materials Education,’ March 20 (EurekAlert!)

( Stevens Institute of Technology ) Professor Keith Sheppard, associate dean of engineering & science at Stevens Institute of Technology, has announced the one-day symposium “Information Technology in Support of Materials Education,” to be held in partnership with the British engineering software group Granta Design, featuring an array of international invited experts who will present on various …

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NY education commissioner: Block some funding cuts (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

New York state Education Commissioner David Steiner told lawmakers Tuesday that if Gov. David Paterson’s proposed cuts in education funding go through, the public schools may never fully recover.

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Radiology Education: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning [Book and Media Reviews] (Journal of the American Medical Association)

JAMA.

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Colorado one of six states involved in education program (KOAA Colorado Springs - Pueblo)

Colorado Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones announced Tuesday that Colorado will participate in a three-year, $75 million public-private partnership designed to bring sustainable strategies to turning around low-performing schools. The partnership is with Mass Insight Education & Research Institute, the non-profit organization that published the 2007 report, “The Turnaround Challenge …

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Paterson pushes state to pursue education funds (Press & Sun-Bulletin)

ALBANY - Gov. David Paterson announced legislation Thursday to eliminate the charter-school cap, allow swifter state takeovers of low-performing schools and other measures that would boost New York’s chances of getting up to $700 million in federal education funds.

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Paterson responds to education groups: I will not be intimidated (Press & Sun-Bulletin)

ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson filed a response Wednesday to a lawsuit brought by education groups that claim it’s unconstitutional for him to withhold $582 million in school funding.

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