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Education executive at Gates Foundation named Arizona Community Foundation CEO (The Arizona Republic)
January 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Steven Seleznow, a career educator who most recently served as program director for education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has accepted the role of Arizona Community Foundation president and chief executive officer.
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Education reform must begin with adequate state funding (Seattle Times)
January 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The cost of educating Washington students far exceeds state and federal funding, writes Mary Lindquist, president of the Washington Education Association. Before the state considers moving to a merit-pay system or other measures, the Legislature should amply fund education.
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Education reform must begin with adequate state funding (Seattle Times)
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New state education board member prepares for budget issue (The State Journal-Register)
December 26, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Former Springfield School Board member and retired educator Melinda LaBarre will start her new job as a member of the Illinois State Board of Education next year in the thick of it, including voting on a difficult new state education budget in January.
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New state education board member prepares for budget issue (The State Journal-Register)
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Obama, Industry Back Math, Science Education (PC Magazine)
November 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
President Obama on Monday unveiled a campaign intended to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education among children – an effort that includes about $260 million in financial support from companies like Time Warner Cable, Discovery Communications, Sony, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Obama, Industry Back Math, Science Education (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
November 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
President Obama on Monday unveiled a campaign intended to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education among children – an effort that includes about $260 million in financial support from companies like Time Warner Cable, Discovery Communications, Sony, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Obama, Industry Back Math, Science Education (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
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San Jose Unified’s chief nurse sees swine flu vaccines as an education matter (San Jose Mercury News)
November 15, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
San Jose Unified is the only district among the 31 in Santa Clara County to attempt the mass inoculation. And county health and education officials say it wouldn’t be happening without the unflagging optimism and conviction of Melinda Landau.
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San Jose Unified’s chief nurse sees swine flu vaccines as an education matter (San Jose Mercury News)
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San Jose Unified’s chief nurse sees swine flu vaccines as an education matter (San Jose Mercury News)
November 15, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
San Jose Unified is the only district among the 31 in Santa Clara County to attempt the mass inoculation.
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San Jose Unified’s chief nurse sees swine flu vaccines as an education matter (San Jose Mercury News)
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Punjab to be developed as education hub: Badal (IE via Yahoo! India News)
November 15, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Punjab Chief Minster Parkash Singh Badal today said that Punjab state would be developed as education hub and said that state had succeeded in setting up two universities.
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Is Bill Gates real secretary of education? (East Valley Tribune)
October 25, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform movement, spending around $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education. Now the foundation is taking unprecedented steps to influence education policy.
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Is Bill Gates real secretary of education? (East Valley Tribune)
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Balochistan Education Minister gunned down (Business Recorder)
October 25, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
QUETTA (October 26 2009): Balochistan Minister for Education Shafique Ahmed Khan was shot dead here near his residence at Toghi Road area Sunday. According to police, the minister was gunned down as he was leaving his residence along with his father-in-law Hidayat Jaffar in his staff car.
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Balochistan Education Minister gunned down (Business Recorder)