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Malaysia national education programme claims that Chinese Malaysians were working together with Singapore to topple … (The Temasek Review)

Written by Our Correspondent Malaysia’s controversial national education programme conducted by its National Civics Bureau – the Biro Tata Negara or BTN has come under fire again for its racist agenda to promulgate the concept of “Ketuanan Melayu” or Malay superiority. The programme is intended to instill nationalistic values and patriotism in university students on public scholarships

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Chinese should be taught in schools: education minister (The Local)

A review of language learning in schools is required to meet the demands of the global market climate says Sweden’s education minister Jan Björklund who is advocating Chinese lessons for college students.

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Chinese should be taught in schools: education minister (The Local)

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Granholm gets award for education initiatives (Lansing State Journal)

The honor of being named national education policy leader of the year has to be bittersweet for Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

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Granholm gets award for education initiatives (Lansing State Journal)

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State Board of Education member denies receiving improper gifts from company seeking contract (Dallas Morning News)

AUSTIN - A State Board of Education member who’s under fire for not reporting gifts from a potential state bidder denied Friday that he ever received the gifts and insisted he has “never knowingly” received improper benefits as a member of the board.

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MURRIETA: Ground broken on education center (The Californian)

MURRIETA —- Construction of the Murrieta Education Center began Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony held by the developer behind the $50 million project.

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Education officials defend actions (San Antonio Express-News)

Two State Board of Education members said Friday they’d been unfairly tarred with ethics questions as a board committee mulled changes in the ethics policy guiding oversight of the $20.5 billion public school trust fund.

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Retiring Conejo superintendent looks back on almost 4 decades in education (Ventura County Star)

In his nearly four decades as an educator, Mario Contini said he has learned one very valuable lesson: It’s all about the people. “We are all about people in this business and the most important are the little people— the kids,” said the Conejo Valley Unified School District superintendent.

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Retiring Conejo superintendent looks back on almost 4 decades in education (Ventura County Star)

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Bilingual education ‘never given a chance’ (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

The man who conducted a review into the Northern Territory Education Department says bilingual education has never been given a proper chance in the Territory.

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Education Department official acknowledges error in counseling teen (Los Angeles Times)

Kevin Jennings, under fire from conservatives, says he erred as a teacher 21 years ago when he failed to notify authorities that a student told him he had sexual relations with an adult. A President Obama appointee in the Education Department acknowledged Wed- nesday that as a teacher 21 years ago he mishandled an incident in which he failed to notify authorities that a 15-year-old student had …

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Study finds high return on state’s higher-education investment (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Virginia receives $1.39 in state tax revenue for every dollar it invests in public higher education, says a study by a business coalition that is campaigning for increased support for colleges and universities. The Virginia Business Higher Education Council will present the report today at a summit on economic competitiveness and higher education

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