Category archives for: EDUCATION

Suu Kyi hopes to travel outside Myanmar soon

Aung San Suu Kyi has not left Myanmar since 1988

Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday she hoped to travel abroad “in the near future”, in what would be the Nobel laureate’s first visit to another country since 1988. Education News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Don’t plan for ‘normal,’ says BC teachers union before back-to-work bill passage

VANCOUVER – A wide-ranging education bill reviled by British Columbia’s teachers as a straitjacket on their profession is expected to become law today, ending six months of job action against their vehement objections. Education News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Korean, educated and female? Find a matchmaker

The Black Eagles perform during Seoul Air Show 2005 media day at the Seoul Military Airport

SEOUL (Reuters) – If you are thirty-plus and a woman with a masters degree in South Korea, you may need the help of a matchmaker to find love — and your worried mother may even end up doing the legwork for you. As women in this rich Asian country have become better educated, with five [...]

Kasich Midterm Budget Plan Will Improve Ohio Schools

COMMENTARY | Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s midterm budget plans include some of the most innovative polices ever introduced to address the needs of the state’s public schools. Liberals and union leaders will quickly attempt to reduce the plan to a political battle and criticize the common sense and fiscally responsible approach to classroom enhancement. True [...]

1 dead, others hurt in Pa. school bus, truck crash

State Police say the driver of a soft drink truck was killed when he collided with a school bus carrying high school students in western Pennsylvania. Education News Headlines – Yahoo! News

50 from Kansas treated for food poisoning in Pa.

Dozens of Kansas high school students and chaperones who became ill after eating in New York while on a band trip have been treated for food poisoning symptoms at a western Pennsylvania hospital. Education News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Fla.: Business wins, colleges suffer this session

Florida’s businesses scored victories in the Legislature in the newly concluded annual session, but some college students say they wonder if the treatment lawmakers gave that sector came at their expense. Education News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Audience gets bloody in interactive Manila play

MANILA (Reuters) – Screams, blood and death filled an abandoned school in Manila — but the blood was fake and the dead came back to life when the lights came on. A Filipino theatre group staged a loose adaptation of controversial Japanese novel “Battle Royale,” which revolves around 42 junior high school students who are [...]

Roberts Signs Contract to Remain EFM for the Detroit Public Schools

CBS Detroit reported that the emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools, Roy Roberts, announced on Monday, March 12, that he would be extending his stay another year. Roberts was due to vacate his post in May. Education News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Graduate Students Explain Why They Picked Their Schools

Graduate school students have myriad reasons for choosing their higher education paths. Here, in their own words, five current students tell U.S. News why they chose to attend their particular graduate schools to pursue their interests: Education News Headlines – Yahoo! News

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