Education
Toronto mayor's brother delivers defense
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's brother said Wednesday that Ford has told him that reports of a purported video that appears to show the mayor smoking crack cocaine are untrue and that the media is trying to destroy his brother. The story has caused an uproar in Canada, and the mayor ...
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students. Unlike several other schools in the Oklahoma ...
Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward. The White House issued the warning a day before the full House was scheduled to ...
Cuomo: Create tax-free zones around SUNY campuses
High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal released Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo said the plan would create jobs in a ...
NC college could lose aid for not reporting crimes
Elizabeth City State University could face the loss of federal financial aid as well as nearly $4.4 million in fines for not reporting more than 120 crimes as required by law. The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reports (http://bit.ly/12WKkNU) that the Clery Act requires colleges and universities receiving federal funds ...
Fort Wayne schools want 3rd party to review ISTEP
Indiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent third party validates the scores. Fort Wayne Community Schools announced its position Wednesday in response to computer crashes and delays that frustrated many students during the testing period that began in late April, ...
SERGEANT ACCUSED OF SECRETLY FILMING FEMALE CADETS
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — A sergeant first class on the staff of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been accused of videotaping female cadets without their consent, sometimes when they were undressed in the bathroom or the shower, according to Army officials. The Army ...
Purdue trustees OK tuition freeze on main campus
The Purdue University trustees have approved a tuition freeze and lower costs for students on the main campus in West Lafayette. The trustees on Wednesday approved freezing tuition and cutting costs for meal plans and university cooperative education and internship programs for all students in West Lafayette. Tuition and fees ...
3rd-grade Ohio reading teacher pool approved
A bill making more teachers temporarily eligible to participate in meeting Ohio's new third-grade reading guarantee is on its way to Ohio's governor. The Senate agreed unanimously Wednesday to revised teacher eligibility guidelines and other changes adopted by the House to address an anticipated shortage. The state program requires that ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
May 20 U-T San Diego: "State government: Where best practices are shunned" Business gurus come and go, trendy theories have their moment in the sun and then fade, but some management wisdom is eternal. Such as: Establish "best practices" — clear guidelines that discourage inefficiency. Don't give people incentives to ...
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