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2-YEAR COLLEGES GETTING A FALLING SHARE OF SPENDING
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — Community colleges have received a declining share of government spending on higher education over the last decade even as their student bodies have become poorer and more heavily African-American and Latino, according to a report to be released Thursday. “Many community colleges ...
2-YEAR COLLEGES GETTING A FALLING SHARE OF SPENDING
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — Community colleges have received a declining share of government spending on higher education over the last decade even as their student bodies have become poorer and more heavily African-American and Latino, according to a report to be released Thursday. “Many community colleges ...
Swimmer Cullen Jones on the road for water safety
In Beijing and London, U.S. Olympian Cullen Jones was fierce in the water, bringing home gold and silver and setting a world record along the way. In the pool at P.S. 125, a Harlem elementary school, he was a sweetheart as he laughed, splashed and assured nervous 4-, 5- and ...
First class of Kauffman Scholars college graduates
The middle of Cristina Ortiz's sophomore year, it hit her. Despair? Or maybe fear? Certainly a crisis of confidence. I can't be an engineer. "I reached a point where I stopped believing in myself," she said. Many other students like her in the first class of Kauffman Scholars — students ...
Terrebonne board approves consolidation plan
Four schools will close as part of a cost-saving plan approved by the Terrebonne Parish School Board. On Tuesday, The Courier reports (http://bit.ly/11bmRLU ) the board voted to close Greenwood Middle, West Park Elementary, Dularge Elementary and Boudreaux Canal Elementary at the end of this school year. "This is a ...
Excerpts from recent North Dakota editorials
Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, May 17, 2013 Finding practical ways to aid each other Farm Rescue continues to step up for farmers and ranchers in the region. This week volunteers and equipment zeroed in on two farm operations in the Washburn area where they saved the day by getting crops in ...
West Feliciana joins school cooperative
The West Feliciana Parish School Board has agreed to join a cooperative of Louisiana school districts that hope to save money through bulk purchases of computers and software and by devising curriculum and online courses. The Vermilion Parish School Board administers the District Cooperative of Louisiana, and West Feliciana is ...
Salmon voters for 9th time reject school bond
Voters in Salmon in east-central Idaho have for the ninth time in as many years rejected a plan to raise taxes to repair or replace dilapidated schools. KIFI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/10TBVZF) that voters on Tuesday rejected a $3.6 million bond 1,184 to 354 to put new roofs on the elementary and ...
Caddo Parish School Board delays budget vote
The Caddo Parish School Board has delayed voting on its $479 million budget. The Times reports (http://bit.ly/14R3C8N ) Superintendent Gerald Dawkins cited legal reasons for pulling the item from the board agenda on Tuesday. Several teachers, bus drivers and residents voiced appreciation for the postponement because of an abundance of ...
$3.4M Lilly grant to help Indianapolis district
A $3.4 million grant from the Lilly Endowment will help place about 90 teachers in the Indianapolis Public Schools. Some $2 million of that grant to The Mind Trust will go toward adding 40 people to the Teach for America program in the Indianapolis school district. That program places top ...
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