Home education - Arizona boy, 13, finalist for national 'Young Scientist of the ...

Home education - Arizona boy, 13, finalist for national 'Young Scientist of the ...

Arizona boy, 13, finalist for national 'Young Scientist of the ...
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - Oct 11, 2006... By his third-grade year, his parents had recognized his skills and interest in science and began home-schooling to help him succeed. ...

Education - Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Education - Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups 

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups 
Dr Andrew Leigh writes: Re. "Education and schooling: not the same thing" (6 October, item 10). On Friday, Charles Richardson criticised Craig Emerson's proposal to raise the compulsory school leaving age in Australia, opining that "rising school leaving ages do not seem to have been correlated with higher educational achievement".

Bite Me 
Everyone's favorite punk-rock, vegetarian, earth-friendly tempeh joint, WaterCourse Foods , is leaving its longtime home at 206 East 13th Avenue for greener pastures. But don't get your dreadlocks in a twist. This is a good thing.

Home schooling - Aberdeen school board meets today

Home schooling - Aberdeen school board meets today

Aberdeen school board meets today
Aberdeen News - Report on home schooling. Safety: Discuss safety issues. Policy: Second reading and possible adoption of a policy clarification stating that parents have the final say as to whether their students repeat a grade level. Executive session: Meet in closed

Home schooling - Hanover Area Education Association honors 12 retirees

Home schooling - Hanover Area Education Association honors 12 retirees 

Hanover Area Education Association honors 12 retirees 
Hanover Area Education Association recently honored 12 retiring members at a reception at Newberry Estates. From left are: Frank Stanish, Terry Ford, Jill Gagliardi, Sandra Ansell, Ruth Ann Koval, Karen Cino, Mary Ann Sarnoski, Barbara Swinski, Charles Ripa, and Edward Myefski. Not shown: David Barvinski and Barbara Florek.

Education department moves to block Sadtu strike 
The Gauteng education department will today approach the Johannesburg High Court for an interdict against the planned strike by teachers' union Sadtu in the province. The educators are demanding that a senior official in the department be dismissed for corruption.

Give education to children, says Manmohan 
Violators of ban, effective from today, will face firm action

Education - Better pay, higher home prices drive teachers from state to state

Education - Better pay, higher home prices drive teachers from state to state

Better pay, higher home prices drive teachers from state to state
Charleston Gazette - Better pay, higher home prices drive teachers from state to state By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER Associated Press Writer MARTINSBURG The formula was created more than 20 years ago after a court ruling called for equity in schooling across the state. Eastern

Home schooling - Saturday October 7, 2006 (The New Zealand Herald)

Home schooling - Saturday October 7, 2006 (The New Zealand Herald)

Saturday October 7, 2006 (The New Zealand Herald)
The action is in the Far North, at the Bay of Islands and Doubtless Bay, where the snapper are schooling and the male fish in particular have been feeding aggressively as they get their first whiff of sex. The spawning runs, always earlier in the north, are about to start.

Chicago teachers union brings virtual school lawsuit (Daily Vidette)
CHICAGO (AP) - Lawyers for the Chicago Teachers Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to withdraw public money for the state's first online public school, claiming it doesn't qualify for the funds under Illinois law. The lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court argues that the Chicago Virtual Charter School, which opened last month despite stiff union opposition, amounts to home-schooling and