California State University, Long Beach, has once again been named as one of the best deals in education, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. The university was ranked No. 98 on the magazine’s list of the top 100 best values in public colleges for 2011-12, education officials announced Tuesday. Last year, Cal State Long Beach [...]

Last year, Alan Ellis class at Lake Como Elementary won second place in a statewide school garden competition. The special education class had raised more than 100 pounds of vegetables, most of which were donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.  This week, they got their reward an outdoor school makeover, or Green Up. The [...]

Home Dec 15, 2011 Issues: Other Education and Youth Issues On Thursday, Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the Committee, took part in a Financial Services Committee hearing entitled, “The Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2011: Proposals to Promote Economic Independence for Homeless Children and Youth.” Watch his statement and read his [...]

DALLAS – Dec. 1, 2011 – UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticist and immunologist Dr. Bruce A. Beutler and other 2011 Nobel Prize winners from the U.S. today met with President Barack Obama at the White House, launching a series of events leading to the prize ceremony in Stockholm later this month. Dr. Bruce A. Beutler [...]

Coronado Heights Elementary, 5911 N Sapulpa, will be closed Friday because of a water line break, Putnam City Public Schools spokesman Steve Lindley said. Lindley said a main water line feeding the school has broken, and repairs are ongoing. He said the school currently has no working restrooms or water for food preparation in its [...]

Me: “Hi.” Little boy: “Are you Mr. Superintendent?” Me: “Yes.” Little boy: “My dad says you are great.” Me: “Thanks.” Little boy” “My mom says you’re terrible.” Me: Speechless. My job performance is evidently 50/50. Pretty good. I’ll take it.