Posted by admin on September 1, 2011
Unemployment School Grants and its Benefits In the year 2009, there was a drastic change in the regulation to allow the individuals to receive unemployment benefits for enrolling in secondary education, to receive the Pell Grants and to continue receiving unemployment. This change generally aims to encourage the unemployed folks to continue their training and [...]
Posted by Jaxon Murnin on August 27, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO – As the new school year begins, California’s public colleges and universities are preparing for yet another round of state budget cuts that could lead to higher tuition and fewer classes, higher education leaders said Monday. The chancellors of California State University and California Community Colleges said their campuses are making plans to [...]
Posted by Jaxon Murnin on August 25, 2011
Exercise can be as effective as a second medication for as many as half of depressed patients whose condition has not been cured by a single antidepressant medication. UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists involved in the investigation, recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, found that both moderate and intense levels of daily exercise [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Spears on July 26, 2011
In their report now online at the AJC, the investigators into APS cheating name nearly 180 educators, including more than three dozen principals, as participants in cheating on state curriculum tests, according to the AJC. (When Atlanta schools did its own investigation into the cheating, it sent the names of 110 employees to the state [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Spears on July 26, 2011
The Palm Beach County School Board on Wednesday night voted 4-2 to make prone restraint a last resort for subduing special-needs children. But they did not ban the restraint technique entirely despite the concerns of parents, a legal aid attorney and two school board members. If the entire scope of your behavioral plan fails a [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Spears on July 25, 2011
Wonder what your local district is up to while school’s out? Here are some answers: North Clackamas: I caught up with the newest North Clackamas School Board member, Trisha Claxton, and she talked about bringing a teacher’s outlook to the board. Also, Clackamas High School Junior Jasmin Johnson is organizing musical theater classes to benefit [...]