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| Michigan Special-Education Aide Alleges She Was Fired for Reporting a Third-Grade Drug Dealer and Sexual Harassment of ... (ABC News) |
| A special-education aide at a Clawson, Mich., elementary school has sued her former employer, claiming that she was unjustly terminated last year for reporting school violations, including an alleged drug-dealing operation run by a third-grader. |
| Valley EMS head enters alcohol education program (New Haven Register) |
| DERBY — A Superior Court judge today granted an ambulance official charged with driving under the influence entry into the alcohol education diversionary program. |
| Frank A. Chrest, special-education teacher (Baltimore Sun) |
| Frank A. Chrest, a special-education teacher who taught in city public schools for nearly 40 years, died Thursday of pneumonia at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He was 97. |
| Final Glance: Education companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance) |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top education companies were down at the close of trading: Apollo Group fell $.12 or .2 percent, to $62.13. Career Education fell $.19 or .6 percent, to $30.09. DeVry fell $.15 or .2 percent, to $65.78. Strayer Education fell $1.15 or .5 percent, to $237.99. |
| Texas Education Board Set To Take 1st Vote Since Primary (KWTX-TV Waco) |
| The state education board is set to take a vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide. |
| Nigeria : Education Council Restores Junior School to Unity Colleges (AllAfrica.com) |
| Lagos — A number of far-reaching decisions were taken at last week's National Council on Education (NCE) meeting, with the theme, "Public Private Partnership', held in Abuja. |
| Portland education leaders talk about barriers and keys to equity in schools (The Oregonian) |
| Three Portland superintendents and the Portland Schools Foundation chief discuss equity in education at a community forum. |
| Cost cuts raise education quality concerns (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News) |
| Funding cuts within the Education Ministry will negatively impact on education quality as a result of less research and less teacher and curriculum development, says Labour's education spokesman Trevor Mallard. |
| Business/ education summit speaker redefines success (The Oshkosh Northwestern) |
| The Oshkosh Chamber Partners in Education Council invites the public to attend its Business/Education Summit, Tuesday, March 16. The group hopes the event will encourage community discussion about preparing students for post-high school life. |
| Education coalition protests state aid cuts (The Montclair Times) |
| A coalition of education groups said Tuesday that it had asked U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to direct Governor Christie to restore $475 million in school aid cuts that were announced last month. |
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