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APNewsBreak: University posts info of 40K students (AP)

Published on October 29, 2010 By rohit

HONOLULU – The Social Security numbers, grades and other personal information of more than 40,000 former University of Hawaii students were posted online for nearly a year before being removed this week, The Associated Press has learned. University officials told the AP that a faculty member inadvertently uploaded files containing the information to an unprotected server on Nov.

Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren’t Flukes (or Cherrypickers) (Time.com)

Published on October 14, 2010 By

Charter schools are all the rage these days.

Have You Been Burned By Wall Street? (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on September 30, 2010 By

During his summer break from college, my son tried to sell me on the merits of the popular television series Burn Notice . In this TV drama, Jeffrey Donovan plays Michael Westen, a former covert operative who unjustly receives a “burn notice”–an espionage-style termination that results in the immediate eradication of his assets and influence, leaving him isolated and alone. The finance industry has a similar practice.

Zuckerberg’s $100 million for Newark, N.J., schools stirs controversy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Published on September 25, 2010 By rohit

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with Newark Mayor Cory Booker to try to boost achievement in the New Jersey city’s troubled schools – and shine a national spotlight on potential models for education reform. Mr. Zuckerberg made his debut Friday as the latest high-profile education philanthropist by announcing a gift of $100 million to the Newark schools on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” The challenge grant is to be matched by additional fundraising and distributed over the next five years by his new foundation, Startup: Education

Texas ed board adopts resolution limiting Islam (AP)

Published on September 25, 2010 By

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas State Board of Education adopted a resolution Friday that seeks to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, as social conservative board members warned of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation’s publishing industry.

Facebook’s Zuckerberg gives $100 million to Newark (Reuters)

Published on September 25, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced a $100 million gift to the beleaguered public schools of Newark, New Jersey, to help improve public education in a city he has no connection to. The billionaire announced the grant on Friday on the Oprah Winfrey television show.

Facebook founder’s $100M gift could change Newark (AP)

Published on September 24, 2010 By rohit

NEWARK, N.J. – Education in New Jersey’s biggest city could be in for a big change — and not just because of the $100 million stock donation Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce Friday on Oprah Winfrey’s show.

Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school (AP)

Published on September 4, 2010 By rohit

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their Rhode Island classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled high school.

Refugees prepare for next challenge: School in US (AP)

Published on August 13, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – For their first fire drill, students at the Refugee Youth Summer Academy trooped out of the building behind their teachers. All that was missing were the sirens. The blaring alarms had been muted, for fear they could trigger terror in children who recently arrived from war zones and other conflict areas

Glenn Beck U. to debut next week (The Upshot)

Published on July 15, 2010 By

Glenn Beck has conquered most media platforms going, from radio and book publishing to public speaking gigs. He even has an eponymous magazine.