Investment in energy and science will combat recession, says Tony Blair
Tony Blair today urged world leaders to look at the economic crisis as an opportunity to create a better future for all as he called for greater investment in energy, science, technology and education. The former prime minister, who is co-chairing a two-day conference in Paris on the future of global finances, said that the current financial situation was the biggest, most complex and most ...

Family business defeats tragedy
Suzanne Warnky's blending of her late father's operational template with her education and can-do attitude has raised the family business - Warnky...

Bloom family advocates literacy in Rockford
The Rockford High School Media Center received a welcome surprise: new books from a donation through the Rockford Education Foundation made by the Bloom family.

Source Technologies Debuts ServPoint Family of Kiosks
Source Technologies, a provider of award-winning kiosk solutions, today announced the launch of the ServPoint family of self-service kiosks. The ServPoint family offers a wide range of touch screen, interactive self-service kiosks designed for a variety of applications within retail, healthcare, education, and other environments. These kiosk solutions come in a variety of sizes ranging from 7.5? ...

Starting early with bilingual education
Jill and Vince Pinon weren't looking for a bilingual school for their twin daughters when they saw an ad for Los Ninos preschool. They were just trying to find quality child care.

Family YMCA offering after-school program
The Family YMCA of the Desert is helping provide the After School Education and Safety program at James Workman Middle School and Nellie N. Coffman Middle School through 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Polly Toynbee: It might sound appealing, but this is populist poison
The ideological gap just yawned yet wider as David Cameron sprang into the New Year with tigerish ferocity. The longer Labour is in power, he said, the worse it gets - for the economy, national debt, crime, education, welfare dependency, the health service and family breakdown; all worse, worse, worse. Broken Britain needs an election now when "change is going to come". But president-elect ...

Education Week says ND, Minnesota need improvement
Education Week magazine released its 13th annual report, "Quality Counts," sizing up each state's education. It evaluates issues such as state assessments or standards, achievement levels and indicators such as family income or employment rates. North Dakota and Minnesota both earned a C overall - the same as their grades last year. The nation also received a C grade this year.

Former US Secretary of Education to speak at LSC-Kingwood?s MLK program
Lone Star College-Kingwood is pleased to host Dr. Rod Paige, former United States Secretary of Education, at its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Program on Thursday, January 15.

Family's school on wheels visits 30 states
A Newbury Park family spent months on the road as part of their daughters' home schooling.

Mom drives herself, others to school
On some school days, the Nellis house in Ballwin is hard to miss. Beth, the mom in the family, parks school bus No. 48 there between her morning and afternoon runs for nearby Selvidge Middle School.

Fitch Rates 2 Panhandle-Plains Higher Education Authority 2007 Trust Revs 'AAA'
Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to two Panhandle-Plains Higher Education Authority, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Trust Indenture (1991) (TX) Series 2005 student loan revenue bonds:

High and low marks for Louisiana in new education survey
NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana gets high marks in a national education survey for its public school accountability program and its training of teachers, but the state's overall grade is dragged down to a "C" because of continued low student achievement and other problems related to poverty and home environment.

WP chamber zeroes in on demographics
Who shops in Woodland Park? How old are they, what level of education have they attained and do they shop online? If so, what do they buy?

High marks and low for La. in new education survey
Louisiana gets high marks in a national education survey for its public school accountability program and its training of teachers, but the state's overall grade is dragged down to a "C" because of continued low student achievement and other problems related to poverty and home environment. The annual "Quality Counts" survey was released Thursday by Education Week magazine. Louisiana gets ...

Education panel to renew debate on science
A new law that promotes what its backers call "critical thinking" about evolution and other science topics is about to come up for discussion again in Baton Rouge - this time before state education officials charged with deciding how it should be implemented. While the law maintains a requirement that public school science teachers use state approved science textbooks, it also allows local ...

D. Kent King, state education chief, dies at age 65
JEFFERSON CITY ? D. Kent King, the state education commissioner who raised the bar for thousands of Missouri students, died Wednesday at his home in Rolla after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 65.

Ron Lang Appointed Chief Executive Officer of SunGard Higher Education
SunGard today announced that Ron Lang has been appointed chief executive officer of SunGard Higher Education. Mr. Lang joined SunGard in 1998 with the acquisition of Infinity Financial Technology. Most recently he was chief executive officer of SunGard?s Enterprise Solutions Group in which he was responsible for SunGard?s global delivery, global account management, consulting services and ...

Teacher unveils book inspired by Obama and family
Washington, Jan 8 : A Prince George's County teacher is so inspired by Barack Obama that he has gone ahead and wrote a book of word searches and puzzles based on the President-elect and his family.

Education Brief
Innovative Learning and the Eden Family of Services will sponsor a free workshop on assessment and goals selection for students diagnosed with autism, from 2:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, at Oak Valley Elementary School multi-purpose room at 595 Second St. in Buellton.