Collecting of Data Is the Next Step in Preschool Push Washington Post
Virginia school districts next year will begin collecting details about each kindergarten student's preschool experience as part of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's effort to offer publicly funded preschool to all 4-year-olds.
CVCC gets Department of Labor grant The News & Advance
Central Virginia Community College has been awarded a grant worth nearly $1.25 million for its nuclear education programs. The grant was one of 72 totaling $125 million that the U.S. Department of Labor awarded this week to community colleges nationwide for job training.
Tech Council of Maryland Releases 2007 Policy Platform for Technology and Biotechnology PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
The Tech Council of Maryland today released its 2007 Policy Platform for Technology and Biotechnology. The Platform, which is now available on the Tech Council of Maryland's website at http://www.techcouncilmd.com, outlines TCM's policy priorities in the following areas: capital formation; innovation; tax climate; higher education; workforce; and portation.
Education Study Reveals Significant Emergent Literacy Benefits for Preschool Children Engaged by Professional Teaching U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts' Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts announces significant results from the recent Fairfax (Fairfax County, Virginia) Pages program. The Fairfax Pages program and study, made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, measures the impact of 14-week arts-in- education Teaching Artist residencies at three Fairfax County,
City backs state on alternative SOL test The Daily Progress
Virginia education officials do not foresee support from the U.S. Department of Education on a reading test for students with limited English skills that acts as an alternative to its Standards of Learning test, and the Charlottesville School Board is responding by backing the state’s stance.
Localities To Get Boost From State For Social Services Rockbridge Weekly
At a recent Board of Supervisors meeting, Rockbridge Area Department of Social Services Director Meredith Downey advised the Board of the current funding situation for the County Comprehensive Services Act (CSA) program.
Blind students, faculty discuss currency design Cumberland Times-News
West Virginia School for the Blind Assistant Principal David Allen considers color and contrast important elements in redesigning currency.
HIRE EDUCATION Richmond Times-Dispatch
Twelve months have passed since they left Al Groh's staff at the University of Virginia, each to pursue a dream of running a football program. Offensive coordinator Ron Prince headed to Kansas State, defensive coordinator Al Golden to Temple, associate head coach Danny Rocco to Liberty.
California Department of Corporations Join Forces With Federal Trade Commission, 10 States and Other Federal Agencies Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
SACRAMENTO, Calif.----The California Department of Corporations announced today Project FAL$E HOPE$, a state and federal sweep by regulators and law enforcement agencies targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams.
Obituaries, Dec. 14, 2006 djournal.com
IUKA - Nancy Beard, 70, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Detroit, Mich. She graduated from the University of Michigan and received her master's degree in special education from the University of Mississippi.
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