Archive for February, 2006

Las Vegas Special Education Teacher Suspended

February 22nd, 2006

A Clark County School District special education teacher has been suspended. District officials won’t discuss personnel matters but the teacher was reportedly suspended for lying on his application.
Fred Kober, 56, is accused of sexual misconduct at his previous jobs. He says he lied on his Clark County School District application because he knew he wouldn’t [...]

Hunters can check their education records online

February 22nd, 2006

The Nevada Department of Wildlife is encouraging hunters to go online to check their hunter education records to ensure that records are in order before applying for big game tags and licenses.
To verify hunter education records, or for more information, visit www.ndow.org.

Sun Microsystems and Italian Ministry of Education Team Up to Teach Java to Tomorrow’s Professionals

February 22nd, 2006

Aim to Expand the Use of Java Technology and Provide Tools to Enable Students and Teachers to Broaden Their Knowledge of Computer Technology
Sun Microsystems, Inc. the creator and leading advocate of Java (TM) technology, today announced that the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), in collaboration with the Java Italian Association (JIA), have [...]

Three receive DAAD scholarships

February 22nd, 2006

The German Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Mr Peter Linder, has handed over scholarship certificates to three Ghanaian students.
They are the first students to have successfully passed the rigorous selection process in 2006 and to be awarded scholarships by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) to pursue various studies in Germany.
According to a press release from [...]

Siletz Valley plans charter high school

February 22nd, 2006

Siletz Valley Charter School has plans to expand.
At the Lincoln County School District Board of Directors meeting Feb. 14, Van Peters, Siletz Valley Charter School director, received unanimous approval from the board to continue its work on the kindergarten-through-eighth grades and presented information on plans to make “an early college academy charter high school” for [...]

College courses, way off campus

February 22nd, 2006

When it came time for Pam Graves to go back to school, the registered nurse at Saint Joseph East Hospital picked Indiana Wesleyan University.
That was also the choice of Sandi Metzger and Liz Carnal, both nurses at Central Baptist Hospital.
But none of them is driving to Indiana Wesleyan’s main campus in Marion, Ind., an hour [...]

Obesity-Related Fictional Children’s Book Passes California Department of Education’s Out-of-Cycle Legal and Social Compliance Review

February 22nd, 2006

Book That Enlightens, Empowers and Motivates Children to Get Healthy Included on the Department’s Web-Based List ‘Legal and Social Compliance Approved Out-of-Cycle Instructional Materials’
Child health advocate Merilee A. Kern, co-founder and CEO of www.KidsHealthDepot.com — a soon-to-launch online catalog offering “Solutions That Foster Healthy Children(TM),” today announced that her healthy living-themed fictional children’s book, “It’s [...]

METI panel begins study of global economic strategy involving FTAs

February 22nd, 2006

An advisory panel of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Tuesday began studying a new economic strategy aimed at boosting Japan’s industrial competitiveness by taking advantage of economic globalization.
The trade policy committee of METI’s Industrial Structure Council, headed by Canon Inc. President Fujio Mitarai, discussed an outline of the strategy involving Japan’s policy [...]

Global spread of English threatens UK, US: study

February 22nd, 2006

The dominance of English as the world’s top language — until recently an advantage to both Britain and the United States — is now beginning to undermine the competitiveness of both nations, according to a major research report.
The report commissioned by the British Council says monolingual English graduates “face a bleak economic future” as multilingual [...]

Pennsylvania Tackles Nano Engineering Education

February 22nd, 2006

From medicine to materials and manufacturing, nanotechnology is today’s watchword but what we do with these new technologies depends on people, and Pennsylvania is leading the way in training nanotechnologists at all levels for all types of nanotech.
The Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology Partnership, headquartered in Penn State’s Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU), includes [...]


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