Archive for the 'Education' Category

North Port Area Chamber of Commerce Scholarships

The North Port Area Chamber of Commerce is now offering scholarships to any North Port resident who is a graduating high school senior, vocational technical student or person retraining for a new career and who will enroll in an undergraduate program in an accredited post-secondary education facility for the 2006-2007 school year.
No later than six […]

February 18th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Miss. Dept. of Education to audit Holmes Co. School District

JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi Department of Education has begun an audit of the Holmes County School District after receiving several complaints from students and their parents.
The complaints center around classroom teaching practices and the audit began on Monday. It’s expected to last two weeks. The state also might take a close look at student permanent […]

February 18th, 2006 - Posted in Education

College to get its radio online

A WELSH further education college is to become the first to launch an online radio station through an innovative website.
Dozens of schools have set up their own stations using award-winning website www.radiowaves.co.uk, but Coleg Gwent will become the first further education college to join their ranks.
The college, the largest further education provider in Wales, will […]

February 18th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Online Education

Education pays off for Strayer

Strayer Education’s latest report card shows record fourth-quarter growth.
The Arlington-based education services holding company says revenue for the final three months of 2005 rose 19 percent to $62 million on increased enrollment and a 5 percent tuition hike that went into effect at the beginning of last year.
Strayer (NASDAQ: STRA - News) says winter 2006 […]

February 18th, 2006 - Posted in Education

Education systems have little impact on social mobility

Current debate about the UK government’s proposed education reforms may be based on a false premise. Recent research suggests that education policy by itself contributes little to the rate at which people move between social classes, according to a new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Comprehensive schooling is neither less nor […]

February 18th, 2006 - Posted in Education