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Report Recommends Training, Funding, Flexibility for NY Online Learning

Posted: January 12, 2016 at 5:20 pm   /   Education

A recent report from the New York State Online Learning Advisory Council suggests that the use of online and blended learning programs can boost course offerings for students who live in rural areas while at the same time allowing for a transformation of face-to-face instruction, as long as state-level supports such as professional development for teachers and […]

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Can YOU guess how this woman is funding family Christmas with just £4.05?

Posted: December 25, 2015 at 5:41 am   /   LifeStyle

BARGAIN HUNTER: The mother has bought decorations, presents, crackers a tree and six turkeys for less than a fiver. Daily Express :: Life & Style Feed

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McAuliffe Advocates for More Education Funding in Budget Proposal

Posted: December 21, 2015 at 5:47 pm   /   Education

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced his 2016 budget proposal, which includes further investment in higher education throughout the state to the tune of tens of millions of additional dollars. McAuliffe’s budget proposal would add $ 50 million in an effort to increase the number of in-state students who receive degrees, as well as $ 48.2 million for […]

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Most States Funding Education at Levels Below Pre-Recession, Report Says

Posted: December 16, 2015 at 5:26 am   /   Education

Since the Great Recession, most states are providing less per-student funding than before, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ survey of state budget documents over the last three months. Michael Leachman, Nick Albares, Kathleen Masterson, and Marlana Wallace write for the Center that some states are continuing to cut budgets eight years after the […]

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Indian Online Education Startup Vlurn Receives Funding

Posted: December 12, 2015 at 5:36 pm   /   Education

India-based online learning platform Vlurn has announced that the startup has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Vidyadhar Sarfare, CEO of the Accord Group. Vlurn plans to use the funding to hire new staff, support its technical team and develop a mobile app to bring its online courses to more interested learners. The company […]

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Report: Title I Funding Too Low, Generally Ineffective

Posted: December 2, 2015 at 6:32 am   /   Education

A new report from the Brookings Institution that takes a closer look at Title I funding suggests that the largest program within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is ineffective at improving education for disadvantaged students. The report, “Why federal spending on disadvantaged students (Title I) doesn’t work,” suggests that the funding per student is too […]

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Chicago’s Emanuel, Claypool Push for Education Funding

Posted: November 21, 2015 at 5:20 pm   /   Education

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief are continuing their push for state lawmakers to create a new formula for state education funding in an effort to provide more aid to Chicago Public Schools. In his speech at a City Club of Chicago luncheon earlier this week, CPS chief Forrest Claypool compared the education system to a […]

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Proposal Would Change Florida’s School District Makeup, Funding

Posted: November 19, 2015 at 5:43 pm   /   Education

School districts in South Florida are large, mostly county-wide areas, but they could soon become smaller city and suburban districts if a legislative proposal passes. State Sen. Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) and Rep. Matt Caldwell (R-Ft. Myers) sponsored a bill that would allow partisan elections, and in some cases city and county commissions might become school […]

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Furious charity pulls Calais camp funding after ‘migrants BURN food and clothes’

Posted: October 9, 2015 at 9:54 am   /   Top Stories

A CHARITY has stopped providing aid to the Calais ‘jungle’ because aid workers have concluded the majority of migrants in the camp do not need to be there. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Spotify closes $526M funding round as the fight with Apple intensifies

Posted: June 10, 2015 at 9:37 am   /   Technology

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