Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra Welcomes Special Guest Artist (Texas...
(Source: Texas Tech University) WHAT: The Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra will perform with Jing Wang, virtuoso erhu artist, at its next concert. The erhu is a Chinese traditional two-stringed...
View Article''Textbooks Work'' Says Nick Gibb at PA/BESA Education Conference (The...
(Source: The Publishers' Association) 17th November 2015 Minister of State for Schools, Nick Gibb MP, has given his clearest support to date for the use of textbooks in schools. Mr Gibb was addressing...
View ArticleFBISD targets achievement at 3 schools
The board was on track to approve the improvement plans on Nov. 16, but, after trustees criticized them on Nov. 9 for lacking sufficient detail, the...
View ArticleCity govt passes law to audit school accounts, check high fees
The Delhi government on Friday passed a legislation to allow audit of private schools’ accounts by a panel to check exorbitant fees, diversion of fees for non-educational purposes and public scrutiny...
View Article2014-15 Texas Academic Performance Report Available on TEA website (Texas...
(Source: Texas Education Agency) AUSTIN - Commissioner of Education Michael Williams announced today that the 2014-15 Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) are now available...
View ArticleStudent, faculty discuss campus carry at Texas State public forum
Texas State University held the first of three public forums Nov. 17 at the Round Rock Campus regarding draft recommendations for the implementation of Senate Bill 11, or the Campus Carry Law. The...
View ArticlePakistan PM wants school attack mercy pleas rejected
Islamabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday requested President Mamnoon Hussain to reject the mercy petitions of four convicted terrorists involved in the December 16,...
View ArticleCharter schools need bond access (Texans for Education Reform)
(Source: Texans for Education Reform) As Texas land commissioner, a former teacher and, most important, a parent, I understand that nothing we do today matters more for tomorrow than education. We are...
View ArticleSPH reaccredited by Council on Education for Public Health (University of...
(Source: University of North Texas Health Science Center) November 19, 2015 UNT Health Science Center’s School of Public Health has received reaccreditation from the Council on Education for Public...
View ArticleCollege of Education Wins $7 Million Grant for Teacher Prep Reform (Texas...
(Source: Texas Tech Alumni Association) The Texas Tech University College of Education received a $7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a national center aimed at...
View ArticleTexas Tech Athletics and School of Medicine Pediatric Club Team Up (Texas...
(Source: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2015 CONTACT: Suzanna Cisneros, suzanna.cisneros@ttuhsc.edu (806) 743-7605 Texas Tech Athletics and...
View ArticleEric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., named dean of UTHealth School of Public Health (The...
(Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Photo by Drew Donovan. HOUSTON - (Nov. 19, 2015) - Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., a world-renowned genetics researcher and educator, has been...
View ArticleWOW! UMUC Wins National Award for Eliminating Textbooks in All Undergraduate...
(Source: UMUC - University of Maryland, University College) Move to Open Educational Resources Ensures Up-to-Date Material, Saves UMUC Students Millions of Dollars Per Year By Robert Ludwig...
View ArticleTexas Tech School of Music Presents Band Spectacular (Texas Tech University)
(Source: Texas Tech University) WHAT: The Texas Tech University School of Music presents the Band Spectacular. This concert features all university bands in a continuous, non-stop performance....
View ArticleNorth Texas Reaccredited by CEPH (ASPH - Association of Schools of Public...
(Source: ASPH - Association of Schools of Public Health) The University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health has received reaccreditation from the Council on...
View ArticleAll students to receive free textbooks
All students in compulsory education will receive free textbooks starting from the spring semester of 2017, the finance and education ministries announced on Friday. Yu Weiping, vice-finance minister,...
View ArticleNo academics to fact-check textbooks
State Board of Education rejected proposal Wednesday Board didn’t want to undermine system Academics wouldn’t be a bad addition ......
View ArticleTexas textbook vote highlights disputes over US history – and how to teach it
Texas education officials nixed a proposal to let university experts check state textbooks for factual errors – reviving a long-simmering dispute over ideological bias in how history and science are...
View ArticleWe don't need academics to fact-check our textbooks
The latest controversy of Texas textbooks involved African slaves being described as 'workers.' Texas education officials rejected a proposal that would require university academics to fact-check the...
View ArticleTexas: We don't need academics to fact-check our textbooks
The Texas Board of Education rejected a measure Wednesday that would require university experts to fact-check the state’s textbooks in public schools. The board rejected the measure 8-7, reaffirming...
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