Education News | News Date April 15, 2012

Not Just For Kids: 'The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict' by Trenton Lee Stewart

This elegant, playful prequel provides the back story to the narcoleptic genius in the 'Mysterious Benedict Society' series.The Extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict

World Briefing | The Americas: Ecuador: Failing Universities to Close

The police and education officials on Thursday moved to shut down 14 universities that the government determined did not meet basic academic standards.

Microsoft wins its biggest cloud computing client

LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft announced its biggest-ever customer for cloud computing - software that it hosts on behalf of clients and delivers over the Internet - after winning a contract to provide free services to a major Indian education body.

L.A. Unified board OKs new parent center at Miramonte Elementary

The Board of education approves the $143,535 project to relocate and update the center at the school, which was beset by misconduct charges against two teachers this year.Miramonte Elementary, the school beset this year by misconduct charges against two teachers, will have a new center next fall for parents to take classes and hold meetings.

Let's bring back the idea of a free UC education

Tuition increases are threatening to place a University of California education out of the reach of working-class and middle-class students.The son of a railroad worker, Earl Warren came from a family keeping a desperate finger hold on a working-class existence at the turn of the last century. Yet when he left high school in Bakersfield in 1908, there was no question where he was headed: to Berkeley and a free education at the University of California.

Let's bring back the idea of a free UC eduction

Tuition increases are threatening to place a University of California education out of the reach of working-class and middle-class students.The son of a railroad worker, Earl Warren came from a family keeping a desperate finger hold on a working-class existence at the turn of the last century. Yet when he left high school in Bakersfield in 1908, there was no question where he was headed: to Berkeley and a free education at the University of California.

L.A. schools chief pushes to change system's culture

Some see John Deasy as a dynamic leader morally driven to give all students a quality education. Others see a relentless taskmaster intolerant of dissent. He admits impatience but otherwise has no apologies.It's 7:30 a.m. and the chief of the Los Angeles Unified School District briskly launches a powwow on the sensitive topic of how to place the strongest math teachers with the weakest students.

Good grades may actually help you live longer

People who leave education with fewer qualifications are prone to age more quickly, scientists said on Wednesday.

Nein! Third of Berlin students mull sex work

One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study from the Berlin Studies Center said Wednesday.

Longevity Up in U.S., but Education Creates Disparity, Study Says

The study used government data to rank each American county by health indicators like obesity and premature death, and considered factors like the presence of fast-food restaurants.

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