| Angry Birds follow-up dubbed 'Amazing Alex' |
 Rovio earlier this week confirmed that it bought the IP for the game Casey's Contraptions. The company's founder and CEO Mikael Hed revealed to Finnish TV channel Yle on Friday that the game will have an educational element and revolve around Alex, a curious young boy who loves to build things. "The quality pressure is high. We want to maintain the high standard Angry Birds fans have come to enjoy," Hed said. "Amazing Alex" is scheduled to be released this summer on iOS and Android, then "extending to further platforms rapidly after that," the CEO previously said. Read
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| Chinese leader's downfall leads to blogger's freedom |
After serving a year making Christmas lights in grueling conditions, Fang Hong was released on April 24 from the Drug Rehabilitation and Re-education-Through-Labor Center in China's southwestern mega-city of Chongqing.
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| Reaching Millennium Development Goal Requires Coordinated Efforts |
The Millennium Villages Project was introduced into sub-Saharan African villages in order to co-ordinate improvements amongst multiple sectors, including agriculture, infrastructure, the environment, health, education and business...
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| Big fault under Japan's Mount Fuji to trigger quake? |
Japan's Mount Fuji may be sitting on a large, active fault that could trigger a magnitude-7 earthquake, changing the shape of the mountain and devastating nearby communities, the education ministry said.
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| Yahoo CEO says he never provided a resume: source |
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson, at the centre of a row over his educational qualifications, told his top executives on Thursday he never provided a resume or incorrect information to Yahoo, a source familiar with the situation said. Thompson held a meeting with senior staff to address the controversy that erupted a week ago, and has caused turmoil at the struggling Internet company and raised questions about his future as CEO. ...
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| Yahoo CEO says never provided resume: source |
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson never provided a resume or incorrect information to Yahoo, he told top executives at a meeting on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the matter. Thompson held a meeting with his top executives on Thursday to address a controversy over the educational background that erupted a week ago. (Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; editing by Andre Grenon)
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| When Teachers Overcompensate for Racial Prejudice |
The performance gap between white and minority students is one of the most persisting problems in American education. Since the 1990s, the performance gap, as reported by the National Assessment of educational Progress, has more or less stagnated. While a multitude of factors contribute to the disparity -- most glaringly the quality of instruction in poorly funded schools -- there are some underlying psychological factors as well.
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| Detroit names CFO to help steer city's turnaround |
DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Department of education official Jack Martin will be Detroit's newly appointed chief financial officer, representing one of the first major initiatives taken by the city under its fiscal-oversight pact with the state of Michigan. Martin, who began his career at General Motors and is the former head of Home Federal Savings Bank of Detroit, was appointed by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing. He will be paid $220,000 annually. During a press conference, Martin said his main focus will be on better revenue management. ...
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| Hollywood unites behind "Got Your 6" for veterans |
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - In a vast and united show of support of veterans and military families, nearly every major studio, broadcast and cable network, talent agency and guild in the entertainment industry are working with non-profit organizations to launch a campaign called "Got Your 6" that will help veterans translate their skills to their domestic lives. Inspired by First Lady Michelle Obama's Joining Forces initiative, the campaign targets six pillars - jobs, education, health, housing, family and leadership, and includes specific goals in each area. ...
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| Why Dick Lugar was turned out |
Chances are that most of you reading this are opposed to at least some of the following federal laws and policies: the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the auto bailout, the serial raising of the debt ceiling, the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, marijuana prohibition, systematic increases in the Department of education budget, Medicare Part D, sugar subsidies, obstacles to gay marriage, the nationalization of the mortgage industry and the infuriating performance (or even existence) of the Transportation Security Administration.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=O2AX9h4_Q8Y:VIP_0iKQ0VY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=O2AX9h4_Q8Y:VIP_0iKQ0VY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff
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