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Education News | News Date August 5, 2012

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Letters: Building a better education system
Re "Teaching, and testing, smarter," Opinion, Aug. 3


Letters: A bad bargain on higher education
Re "Report slams colleges run for a profit," July 31


Jihadist Says He Attacked Muslim Men in Tatarstan
The assault in central Russia killed a cleric in charge of Islamic education and injured a chief mufti in the region.


Washington Post reports higher 2Q net income
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Post Co. said Friday that its net income grew 14 percent in the second quarter, even as revenue fell in its for-profit education business and its newspaper division....


Girls attacked just for going to school
Acid attacks. Poisoned water. Grenades. Terrorists will stop at nothing to prevent Afghan girls from getting an education. But despite the threat, Razia Jan continues to open the doors to her free school outside Kabul.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QdX9NbQGDKE:i3tRILhbd7o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QdX9NbQGDKE:i3tRILhbd7o:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QdX9NbQGDKE:i3tRILhbd7o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=QdX9NbQGDKE:i3tRILhbd7o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QdX9NbQGDKE:i3tRILhbd7o:qj6IDK7rITs


Dodging acid and poison to go to school
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Private firms eyeing profits from public schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The investors gathered in a tony private club in Manhattan were eager to hear about the next big thing, and education consultant Rob Lytle was happy to oblige. Think about the upcoming rollout of new national academic standards for public schools, he urged the crowd. If they're as rigorous as advertised, a huge number of schools will suddenly look really bad, their students testing way behind in reading and math. They'll want help, quick. And private, for-profit vendors selling lesson plans, educational software and student assessments will be right there to provide it. ...


Arne Duncan: Will the Secretary of Education Stay or Go If Obama Is Reelected?
education secretaries are seldom household names.


Judge takes Nev. tax initiative under advisement
Attorneys for a business coalition argued Tuesday that a Nevada initiative seeking to impose a margins tax on businesses to fund education is misleading because it does not ensure more money for public schools, while backers countered the wording meets legal standards and should be allowed to proceed.


Bulgaria Expects Millions in EU Funds for Education, Sports
Bulgaria will have the opportunity to absorb BGN millions in EU funding for education, science and sports in the next program period 2014 â€" 2020. The government is even considering to slate the said funding for education, science and innovations into a separate operational program, says the Bulgarian EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev. Bulgaria can negotiate anywhere between BGN 600 M and BGN 1....