EDUCATION

Faced with competing against large districts with many more resources, those in the rural and high-growth areas are trying or considering everything from finder’s fees to four-day school weeks to help level the playing field.

Each new state-level business/education partnership may be funded at up to $300,000 over a two-year period to implement State Scholars projects to increase the number of high school students who take a rigorous secondary-level curriculum designed to strengthen both college and workplace entrance and success.

Proponents of charter schools say Wyoming’s charter school law is well-intentioned but unsuccessful.

The foundation said that Acacia Research had “sent more than 4,000 patent demand letters to universities and colleges across the nation, claiming its vaguely worded patents cover all known methods of streaming prerecorded educational lectures over the Internet.” “This is one of those things where you can pay a relatively small price and make it go away, but in my mind it’s an issue of principle. It’s essentially extortion.”

President Bush told the nation’s students on Friday that if they studied math and science they would not be joining the "nerd patrol" but helping their own futures and the economic health of the United States.

The hedonic index sought to quantify scenery, recreation opportunities and other details of lifestyle that make people want to live in an area. Such amenities would have been considered a form of compensation, with the thinking that teachers are more likely to apply for jobs in areas with higher quality of living.

In a speech to the National Academy of Engineering in October, in which he described the findings of the Gathering Storm report, Mr. Barrett said: "If you look at the achievement of the average 12th-grade student in math and science, which is of interest to us here, that 12th-grader in the U.S. ranks in the bottom 10 percent among their international peers. I think it is incumbent upon all of us to look at that report and help raise our voices collectively to our local officials, state officials and national officials."

The COT’s aviation degree program debuted last semester. Already more than a dozen MSU students are taking to the air with the courses.