EDUCATION

"(O’Connell) understands that technology is evolving rapidly, that international competition is intensifying and that we need to dramatically overhaul and strengthen our educational system to meet these challenges," said Jim Hawley, California Director of TechNet, a bipartisan network of CEOs.

The measure would cost the state around $2.8 million and would increase pay for those teachers 3.75 percent – about $1,125 for a teacher earning $30,000.

The Bush administration is proposing to eliminate 42 programs in the Education Department, the largest concentration of programs that would disappear of any agency.

The iPod nation needs an eyewash about its techno-future.

Missouri State University will be the second college to design a collegiate level course around Tom Egelhoff’s "How To Market, Advertise And Promote Your Business Or Service In A Small Town."

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.”