| $656 Million in Recovery Funds for Alabama Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $656 million in recovery funds for Alabama to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. ed.gov |
Carl F. Hovde, Former Columbia Dean, Dies at 82 A professor of comparative English literature, Mr. Hovde played a key role in restoring calm to the campus after student protests in the spring of 1968. feeds.nytimes.com |
Academic will put £1m where his mouth is AN ACADEMIC earning £30,000 a year has pledged to give away £1 million over his lifetime to fight Third World poverty. news.scotsman.com |
Students log on to iTunes facility to share their coursework with each other – and the world ABERDEEN College has become the first in the UK to release its own site on iTunes, the Apple music downloading website. news.scotsman.com |
Safety rules brushed up to allow DIY school paint jobs PARENTS are finally to be allowed to help paint schools and hang pictures after the city council performed a U-turn over its health and safety rules. news.scotsman.com |