Related NewsIPO Report: Grand Canyon Education ends IPO drought, but at discount (Market Watch)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:28:12 GMT
Grand Canyon Education Inc. priced 10.5 million shares at $12 a share for its stock market debut Thursday as the first U.S. initial public offering since August, marking the end of the longest IPO drought in at least a decade.
More... Grand Canyon Education IPO Breaks IPO Drought (Fox News)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:56:58 GMT
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More... State education board votes to give credit for sports (Houston Chronicle)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:20:04 GMT
The State Board of Education gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a measure that would allow high school athletes to get four credits toward their graduation requirement for playing sports for four years.
More... Evolution advocates descend on Texas board of education (McClatchy Washington Bureau)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:56:53 GMT
AUSTIN — Texas became the latest stage for the debate about evolution and creationism Wednesday, as more than 80 witnesses trooped before the State Board of Education to weigh in on proposed changes in the public school science curriculum.
More... Texas education board not to water down evolution lessons (Houston Chronicle)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:50:16 GMT
Texas risks becoming a national joke if state educators insist on clouding the teaching of evolution, scores of scientists, science teachers and ordinary Texans told the State Board of Education on Wednesday.
More... S’pore education provider MDIS opens foreign university in Uzbekistan (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Philippines News)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:55:10 GMT
TASHKENT: Singapore’s oldest not—for—profit education provider, Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), is making inroads into Central Asia. It’s just opened Uzbekistan’s sixth foreign university, a US$20 million joint venture with the Uzbekistan Banking Association.
More... State education panel hears evolution debate (Dallas Morning News)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:02:56 GMT
AUSTIN – Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution grabbed center stage Wednesday as State Board of Education members heard from dozens of Texans trying to influence the panel on how evolution should be covered in science classes of the future.
More... Saskatchewan to kick off winter maintenance education campaign today (Regina Leader-Post)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:04:09 GMT
The province is to kick off its Snow Zone safety and winter maintenance public education campaign today.
More... Wayzata Education Foundation donates $10,000 to District 284 schools (St. Louis Park Sun-Sailor)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:54:29 GMT
Members of the Wayzata Education Foundation (WEF) presented the District 284 Board of Education with a check for $10,000 at the Monday, Nov. 10, school board meeting.
More... Nigeria: Stakeholders Deliberate on Functional Education Policy (AllAfrica.com)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:41:18 GMT
Last week, a two-day national education summit held at the University of Lagos which focused essentially on evolving a functional policy of education as a way of enhancing the delivery of quality education in Nigeria.
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