HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's auditor general on Tuesday advocated slashing the number of legislators on the board that oversees the state's student-loan agency. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency has spent too much of its money ...
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to ensure basic health care and education for virgin girls worshipped as "living goddesses" in a centuries-old tradition in the Himalayan nation. A few children, some as young as ...
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(AP) -- Florida's education board approved a federal pilot program Tuesday to give the state more flexibility dealing with troubled schools. Board members met briefly via a conference call after canceling a regularly scheduled meeting in Tallahassee ...
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With a major funding source threatening to pull support for Philadelphia's music program and with turmoil over who will teach and direct the arts, some in the arts community are questioning the state of art and music education in the Philadelphia ...
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will offer several hunter education courses in the next few weeks. Area hunters who have not attended a class are urged to enroll quickly. For more information on the courses, contact LDWF biologist ...
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Teachers see it every day -- the kindergarten student shivering in the cold because he has no coat to wear. Then there's the second-grader taunted by her classmates because her shoes don't match or have large holes. There's also the fifth-grader who ...
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ALBANY — Former Rochester schools superintendent Manuel Rivera has left his position as deputy secretary for education in the Paterson administration to take a position in the private sector. Rivera said he is going to serve as chief executive ...
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